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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

‘Dead’ Everest man safe at camp

Mount Everest - An Australian man left for dead as he descended Mount Everest has left the "death zone" near the summit and has spoken by phone to his relieved wife.

Grasses growing again in the bay, researchers say

Annapolis, Md - The Chesapeake Bay's ecologically important underwater grass beds gained 7 percent last year to cover 78,260 acres, according to the Chesapeake Bay Program office in Annapolis, Md.

Invisibility: a first draft

Durham, North Carolina, USA - Ever wish to slip unseen into forbidden places the way Harry Potter does under his invisibility cloak? Or to materialize with no warning like Romulan warships in a Star Trek universe? Now scientists at Duke University and Imperial College in London say such dreams are nearly within reach.

Organics go mainstream

St. Paul, Minn - For years, organic foods were marketed primarily to socially-minded, health-conscious foodies who had the money to pay premium prices for free-range chicken and apples grown without pesticides.

EU consortium working for ‘child labour free’ label in imports

Hyderabad, Inda - Intensifying its campaign against child labour, the consortium of voluntary organisations headed by an Ireland-based concern are working for securing a "child labour free" label on all the imports into Europe.

Deep-Sea Volcano Erupts on Film—A First

Northern Mariana Islands - Billowing ash plumes, molten sulfur droplets, feisty shrimp feasting on fish killed by noxious gases, red lava jetting from a ventthey're all part of the action recently filmed at an underwater volcano in the western Pacific Ocean.

U.S. dairy farm manure begins to power homes

New York - Lee Jensen says the manure from his dairy farm powers almost as many homes as he has cows.

Southeast Asia Plans Wildlife Crime-Busting Units

Bangkok - Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asia's first coordinated effort against the multi-billion-dollar illegal trade in animals and plants, officials said on Thursday.

Enron’s Lay, Skilling Convicted of Conspiracy and Fraud Charges

Houston, TX - A U.S. jury convicted Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of orchestrating the fraud that destroyed Enron Corp., giving prosecutors a victory a case that came to symbolize corporate crime sparked by the stock market bust in 2000.

Cote d’Ivoire’s armed factions move towards laying down weapons, UN says

Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire's rival armed factions have taken an encouraging first step towards disarmament by starting to assemble their fighters, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to the divided West African country has said in Abidjan.

Breakthrough Concept “Responsibility” Becomes Law in Maine

Maine - Its always puzzled me -- the far-Right notion that as individuals we should take responsibility for the impact of our actions but as businesses we should only be responsible for making money. Most people want consistency, and now Mainers are claiming it.

Plains bison ‘running again’ on prairie

Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan - Herd released into Saskatchewan park as part of effort to restore species almost wiped out in North America

Earthshine May Help Detect Warming, Alien Life

Big Bear City, CA - Sky-watchers know that if you look at the crescent moon on a dark night, you see not only the brightly sunlit portion but also a ghostly glow over the rest of the moon's disk.

Scientists Ease Fears Over “Rim of Fire”

Paris, FR - The "Rim of Fire" that girdles the Pacific has recently unleashed dozens of shocking earthquakes and a volcanic eruption, but scientists suggest these shows of ill temper may be no more than coincidence.

Revolutionary Hydrogen Sensor Developed

Gainesville, FL - US engineers in Florida believe they've solved the problem of safely storing invisible, odorless and highly explosive hydrogen.

Most extensive survey ever of world’s tropical forests shows upward trend in sustainable management

Mexico City - The most comprehensive analysis of the status of tropical forest management ever conducted has documented a significant increase in the "sustainable management" of tropical forests worldwide since 1988.

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