positive Water news
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Israeli start-ups work on environmental technologyTel Aviv, Israel - Israeli entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, who traditionally have focused on software, electronics and medical devices, now see a growing opportunity to make money from technology to clean up the environment. |
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Senator Stevens introduces legislation to reinstate tax under Oil Pollution ActWashington, DC - Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, has introduced the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Maintenance Act of 2005. |
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Senator Boxer introduces comprehensive oceans legislationWashington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation to implement recommendations from two high-level national commissions, the congressionally established bipartisan U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, and the independent Pew Ocean Commission. |
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Double Bonus: Bacteria Eat Pollution, Generate ElectricityCharleston, SC - Scientists have long studied bacteria that can clean up toxic waste by eating it. |
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Children dig in to make their own green spaceSouth Africa - Low on equipment but high on enthusiasm, hundreds of school children are helping clean up the murky and polluted Klip River which courses through Soweto. |
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Upper Mississippi River Levels Adjusted for Fish, WildlifeSt. Paul, MN - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Water Level Management Task Force of the River Resources Forum, plans on implementing a drawdown of Pool 5 on the Upper Mississippi River for the benefit of fish and wildlife this summer. |
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Canada’s mosquito capital turns over new leaf in bug warsOttawa - A city in central Canada infamous for its abundance of mosquitoes that daunt even the hardiest outdoor enthusiasts is turning to new chemical-free ways to de-bug its parks and backyards. |
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EU calls for tougher penalties against illegal fishingBrussels, Belgium - Financial penalties on illegal fishing are insufficient, the European Commission has said, calling on member states to punish those who break the rules by depriving them of their fishing rights. |
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System Unveiled that Changes Hog Waste into Clean WaterAyden, NC - Don Lloyd stepped up a ladder and dipped his empty bottle into a tank of water that six hours earlier had been flushed out of three nearby pens filled with thousands of hogs. |
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Israel, Arabs agree to save Dead SeaShuneh, Jordan - Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority said Sunday they had agreed terms for a feasibility study on transferring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, to save the world's lowest sea from vanishing. |
evironmental news headlines
- Huge growth at largest wind farm
- Govt ups ante against illegal logging, mining and plantations
- Sunny Delight Achieves Zero Waste in U.S.
- Paris Metro Body Heat To Help Warm Building
- EPA to issue more rules in climate fight
- U.S. Proposes Grading Cars On Emissions, Efficiency
- NYC sky-scrapers dim lights to help migratory birds
- Norwegian government boycotts Malaysian timber giant
- 100MW solar power plant to be built in the UAE
- New road concrete developed that actually cleans the air
- Russia and China vow to protect Siberian tigers
- Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada
- Fortune 500 Companies Flex Market Muscle, Reject Tar Sands
- New Study Shows Americans Used Less Energy and More Renewables in 2009
- Smallest frog in Asia discovered in Borneo
- Scientists hope to collect electricity from the air
- White House crackdown on dirty trucks gathers pace
- Spray-on film turns glass into solar panels
- Mexico City bans free plastic bags
- No deepwater drilling without environmental studies: U.S.
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