Environment

President Barroso And Prime Minister Fillon Meet European Social Partners On Financial Crisis

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and French Prime Minister François Fillon - for the EU Council Presidency - met this morning with employers' and workers' representatives to discuss the impact of the financial...

Czech cabinet approves 2007 report on environment

Vláda schválila zprávu o stavu životního prostředí Prague - The Czech government today approved the 2007 report on the environment according to which air pollution is the country's main problem, Environment Minister Martin...

Let's get connected: 'Green' seminar series brings researchers together

A pioneering series of 'virtual' seminars is launched today (15 October 2008), bringing international researchers and academics together to share their expertise and discuss new ideas in the Greenest way possible - by...

Badge idea to combat fly-tippers

Reputable refuse disposal firms should be issued with badges so that people can distinguish them from illegal fly-tippers, MPs have heard. Environment Agency boss Paul Leinster said there could be a scheme similar to...

Crunch may dilute carbon deal

Last Modified: 15 Oct 2008 By: Tom Clarke Today's EU meeting was supposed to focus on climate change, but the financial crisis ended up taking centre stage. With some countries arguing that targets for reducing greenhouse gas...

Fossil fish shows complexity of transition to land

In a new study of a fossil fish that lived 375 million years ago, scientists are finding striking evidence of the intermediate steps by which some marine vertebrates evolved into animals that walked on land. The fossil species...

Scientists view both Obama, McCain as supportive

Call it the political revenge of the nerds. Even the presidential science adviser was booted from the White House, forced to set up office down the street. Both presidential candidates — Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama —...

Scientists view both Obama, McCain as supportive

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Both presidential candidates _ Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama _ offer policies farther from the president than they are from each other. Obama and McCain promise to...

CleanTech Biofuels Achieves First Milestone in Developing Ethanol Production Technology (PR...

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. announces that it has fulfilled its first milestone pursuant to its exclusive worldwide sublicense agreement for technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley for converting cellulose...

Management of BioCentric Energy (BEHL) Define the Next Three Years for BioCentric Energy, a Green...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - October 15, 2008) - BioCentric Energy's (PINKSHEETS: BEHL) Management, in a meeting today with all subsidiaries and division personnel, defined the five implementing projects for the next...