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Waste to Energy System from IST Energy Genrates Clean Energy From Trash

IST Energy has announced the launch of its new GEM waste-to-energy conversion system, which affordably creates clean energy from post-consumer waste

20 Jan 2009

State of World's Oceans Shown in Movie, The End of the Line, at Sundance Film Festival

Audiences at the famous Sundance film festival are being treated to the world premiere of a new movie highlighting the parlous state of the world's oceans. The End of the Line, a feature length documentary made with the support of WWF, has its first showing in the World Cinema Documentary competition

19 Jan 2009

Drought Torn Niger Using Satellites to Locate Water

Like most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA's TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify underground water resources in the drought-prone country

19 Jan 2009

Countries Need to Reset Expectations of Agricultural Biofuels to a More Realistic Level

Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more realistic level.

14 Jan 2009

White Castle Turns Green for the Environment

White Castle restaurants will introduce new "green" food packaging in all 412 locations over the next few weeks. The formerly white paper sack and white corrugated Crave Cases are going "green" by switching to brown paper and corrugated

8 Jan 2009

Climate Induced Food Crisis Could be Faced by Half the World's Population by 2100

New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages

8 Jan 2009

Polarized Light Pollution Sending Animals Astray

Human-made light sources can alter natural light cycles, causing animals that rely on light cues to make mistakes when moving through their environment

8 Jan 2009

Surf Sweets Launches Natural, Organic Candy Line

Surf Sweets today announced the introduction of its organic, natural candy line in more than 250 Toys"R"Us stores across the country

6 Jan 2009

Can Natural Indicators in the Environment Be Used to Predict Environmental Disasters

Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance – to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future. Now, in a new study, scientists take a page from the social science handbook and use leading indicators of the environment to presage the potential collapse of ecosystems

5 Jan 2009

Aquaculture Set to Remain the Most Rapidly Growing Food Production Sector

Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025, according to an assessment published in the January 2009 issue of BioScience

4 Jan 2009