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Carbon Emissions Outsourced To Developing CountriesPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Mar 9, 2010 A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions associated with consumption of goods and services in many developed countries are actually emitted outside their borders. Some countries, such as Switzerland, "outsource" over half of their carbon dioxide emissions, primarily to developing countries. The study finds that, per person, about 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide are consumed in the U.S. but produced somewhere else. For Europeans, the figur ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2010A low-cost water purification technique published in Current Protocols in Microbiology could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The procedure, which uses seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree, can produce a 90.00% to 99.99% bacterial reduction in previously untreated water, and has been made free to download as part of access programs under ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2010China Sunday blamed the United States for causing "serious disturbances" in their relationship but also called for the two Pacific powers to work together to get ties back on track. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi reiterated China's criticism of US arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's meeting last month with the Dalai Lama but appeared to leave the door open for the two sides to me ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 4, 2010Haiti's coming tropical storm season will brutally lash most of the 1.3 million people left homeless from a January quake despite the best efforts of aid groups, relief workers said Thursday. That grim assessment came as international efforts coalesced towards a joint strategy to rebuild Haiti, with a series of meetings being planned from March 15 culminating with a March 30 conference in Ne ... more |
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Cruise ship: 8-meter swells not exceptional, says expertParis (AFP) March 4, 2010 The luxury cruise ship hit by huge waves off the Mediterranean coast of Spain was in heavy seas where eight-metre (26-foot) waves were to be expected, an expert from the French national weather agency said Thursday. "The accident happened [Wednesday] at 2:15 pm near a Spanish weather buoy near Cap de Begur [north of Barcelona]. The waves measured about five meters on average at 2:00 pm," said Jean-Michel Lefevre. "Under those conditions we would expect eight-meter waves every 15 minutes," he tol ... read more |
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