The trading system essentially would allow cities and businesses to swap "credits" that allow water pollution, as long as the total pollution within the river system remains below a certain level. Among them, removing salt from sea water; injecting water into underground wells and pulling it out again when needed; and "pollution allocation trading. When the water planning process started two years ago, the state was emerging from a drought that had heightened public awareness of the power...

Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany plans to close its remaining eight black coal mines by 2018 Coal might be Germany's most abundant indigenous energy source, but the death knell finally sounded for the country's unprofitable coal industry when the government decided to end mining subsidies by 2018. Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany plans to close its remaining eight black coal mines by 2018 Coal might be Germany's most abundant indigenous energy...

You might think that with broadband available in over half of homes and almost every adult owning a mobile phone that can surf the Web, Net caf s would be dying fast. Since few customers need to leave home for, say, sending e-mail or searching the Web, caf owners have created one-stop entertainment and relaxation shops. While this may turn off some users, caf owners are hoping it will attract more women and older people, especially in suburban areas where they're now expanding. Clients who...

Contingency plans were prepared to close the park and sell the animals within a few months, shutting down one of the most unusual wildlife centers in the nation. Amid the limestone cliffs and gnarled live oaks of Somervell County, the greater kudu, giraffe and gemsbok look right at home. But his discipline has restored financial health to a business heavily dependent on seasonal tourism, and he stands ready to take Fossil Rim where he always wanted -- back to Africa. Fossil Rim had the...

The researchers enlisted the help of 20 community volunteers, who recorded natural and urban sounds around the community using the center's digital recording devices or &#8220sound cameras outfitted with GPS mapping software. Examples of sounds recorded during the pilot phase of the project include wildlife sounds, airplanes flying overhead, music playing at the Dushanbe Teahouse and voices from the Happy Thursday Cruisers bicycle ride. While the time and date were entered automatically,...

Fish, who lost almost the entire 2005 season because of two wrist surgeries, took exception to a comment that this type of match has typified his time on tour. The eight-time major champion is in the habit of bringing notes to read during changeovers. Lacking sponsors, Rolle wore the same shirt that she washed after every match the top had a rhinestone decoration of the New York skyline that a seamstress in Miami designed. She's done it for years she used to just take pieces of paper, then...

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She spent nearly a month on Staten Island with her faithful companion, combing over rubble being trucked in from the collapsed World Trade Center buildings in Manhattan, trying to find remains of human life and evidence of what happened. The search-and-recovery effort was difficult for the dogs because the animals couldn't hear their handlers voices clearly through the respirators and because the scene was emotionally charged. Lyon and fellow members of the all-volunteer K-9 Search &...

Earlier this summer, Betty Kratzke noticed that something was disturbing the ground near the flowers that line her driveway. The turtles had recently hatched and were no bigger than a half dollar coin, said Darrell Perry, another brother-in-law. Solving the mystery this week proved to be a snap when baby snapping turtles started crawling around her yard. Kratzke said she thought some sort of animal was disturbing her flowers. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or...