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BP fixes new cap to finally stem Gulf oil disasterNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 12, 2010 BP placed Monday a new cap over the ruptured oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to stem the catastrophic flow of toxic crude once and for all. Almost 13 weeks after America's worst environmental disaster began with a deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, the end is finally in sight as engineers lower a device called the "Top Hat 10" from a surface ship. As of 2000 GMT, the giant valve system was 40 feet (12 meters) away from the pipe with BP officials saying it should be latched on ... read more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Jul 12, 2010While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, climate, and crop management across the United States. A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College published just such a study in the July-August 201 ... more 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jul 12, 2010A key tool is the JRC's methodology to quantify changes to the amount of carbon in soils and biomass when land use changes as a result of biofuels production. This is an important factor in the sustainability assessment. The methodology follows the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories and is supported by comprehensive global da ... more  
Chinchpada, India (AFP) July 11, 2010Lush green mangrove trees and shrubs stretch into the distance on the muddy outskirts of Navi Mumbai in western India, the low-lying land swollen with heavy monsoon rains Nearby, the people of Chinchpada are starting their day: women wash and dry clothes in the open, children walk barefoot to school along a dirt track and men sip tea at a stall. But the village, nearly a dozen others lik ... more |
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China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder: reportsBeijing (AFP) July 9, 2010 Chinese authorities have seized 76 tonnes of milk powder tainted with the same chemical responsible for the deaths of six babies two years ago, state media said Friday. The powder was seized in northwestern China's Gansu province after tests showed it contained up to 500 times the allowed level of the toxic industrial chemical melamine, Xinhua news agency reported. The Beijing News said tainted powder has also been detected in Jilin province in China's northeast and that two officials from the d ... read more |
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