Posts from — August 2008

The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai.

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Tequila could become a thing of the past as Mexico appears to be turning its back on the cactus-like plant from which the country’s national tipple is made, in favour of more profitable crops.

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More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world’s environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday.

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100 Million Trees Are Cut Each Year to Generate Junk Mail. A report by ForestEthics, the nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to protect endangered forests, has made a very startling revelation: that there are 100 million green reasons why junk mail are an annoying intrusion.

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The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai.

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Ministry of Defence documents obtained by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament reveal the Government plans to replace Britain’s nuclear warheads, despite Ministers repeatedly telling MPs that no decision would be taken until the next Parliament. The shocking revelation came to light in a speech to the arms industry executives by David Gould, then chief operating officer at the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation, now released under the Freedom of Information Act.

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IKEA, the furniture giant, is going to sell solar panels as part of a massive investment in clean technology startup companies.The company says it will invest $77 million of its Greentech Energy fund in clean technology over the next five years.

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Scientists have warned that three species of Asian vultures could become extinct within 10 years and one, the Oriental white-backed vulture, has lost 99.9 per cent of its population since 1992. The absence of the scavenging birds has resulted in a spread of feral dog packs containing up to 200 animals substantially increasing the risk of attack

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have discovered environmentally-friendly molecule catalysts that can be used to clean up a variety of toxic substances including waste water and fuel.

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Japan is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming. Under the plan, a select range of products from beverages to detergent will carry markings on the carbon footprint — or how much gas responsible for global warming has been emitted through production & delivery.

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