How Beijing's sky got blue
Beijing has seen a lot of azure-blue skies since Aug 20, when the government began taking strict control of industrial and automobile emissions ahead of last week's military parade. The air quality was
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Construction grows in Australia: report
Construction activity has swung up in Australia ending four months of contraction, according to data released on Monday. The Australian Industry Group and Housing Industry Association' s Performance
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16,000 evacuated as heavy rain hits C China
CHANGSHA - More than 16,000 people were evacuated as rainstorms lashed parts of central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said on Sunday. Heavy rain began to hit northwestern Hunan on Saturday,
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World loses South Africa-sized forest area in 25 years- FAO
The world has lost forests the size of South Africa over the past 25 years, a decline of more than 3 percent, although the rate of forest loss has significantly slowed, a report by the U.N.'s Food and
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Factories along the Kelani River to be examined for water pollution
Sept 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says 150 main industries located close to the upper part of the Kelani River from Ambatale Water Purification Plant will be
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Parliament to vote on solar bill
Green MP Gareth Highes had one of his Member's Bills pulled from the ballot in mid-August. The Electricity Industry (Small-Scale Renewable Distributed Generation) Amendment Bill is now set to be voted
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Riyadh to install more LED streetlights
RIYADH: The Riyadh municipality has intensified its efforts to rationalize energy consumption in street lighting by increasing reliance on energy-saving (LED) systems and expanding the use of solar energy.
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Tanzania: Fake Solar Panels On Sale
TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) will carry out a man-hunt to establish who is engaged in the sale of fake solar power panels, TBS Public Relations Manager, Ms Roida Andusamile, has announced. Ms
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Rwanda Names 24 Baby Mountain Gorillas in Annual Tradition
KINIGI, Rwanda — Youths wearing gorilla costumes and rubber boots grunted and scampered in front of Rwanda's president on Saturday during the ceremonial naming of 24 baby mountain gorillas in the African
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Scientists discover easy way to store methane in coffee
Used coffee beans could be a simple and cheap alternative for methane storage, new scientific research has found. Scientists from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea
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Cameroon dedicates $20 million to support national agricultural development
Cameroon and FAO today signed two agreements: one creating a $20 million, five-year Partnership Programme aimed at promoting agricultural development in the Central African nation, the other establishing
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New emissions test still falls short, say critics
A tough new EU emissions test meant to better reflect carmakers’ performance will do little to bring official results into line with reality, a new report has warned. The car industry has long been
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New Ebola case in Sierra Leone quarantine village: president
Another woman has tested positive for Ebola in a village in northern Sierra Leone already under quarantine after the death of a 67-year-old woman a week ago, President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Sunday.
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Ireland to donate €60m to UN’s World Food Programme
The Irish State is set to donate €60 million to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) over the next three years. The commitment, which was made by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney
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Only 16% of food adulteration cases in Tamil Nadu end in conviction
Just 16% food adulterators were convicted in the state over the past two years even though there has been a rise in the number of complaints of contaminated food in the market. Statistics from Tamil
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Study Says Moisture can Affect Upper Atmospheric Winds
BENGALURU: Variations in atmospheric moisture can influence winds blowing in the higher reaches of the atmosphere, according to a study by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers. Winds circulating
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HC appoints commissioners to keep vigil on construction ban around Dal
Irked over the failure of lake authority - LADWA - to halt encroachments in Dal Lake, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has appointed two Vigilance Commissioners for reporting any violation of the ban imposed
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Govt set to clean Sutlej on pattern of Ganga
This is the first time any river in state will be cleaned The state is all set to initiate ‘Operation Sutlej clean-up’ on the pattern of the Ganga project. This is the first time that any river in the
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Water table receding in eight state valleys
The resource being exploited for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes Underground water is receding in eight valleys of Himachal where it was being exploited for drinking, irrigation and industrial
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NGT to consider Periyar case today
Fresh instances of discolouration of the Periyar have been reported at a time when the Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is considering a petition on the river pollution. The