Positive news from Spain
Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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UNESCO adds 23 new sites to global network of biosphere reservesUnited Nations - Remote cloud forests in Viet Nam, hundreds of atolls in Micronesia and mangroves in El Salvador are featured in the 23 ecosystems which were added today to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities. |
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SEAT to make 95% recyclable vehiclesMartorell, Spain - SEAT is the first Spanish car manufacturer to successfully pass the initial assessment procedure put in place by the Spanish Ministry of Industry for recognition as a company efficient in recycling. |
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Solar Power Tower
Source: Solar Power Tower, Sun September 09, 2007 |
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Fly me to the moon: Space hotel sees 2012 openingBarcelona, Spain - "Galactic Suite," the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes. |
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Spain approves installation of offshore wind farmsMadrid, Spain - The government of Spain on Friday approved legislation that will allow offshore wind parks to be set up along the nation's vast coastline in an effort to boost the use of renewable energy sources. |
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Spain Government Approves EUR2.37 Billion Plan To Lower Carbon EmissionsMadrid, Spain - Spain's government approved Friday a plan to spend EUR2.37 billion in a push to lower carbon dioxide emissions in the country between 2008 and 2012, focusing on the manufacturing, transport, and construction sectors. |
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Spanish Telescope to Search SkiesCanary Islands - The new telescope is one of the world's most powerful. |
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Egypt’s Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years OldQurta, Egypt - Rock face drawings and etchings recently rediscovered in southern Egypt are similar in age and style to the iconic Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux, France, and Altamira, Spain, archaeologists say. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse