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Huge growth at largest wind farm

A massive expansion is to take place at Europe's largest onshore wind farm, which is situated in East Renfrewshire.

"Whitelee wind farm is already the largest onshore wind farm in Europe and this extension pushing the overall capacity to 539MW will make it one of the largest in the world."- Simon Christian, UK director of ScottishPower Renewables

Space Shuttle Successful Rendezvous With Space Station

Houston - The space shuttle Discovery glided Thursday morning to a smooth rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Kenya increases compensations for wildlife attacks by nearly 700 percent

Nairobi - The Kenyan government has increased compensation for people either killed or injured by wildlife by nearly 666 percent after years of lobbying by wildlife activists and local communities, officials said Thursday.

Canada, Mexico, US agree to protect butterflies

Washington - Wildlife officials in Mexico, the United States and Canada have agreed to work together to protect the Monarch butterfly, which makes a spectacular migration every year from Canada to Mexico.

Canadian Trucking Alliance Unveils Clean-Air Plan

Ottawa, ON - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), a federation of Canada's provincial trucking associations representing more than 4,500 trucking companies, has unveiled a 14-point action plan to drastically reduce smog and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the freight transportation sector.

Green Group Buys Out Fishermen to Protect Ocean Floor

San Francisco, CA - For four generations, Geoff Bettencourt's family has fished the waters off Half Moon Bay by dragging heavy nets across the ocean floor to scoop up the sole and cod that feed there. But the 35-year-old may soon sell his right to trawl the sea -- not to another fisherman, but to environmentalists.

New Wind Generator offers viable energy source for the home

Flagstaff, Arizona - A combination of new technologies, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory over a three year period, has resulted in a product that is the first viable energy appliance that will wind your power consumption backwards when plugged into the grid and has the potential to make wind energy for the homeowner main-stream.

Reducing The Global Need For Nitrogen Fertilizers

Swindon, UK - Research published in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in legumes, a key element of the nitrogen fixing process, without the bacteria normally necessary.

Dell to Offer Free Recycling of Dell Products Worldwide

Round Rock, Texas - Dell has announced plans to provide free recycling of any Dell-branded product for consumers around the world as part of its new global recycling policy.

President Of China Calls For Greater Democracy

Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for greater democracy in China and democratic elections, in a speech on the eve of the ruling Communist Party's 85th anniversary, state media said Monday. "The democratic implementation of political power is to uphold the principle of the rule of the people and to depend on the people to rule," Xinhua news agency quoted Hu as saying in a June 29 speech.

New Device Grows Teeth

Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones.

Man’s brain rewires itself after 19 years in coma

Pittsburgh, PA - A man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years has made a dramatic recovery after his brain spontaneously rewired itself, scientists believe.

UN clings to signs of hope in development goals

Geneva - The United Nations said Monday there were signs of hope in progress towards global poverty-cutting targets although the poorest parts of the world were still woefully short of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Non-stick chemicals to be limited

Ottawa, Canada - Ottawa is moving on two fronts to ban or place strict limits on a family of widely used chemicals that poses a risk to human health and the environment.

Dog of the wild going home

Thornton, Colorado, USA - For more than 3 years, a Great Dane named Ariel, wandered the fields in northeast Thornton, too quick to be caught, yet enduring a lonely and tough life of Colorado snow storms, hail storms and heat. Now she's going home.

Quebec unveils carbon tax

Montreal, Que - Quebec plans to adopt tough vehicle emissions standards and will become the first province to levy a "carbon tax" on oil and gas companies as part of an ambitious plan to fight global warming.

Environment is a winner at 2006 World Cup, UN agency says

Germany - A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly is has already emerged as a winner, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.

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