Home:News:News:New Haven New Haven School makes a difference halfway around the world Maria Garriga, Register Staff 04/15/2007 Email to a friendPrinter-friendly If you ever get the chance to see a red-ruffed lemur, serpent eagle or carnivorous pitcher plant in Madagascar, you may want to send a thank-you note to the Nathan Hale School in New Haven. Home:News:News:New Haven New Haven School makes a difference halfway around the world Maria Garriga, Register Staff 04/15/2007 Email to a...

But the UF crowd clearly didn't fit the bill, cheering everything from using canvas shopping bags to recycled paper products as ways to reduce warming. He declared his support for alternative energy, saying he would lead the way by driving an ethanol-fueled car and putting solar panels on the governor's mansion. While the crowd couldn't get Crist to take a pledge against all new coal-fired power plants, the governor said he believed global warming was a reality and supports reducing...

If the institute "felt it was necessary to have more stringent conflict of interest policies, they should develop them and make sure their contractors comply with them. Sciences International's main role for the government was preparing drafts of 20 federal reports that summarized scientific data about the health effects of individual chemicals. Environmentalists say that points to the need for the institute to develop a formal policy prohibiting conflicts of interest. Some scientists who...

Billions of tons of waste dumped into China's longest waterway are taking a massive toll on its aquatic life, according to the first annual health report on the Yangtze River. Pollution takes heavy toll on Yangtze_Environment China Economic Net Search. Almost 30 percent of its major tributaries, including the Minjiang, Tuojiang, Xiangjiang and Huangpu rivers, are heavily polluted by excessive ammonia, nitrogen, phosphorous and other pollutants, according to the report released at a forum...

Even though the former Seinfeld actor, Braveheart director and nationally syndicated radio host have all said stupid racist things in recent months, none can be held responsible for the mindset of a nation. Think globally, act locally doesn t only apply for protecting our environment. I m sure Imus had no idea his weak attempt at humor would be met with protests and him being fired after more than 30 years in broadcasting. We hold the famous accountable for the things they say and we...

An Adelaide Magistrate has extended a detention order for an HIV positive man who allegedly deliberately spread the disease to other men. The Health Department's lawyer said there were another six known potential victims who may file affidavits in the coming weeks. The court heard affidavits have been filed by five of the alleged victims. Stuart McDonald is alleged to have passed on HIV to 11 other men so far known to the Health Department. McDonald was last month detained under the Public...

Bingham County jumps into the nuclear energy discussion when representatives from EnergySolutions present their interest in building a waste recycling facilitynear Atomic city. The Salt Lake City-based organization is one of thirteensites being consideredfor a fuel treatment center, an advanced recycling reactor for spent nuclear fuel rods or a research and development operation. GNEP, as proposed by President Bush in 2006,would form aninternational partnership to reprocess spent nuclear...

Keeping electronic waste out of the landfill is one of the reasons for doing an e-waste recycling event, said Michael W. He says 60-65 percent of every piece that is recycled can be re-used, because it is still functional. This is an example of social entrepreneurship, Rohrbach said, explaining how nonprofit organizations such as the county and CCLAC will bring something to the market that could be adopted by the commercial sector. The idea is to recover metals including copper, lead and...

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