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Ammonia Gas Leaks from Plant, Causes Breathing Problems

Ammonia gas leaked from the state-owned Fertilisers and Chemic...ound 8 p.m. and was rectified. However, with the gas escaping into the air the locals found it difficult to breathe. TV reporters who arrived at the sc...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

... but only periodic shock of rising electricity and gas bills, there should be signals in hallways or rooms when some misstep has wasted energy. Seidel added: "For those who are already convinced of the value of the environment, it's easier to grasp climate change and to acknowledge individual responsib...

Taj Mahal is Enveloped by Pollution and a Foul Smell

...s in neighbouring towns are being persuaded to use gas instead of coke in their furnaces. However, that has not diminished the enthusiasm of nearly 20,000 tourists who walk past the monuments manicured lawns every day. Jesse Nicholas, an American tourist, said he is mesmerised by the breathtaking beaut...

US Needs to Show Leadership in Cutting Emissions: Schwarzenegger

...e want you to do, we want you to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, when we are in fact the one that has five percent of world population and emits 25 percent of greenhouse gases. We have to show leadership," The China Daily quoted Schwarzenegger, as saying. US President George W. Bush has refused to co...

Giant Microwave That Recycles Plastic Back into Diesel, Gas

...on molecules from the material and it then becomes gas and oil, said Jerry Meddick, director of business development at GRC, based in New Jersey. GRC's machine is called the Hawk-10. Its smaller incarnations look just like an industrial microwave with bits of machinery attached to it. Larger versions r...

Brits Experiencing Moth Trouble With Their Cashmeres

...he household moth. Soaked in naphalene they emit a gas poisonous to moths and their larvae. Freeze your Cashmeres: Keeping your cashmere in the deep freeze may seem extreme but many believe it is the best solution to moths. Moths cannott survive in sub zero temperatures so freezing is a sure fire way t...

Everest, Five Other World Heritage Sites Face Climate Change Risk

...e rejected a motion calling for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the set back, the campaigners want the governing committee to reconsider its position. The World Heritage Committee's annual meeting runs until July 2....

Charity Slot Machines a Thing of the Past in Norway

... their machines from bars, supermarkets, airports, gas stations and other locations. "There has been such an explosion of slot machine gambling in recent years that we had to do something to curb the social problems it causes," Halvard Ingebrigtsen, undersecretary of state at the ministry of culture and...

Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West

...o-fuels will fix the problem of harmful greenhouse gas emissions. But bio-fuels are not a green panacea, as the influential economist Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute explained in a briefing to the US Senate last week. He said: "The stage is now set for direct competition for grain between...

Indian Projects Win Top Ashden Awards

... often left out in the streets to rot, to generate gas for cooking. In the words of the judging panel: "The judges were highly impressed at Biotech's development of an innovative and exciting technology which, by turning food leftovers into biogas, converts a waste problem into clean, cheap power" Ha...

Pulmonary Function Testing in Children

...ts, the interrupter technique, forced oscillation, gas washout techniques and bronchial responsiveness testswill serve as a resource for healthcare professionals and facilitate good laboratory practices by providing guidelines on how to perform the various techniques and how to interpret the measurements...

Gazas Basic Food Storage Will Last Only for a Few Days

...raeli Dor Alon company to resume supply of natural gas and petrol to the Strip, reducing fears of fuel shortages, while many fresh vegetables, including eggplants, cucumbers and tomatoes, are grown locally and therefore are not lacking. The Israeli military said in an announcement that it coordinated t...

Climate Change Poses Maximum Threat to Public Life in Developing Countries

...that they have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions. "The rapid economic development and the concurrent urbanization of poorer countries mean that developing-country cities will be both vulnerable to health hazards from climate change and, simultaneously, an increasing contributor to the p...

Desalination of Sea is Not a Solution to Tackle Global Water Scarcity: WWF

...a is an expensive, energy intensive and greenhouse gas emitting way to get water. It may have a place in the world's future freshwater supplies but regions still have cheaper, better and complementary ways to supply water that are less risky to the environment, said Jamie Pittock, director of WWF's globa...

Present Rate of Carbon Emissions Could Increase Number of Hot Days in Mediterranean by 500 Pc

...percent increase if the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions continue , according to a joint study by...Europe, will become much more common as greenhouse gas concentrations increase. The frequency at which that scale of event occurs at high greenhouse gas co...

Around the World in 86 Days ... on Motorbike With Double-hand Transplant

..., attaching a gigantic 85-liter (22.5-gallon) blue gas tank to his red 1,000cc 1976 BMW motorcycle to give him more freedom and self-reliance on the difficult roads. Though he spoke no Russian, Kelz has only good memories of the trip, saying: "I have never experienced such hospitality as in Russia." ...

Free Your Necktie and Stop Global Warming

...ion front and is expected to exceed its greenhouse gas emission targets. The tie campaign comes on the heals of Cool Biz, an effort by the Environment Ministry of Japan, that began a couple years back to get men to shed their suit coats in the summer. A later proposed Warm Biz campaign, involving wea...

Motorists Getting Greyer, Greener, Thriftier: Nissan's Ghosn

...big consumer trend is less tolerance of greenhouse gas emissions, said Ghosn, who achieved legendary status in the automobile world for rescuing the loss-making Japanese automaker from the brink of bankruptcy. Nissan has been slow to embrace hybrid vehicles, which are equipped with an electric motor an...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

.... These unwanted gases are also called green house gas such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide and they add to the global warming. The box then emits water vapor. The captured gases can be developed to create a biofuel using genetically modified algae. This box has been developed by organic chemist ...

Katrina Evacuees Made To Remain In Toxic Air

... levels of potentially cancer-causing formaldehyde gas in the trailers. This was probably out of concern that the agency would be legally liable for any hazards or health problems. As many as 120,000 families displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita lived in the suspect trailers, and hundreds have compla...

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