Archive for July 19th, 2009

Protect America’s Treasured Wildlands

Ask Interior Secretary Salazar to advance a bold new vision for preserving America’s wilderness heritage.

Prince Charles compares fish stocks debate to climate change

The Prince of Wales has compared the debate around the world’s endangered fish stocks to the discussions which surrounded climate change in the 1980s.

Goahead for ecotowns in England

Green light will enable four ecotowns to bid for share in a ?60million fund.

Archeology: The best sites open to the public

As a fortnight of archaeological events begins Jack Watkins picks his favourites

Beneficial Biofuels: Leading National Experts Reach Consensus

Biofuels can be produced in large quantities and have multiple benefits, but only if they come from feedstocks produced with low life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, as well as minimal competition with food production, according to a group of experts.

Africa: Donald Payne Talks About Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Health, Agricult…

Donald M. Payne , who has represented New Jersey’s 10th District in the United States House of Representatives since 1989, chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health.

Take a leaf out of nature’s book to tap solar power

Why reinvent the wheel for harvesting the sun’s power when there’s a masterclass going on under our noses?

Is Venezuela’s pipeline the highway to eco-hell?

Environmentalists are furious about the Venezuelan president’s plans for a giant oil pipeline to unite the continent

Clean energy special: Eastern promise

How do you keep an energy-hungry developing country from turning into a carbon-spewing monster? New Scientist went to find out

 

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