Archive for September, 2008

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Brazil sets out a plan to end net deforestation by 2015, but with no targets on emission cuts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

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Lift-off for China space mission

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

China has launched Shenzhou VII, its third manned space mission, which is to feature the country’s first spacewalk.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7634404.stm

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What’s driving China space efforts?

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

BBC News looks at the factors driving China’s space programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7635397.stm

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Coal power plants ‘must be clean’

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Only coal-fired power stations that can capture and store CO2 should be built, says the Environment Agency in England and Wales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7633938.stm

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Solar wind blows at 50-year low

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

The solar wind - the stream of charged particles billowing away from the Sun - is at its weakest for 50 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7632331.stm

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Source of river pollution found

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Around 20 litres of red diesel have polluted a tributary of the river Maine in County Antrim, says the Department of the Environment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7632417.stm

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US free to buy Russia space seats

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

A showdown that threatened to remove the US and its partners from the space station appears to be over.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7638188.stm

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Brazil unveils deforestation plan

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Brazil sets out a plan to end net deforestation by 2015, but with no targets on emission cuts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/americas/7637070.stm

©BBC News

Lift-off for China space mission

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

China has launched Shenzhou VII, its third manned space mission, which is to feature the country’s first spacewalk.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7634404.stm

©BBC News

What’s driving China space efforts?

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

BBC News looks at the factors driving China’s space programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/environment/-/2/hi/science/nature/7635397.stm

©BBC News