Canada announces new funds to meet air quality commitments
The Government of Canada will invest $120.2 million (US$79 million) in new measures on clean air in an attempt to accelerate action on ambitious targets.
Enron to pull out of OFC JV with MSEB
Enron India today decided to pull out off the optic fibre cable (OFC) joint venture with Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). A long delay of over eight months, and lack of a conducive regulatory framework has forced the global energy major to pull out from the project, according to Enron …
Bloodless liver transplant
A 7-month-old Iowa boy received part of his grandmother's liver in a surgery performed without transfusions, which are prohibited by the family's religion, doctors said. The surgery is believed to be the first of its kind performed on an infant, but may become routine.
Foot and mouth crisis grips Britain
The export of all British meat and dairy products has been banned following an outbreak of the highly contagious and virulent foot and mouth disease among the cattle creating panic in the farming community which is still recovering from the effect of the mad cow disease.
Sewage could be killing southern sea otter
A sudden rise in the death-rate of southern sea otters along the Californian coast, which means that they will soon become endangered, could be due to parasitic diseases from sewage outfalls, say scientists.
Healthy wine? It depends on genes
Drinking wine in moderation may protect against heart attack-but how much depends on a person's genes, scientists have found. The gene in question, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, influences how the body breaks down alcohol.
EU won't meet renewable targets without cutting energy demand
A European Commission report says that with current trends the EU will not double the share of electricity from renewables, as it had previously pledged. The Communication on the Community Strategy and Action Plan on Renewable Energy Sources, the first review of the EU's 1997 renewables strategy, published on 16 …
Transporters ask govt to withdraw its decision
Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs Federation called on the Nepal government to withdraw without delay its decision to put 20-year old motor vehicles and diesel-operated three-wheelers off the road, stating it would not be in the interest of any one.
Forest management
The Madhya Pradesh Government's proposal to elaborate its social forestry programme is indeed a welcome step. Covering this time both the private as well as the revenue land will in the long run resurrect the fast depleting forest wealth.(Editorial)
Scottish Executive enquiry rules landfill to be illegal
A Scottish Executive enquiry has ruled that a landfill to the south west of Edinburgh is illegal and should be closed down. Following a two and a half year campaign by residents of the village of Kirknewton, located one kilometre from Kaimes Quarry landfill, has now been ruled illegal by …