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2010-09-02
A new discovery could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere. They have also discovered the largest chlorine isotope enrichment ever found in nature.
2010-08-31
An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA's Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have already helped Spanish farmers in Andalusia to fight land erosion.
2010-08-30
Battery powered cars will play a major role in future of mobility. What was not known so far, was how environmentally friendly the manufacture, operation and disposal of the batteries are. Researchers have now calculated the ecological footprint of the most commonly used type, the lithium-ion battery. A car with a petrol engine must consume less than 4 liters of fuel per 100km or about 70 mpg (miles per gallon) in order to be as environmentally friendly as modern electric cars.
2010-08-27
Much of the world's electronic waste is being shipped to China for recycling and the cottage industry that has sprung up there to recover usable materials from computers, cell phones, televisions and other goods may be creating significant health and environmental hazards.
2010-08-20
Despite growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans, little solid scientific information existed to illustrate the nature and scope of the issue. Now, a team of researchers has published a study of plastic marine debris based on data collected over 22 years by undergraduate students.
2010-09-01
MADISON Wisconsins new electronics recycling law takes effect today.
2010-08-31
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's new electronics recycling law takes effect Wednesday. It bans the use of landfills or incinerators to dispose of old electronic devices, including televisions and computers.
2010-08-31
Wisconsin's new electronics recycling law takes effect Wednesday.
2010-09-03
More than a truckload's worth of old and non-functional electronics were recycled Aug. 4 in the city hall parking lot. Allen residents helped make the city a little greener this month at the city's quarterly electronic waste collection in the city hall parking lot Aug. 4.
2010-09-01
SIOUX CITY -- Peoplewanting to recycle unwanted electronics equipment may take theitems to the Long Lines Family Center parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Sept. 11, Melanie Swain, acting environmental servicesmanager, announced today.
2010-09-03
Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm as it spread wind and rain over Long Island and part of New England. Earl still had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
2010-09-03
The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.
2010-09-03
Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.
2010-09-03
A cargo plane has crashed in an uninhabited area near the Dubai airport, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates.
2010-09-03
A Florida judge sentenced Rachel Wade, the 20-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing her romantic rival in a fight last year, to 27 years in prison Friday.
2010-09-03
West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
2010-09-03
For women carrying multiple fetuses, a medical argument for reducing that number is clear. But the decision isn't always clear-cut.
2010-09-02
I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.
2010-09-02
All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.
2010-09-02
He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.
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