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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/9d3b36ac41649d93/ en-us Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:43 -0400 30 Engineers are turning to innovative approach to hush aircraft noise and reduce environmental problems for communities near airports. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412941/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:01:16 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412941/cs/1/ The effects on the environment caused by the booming construction industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will top the agenda of the annual meeting of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) here next month. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412794/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:00:36 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412794/cs/1/ Washington, September 30 : Commercial aquatic plants grown in constructed wetlands (CWs) are being touted as inexpensive, low-technology approaches for treating agricultural, industrial, and municipal wastewater to comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412927/cs/1/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:00:37 -0400 Africa Leader.com http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/412927/cs/1/ NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 30, 2008) - Consolidated Edison, Inc. has been cited for environmental excellence in two recent rankings recognizing overall corporate governance efforts for ta... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228613/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:28 -0400 Market Wire http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228613/ A grey wolf in Montana. Photograph: Panoramic Images/Getty Images A federal judge on Monday overturned a decision that removed the grey wolf from the endangered species list in Wisconsin, Michigan a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228614/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:08:53 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228614/ Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, is to use its space planes to gather scientific data on climate change from the highest reaches of the atmosphere under a new collaboration wi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228615/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:08:50 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228615/ TSX Symbol: ORI Ensures customer's organic waste conversion to renewable energy WOODBRIDGE, ON, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - Organic Resource Management Inc. ("ORMI") today announced that it has signed an excl... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228616/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:16 -0400 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18228616/ Vector Tobacco Group of Durham, N.C., was fined $65,040 for allegedly misusing pesticides during application at its agricultural research facility in Kekaha on Kauai in 2005 and 2006, according to the... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223431/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:49 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223431/ prisons are doing to foster biodiversity within and around their walls. With nine internationally important sites of special scientific interest, it is more than you might think.The team also pick ove... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223422/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:35:16 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223422/ Georgia’s U.S. House delegation played a huge part Monday in defeating the $700 billion financial rescue legislation championed by the Bush administration and congressional leaders. Only two of... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223426/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:29:00 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223426/ in a stock transaction. H-Hybrid has an exclusive license for an apparatus and method of generating hydrogen and oxygen gases designed to increase fuel economy and decrease hydrocarbon emissions in g... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223434/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:44 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223434/ Developing wave energy facilities off the Oregon coast could have significant impacts to both the ocean and various species that live in it, according to a new Oregon State University study. The repo... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223427/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:29:02 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223427/ Kirksey President John Kirksey and managing principal Wes Good are open to all corporate environmental efforts and take the lead in sustainable building and design. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223435/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:42 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223435/ Emergency crews are trying to contain a large spill of contaminating liquid in a river in the north-west of New South Wales. The murky white liquid was found in the Peel River in Tamworth this mornin... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223436/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:27:11 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223436/ A Santa Cruz County jury has found that an organic grower's rights were violated by crop contamination caused by pesticides evaporating after application, and awarded $1 million in damages. The r... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223430/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:51 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223430/ 0 posts The Lung Association called on federal political parties to spend this week of the election campaign debating the health effects of dirty air. "Dirty air and rising rates of lung disease in C... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223420/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:39:05 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223420/ A two-week programme known as "Raptor Camp" has been organised by Birdlife Malta, the RSPB's partner on the Mediterranean island. Birdwatchers from all over Europe have come to assess the population o... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223423/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:35:18 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223423/ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two-part legislation Monday that puts California on the path toward a comprehensive green chemistry program to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in products and... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223428/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:54 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223428/ Inc.’s chief financial officer and its controller have both "left the company," it was announced Monday in a brief news statement. CFO Yasmin Seyal and controller Leon Blackburn have ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223433/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:45 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223433/ Amanda Lee Myers September 30, 2008 - 11:09 a.m. PHOENIX (AP) - Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for authorizing uranium exploration on on... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223424/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:31:11 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223424/ Maryland brought in $16.3 million through its sale of carbon-emission credits last week. Maryland was among 10 states that collectively put more than 12.5 million credits on an online auction to pay ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223432/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:47 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223432/ A rescue squad of environmentalists, researchers, state employees and contractors is working against the clock to save Eastern box turtles that would otherwise be crushed or buried alive when hundreds... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223438/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:22:52 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223438/ OTTAWA - Two prominent environmental groups are calling on Canadians to reject the Conservatives on Oct. 14. Greenpeace and Sierra Club Canada say those concerned about the environment and the ef... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223439/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:21:21 -0400 C News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223439/ California on Monday launched the most comprehensive program of any state to regulate chemicals that have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health. Gov. Ar... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223440/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:12:19 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18223440/ Forests in Brazil have been cut down to make way for crops such as soya. Photographer: Rodrigo Baleia/Greenpeace The Brazilian government faces criminal charges after a report found that the Amazon http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219597/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:27 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219597/ The Royal Society has conducted the most detailed survey of attitudes to the nuclear industry since the mid-1980s. The five-year study is a combination of detailed interviews conducted with people liv... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219596/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:25 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219596/ Dolphins on a low-fat diet in Kinosaki Marine World, Toyooka, Japan. Photograph: Haruo Imazu/AP Dolphins at a marine park in Japan have been put on a diet after developing pot bellies and failing to... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219595/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:23 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219595/ MONTREAL, Sept. 30 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto Alcan has successfully completed its rehabilitation of the Pramont industrial residue disposal site in the Valais region, which is now integrated into a r... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219599/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:52:35 -0400 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219599/ Fifty-four percent of South Africans think that climate change is problem, a survey by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found. "When asked how serious a problem climate change might b... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219600/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:38:49 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18219600/ New Jersey nursery until they are permanently planted at the trade center site. Once there, the trees will create a rustling canopy over the memorial plaza to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215651/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:07:05 -0400 Newsday http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215651/ “Azerbaijan is the only country among Caspian states that implements environmental programs without expecting any economic profit from them”, told journalists Huseyn Bagirov, the Minister ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215652/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:39:35 -0400 ANS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215652/ Huseyn Baghirov: "Depth of the household waste comprises about ten meters at the site and extinguishment of the spontaneous ignition of wastes is impossible by water". 80%-85% of pollution of ecolog... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215653/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:38:32 -0400 ANS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215653/ The memorandum was signed by Huseyn Baghirov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan and Jan Dusik, Minister of Environment and Deputy Prime Minister of Czech republic. The Ministry ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215654/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:38:26 -0400 ANS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18215654/ VAIL, Colo.—Up to 7,000 lodgepole pines will be cut down at the Vail Mountain resort to reduce the risk that a tree killed by beetles could damage a ski gondola by falling or catching fire. Vail... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18212339/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:05:18 -0400 Denver Post http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18212339/ JEET, WEST BANK - It was difficult for 87-year-old Jamil Khader to discover that nearly all of the 1,400 olive trees his extended family planted in February had suddenly gone missing, having been upro... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18212340/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:59:32 -0400 Palestine Chronicle http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18212340/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 21:00 CDT Can't figure out how you are going to keep your family in all the expensive prescription medications your doctor is prescribing? Just turn on the tap. ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18209715/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:12:45 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18209715/ An international organisation aimed at preventing the theft of nuclear material from reactors around the world that could be used in a catastrophic terrorist attack was launched yesterday in Vienna.Th... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205890/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:33:31 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205890/ People will have to be rationed to four modest portions of meat and one litre of milk a week if the world is to avoid run-away climate change, a major new report warns.The report, by the Food Climate ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205888/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:33:35 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205888/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 18:00 CDT To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: David T. Parker, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, of American Commercial Lines Inc.,... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205885/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:40:24 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205885/ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed to provide foreign experts serving China with better working and living conditions. Wen made the remark in meeting with 50 chosen foreign specialists and their fam... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18209716/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:09:08 -0400 People's Daily http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18209716/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 18:00 CDT To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Anita Alvare of Alvare Associates, +1-610-520-6140, Ext. 206, anita@alvare.com BOSTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Robe... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205578/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:40:27 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205578/ TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan - A federal court Monday overturned the Bush administration's decision to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205903/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:21:01 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18205903/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 14:41 CDT ORONO - Environmental science and the performing arts will come together in a daylong event Saturday at the University of Maine. "The University of Mai... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201812/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:34 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201812/ OTTAWA, Sept. 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Two of Canada's largest environmental groups will hold a news conference tomorrow offering election advice for voters. With polls showing Canadians distinguish littl... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201813/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:52:53 -0400 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201813/ The solar panels were donated by SolarWorld, based in Bonn, Germany. The company's CEO gave the panels a Bonn-based company called SolarWorld. The company's CEO decided to give the solar project as a ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201814/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:52:35 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201814/ Environmentalists in Labrador said Monday a tentative deal between the provincial government and the Innu leadership over land rights and royalties for the undeveloped Lower Churchill project is a set... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201816/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:51:57 -0400 CBC News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18201816/ A farmer waters his crops in Malawi. Photograph: Martin Godwin Gordon Brown and George Bush issued a joint letter today, calling on western donors to keep promises made earlier this year to help dev... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197570/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:27:40 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197570/ WASHINGTON - The House on Monday sent to President Bush a bill sponsored by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama that would eventually ban the export of elemental mercury. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197572/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:17:00 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197572/ ALBANY, N.Y. - The owners of Northeastern fossil fuel-burning power plants, which are now required to buy credits to cover the carbon they emit, spent nearly $40 million in the first cap-and-trade gre... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197571/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:17:00 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197571/ Police in Belem, Brazil, guard a raft in March that is loaded with logs that were illegally cut in the Amazon, where destruction jumped 228 percent in August when compared to the same month a year ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197169/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:17:00 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197169/ Environmental groups are calling the Conservative party's snub of their election questionnaire disturbing and offensive. A coalition of organizations sent all major political parties an environment q... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197573/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:16:15 -0400 CBC News http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197573/ It has been claimed that carbon taxes, parking levies and congestion charges should be rolled out to help slash Ireland`s greenhouse gas emissions. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197576/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:31:08 -0400 Cork's 96 fm http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18197576/ CALGARY, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - Alternative Fuel Systems (2004) Inc. ("AFS " or the "Company") (TSX Venture: AFX) announces that pursuant to the terms of its stock option plan, it has granted options to p... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193149/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:33:45 -0400 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193149/ ITHACA, N.Y. - The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York’s official state insect in 1989. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193151/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:33:29 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193151/ SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who has challenged many members of his party to take climate change seriously, said Friday that he plans to invite lawmakers and governmental e... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193150/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:33:28 -0400 MSNBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193150/ NEW YORK -- IT IS 90 degrees on a crisp fall day, 89% humidity. One-hundred thousand refugees are stranded in Texas, courtesy of Hurricane Ike. Could just be a bad day. Then again, it could be someth... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193152/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:23:29 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193152/ AS KERMIT the Frog once made famous in song, "it's not that easy being green." This is the lesson learned from James Glave's humorous, ecology-minded "Almost Green: How I Saved 1/6th of a Billionth of... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193153/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:23:28 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193153/ MACHIAS, Maine (AP) - It threatened to be the first hurricane in 17 years to make landfall in Maine. Instead, Kyle delivered little more than a glancing blow equivalent to that of a classic nor'easter... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193155/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:45:45 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193155/ MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center says Subtropical Storm Laura has formed in the north central Atlantic ocean. The storm is centered about 1,015 miles west of Faial island in the Azores and m... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193156/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:45:45 -0400 Find Law http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18193156/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 09:00 CDT Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded the $48 million Environmental Response Training Program (ERTP) by the U.S. Env... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188268/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:10:53 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188268/ Julie Morelli, general manager of the Smart Center, is seeing a lot of demand for the fuel-efficient “Fortwo” Smart Car, which gets 33-41 miles per gallon and starts at $11,590. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188082/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:22 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188082/ Community redevelopment agencies statewide celebrated the Sept. 18 Florida Supreme Court ruling in a case known simply asStrand. Funding for redevelopment projects – from a new library in Laude... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188280/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:57 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188280/ SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - September 29, 2008) - Infoblox Inc. today announced it has introduced the new Infoblox bloxTools™ environment, enabling users to develop, support and share custo... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188269/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:07:15 -0400 Market Wire http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188269/ pegged today’s green industry at $200 billion — a fraction of the trillions of dollars in overall consumer spending annually. But the same group predicted that market would double by 2010;... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188281/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:54 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188281/ A recurring theme when fellow attorneys discuss John Ashworth is his extraordinary ability to grasp the complex science involved in environmental law. “It’s almost like you’re talki... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188283/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:49 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188283/ must devise a backup plan for its long-range transportation projects because gas tax revenue — used to finance current projects — continues to drop. The backup plan is needed as the regio... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188279/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:01 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188279/ is forging new partnerships and developing new tools to make it easy for its customers to build sustainability into the products and buildings they design. The San Rafael-based design and engineering... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188284/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:47 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188284/ New legislation gives more authority to a state agency to regulate toxic chemicals in products sold in the state, which increases pressure on companies to make products using safer, more eco-friendly ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188285/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:45 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188285/ Business and transportation are going green, so is politics, and it’s high time that Jacksonville turned green, too. We have a solid start, with more park land set aside than any other city, se... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188287/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:40 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188287/ Mark Callaghan, left, and Bob Bowman of Blue Sky Cleaners, oversee test runs of pressurized carbon dioxide dry cleaning machines at Blue Sky’s plant in Seattle’s Interbay area. http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188273/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:20 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188273/ Private colleges and universities in Wisconsin have begun performing voluntary audits to assure compliance with environmental laws under an agreement initiated by the http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188272/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:24 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188272/ When it comes to research investment, many states are spending millions on technology to develop renewable energy. But Georgia is not one of the major players. Speaking at a recent meeting of the http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188282/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:52 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188282/ The St. Johns River Water Management District, which has already approved a water withdrawal permit for Seminole County, is now saying “And if we’re going to do this right, we’re goi... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188289/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:38 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188289/ Container Recovery Inc. is preparing to get bigger as recycling gets more complicated. Once Oregon’s expanded bottle bill hits the books in January, the Portland-based cooperative — which... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188286/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:43 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188286/ Got growth? We do. According to the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Vision 2040 growth forecasts, in just over three decades, we’ll add 1.7 million new people and 1.2 million new jobs to o... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188276/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:18 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188276/ Who’s who: Joel Solly is CEO, president, and one of three equal owners of the company with brothers Peter Gordon and David Gordon. What’s going on: The business specializes in creating he... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188288/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:36 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188288/ SAND KEY — John Phipps fields a lot of questions operating a concession stand and cabana rental on the beach south of Clearwater Pass. People want to know about seaweed and currents, jellyfish a... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188275/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:16 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188275/ plans to offer a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can run on electricity for 20-40 miles before switching to gasoline. Since half of American cars travel under 25 miles a day, plug-ins allow people to do m... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188270/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:12 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188270/ A $34.7 million bus rapid transit system featuring 60-foot hybrid buses running every 10 minutes during peak travel periods could be operating in a little more than two years if Milwaukee County Execu... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188278/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:06 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188278/ Charlotte City Council has killed a $29.3 million contract that would have privatized solid-waste services in east Charlotte after an impassioned plea from public workers. The city had planned to sig... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188274/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:14 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188274/ Charlotte will roll out the green carpet next month as the host city for the North Carolina League of Municipalities’ centennial conference. It’s all part of a big push led by Mayor Pro T... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188277/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:10 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188277/ As an industry, the green movement has made big strides this year, but still has more than its share of public-relations problems. On one hand, consumers are wary of bogus or exaggerated claims from ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18187825/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:59 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18187825/ Conservative plans , unveiled today, to scrap the third runway at Heathrow and build a £20bn rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.John Stewart, the chairman of Heathrow anti-exp... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188271/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:09 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188271/ GUELPH, ON, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - BIOREM Inc. (TSXV:BRM) announced today the introduction of the UNITY technology platform which dramatically improves the level of performance for biological odor removal... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188291/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:49:15 -0400 CNW Group http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188291/ Big Island coffee farms are growing in number and expanding in size despite a slight production decline in the last reporting season. The number of coffee farms increased this year from 775 to 790, h... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188044/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:03 -0400 Business Journal http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188044/ The aviation industry, business groups and the Labour party unite to condemn Tory proposals to build high-speed rail links rather than expand capacity at Heathrow airport http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18187746/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:14 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18187746/ I was never more excited to do laundry, and it wasn't because my son and I were running out of clean underwear. I had just installed a system to divert gray water from my washing machine to my xerisca... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188292/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:39:08 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188292/ Grants Advance Collaboration With Universities, Research Related to the Environment DALLAS, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the 2008 recipients of fell... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188293/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:08:22 -0400 Breitbart http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188293/ Sep 28, 2008 - 05:35 - WAM Dubai, Sep 28th, 2008 (WAM): Minister of Environment and Water Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahd attended on Saturday, an Iftar party hosted by the eastern regional agricultural off... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188295/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:05:49 -0400 WAM http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18188295/ Ziggurat, the proposed eco-city by Dubai-based Timelinks aims to cut carbon-emissions by 90 per cent by becoming totally car-free. The Sustainable city wants to support an entire community of up to o... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184486/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:06:52 -0400 Trade Arabia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184486/ The Middle East maritime sector is waking up to the need for greater fuel efficiency, which could lead to potentially huge reductions in shipping's carbon footprint, according to industry experts.... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184488/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:06:48 -0400 Trade Arabia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184488/ Each year the prestigious wildlife photographer of the year competition reveals stunning new images taken by expert photographers in the natural world. The exhibition goes on show at the http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184489/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:52:31 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184489/ Bahrain students are being urged to take part in a competition designed to spread the green message. The Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2009 was unveiled by Riffa Views Signature Estates at a Press confe... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184487/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:06:49 -0400 Trade Arabia http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184487/ Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Businesses that improve the energy efficiency of their employees' homes will be able to offset the savings against the company's own carbon footprint under radical Conserv... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184490/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:52:30 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184490/ Keeping track of your carbon footprint could become as simple as slipping a mobile phone in your pocket: a London-based start-up company has developed software for mobile phones that uses global posit... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184491/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:52:28 -0400 The Guardian http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184491/ Network Rail has been criticised over its decision to chop down dozens of trees near a line in Lincolnshire. Some residents in Gainsborough said they were angry a three-quarter mile stretch of track ... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184492/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:35:54 -0400 BBC http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184492/ By Francis Hweshe Concerned commercial fishermen from across the Peninsula demonstrated outside parliament against the suspension of commercial fishing rights in the abalone fishery industry. On... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184493/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:29:26 -0400 IOL http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18184493/ Posted on: Monday, 29 September 2008, 03:00 CDT By Stowe, Gene South Bend native Conley Phifer, who has been in the environmental consulting business for 27 years and once headed a team doing emergen... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180405/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:19:05 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180405/ NEW DELHI, Sep 29 (IPS) - A 13- member distinguished jury of Indian and international economists, scientists, retired bureaucrats, legal experts and social leaders have charged the World Bank with har... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180647/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:13:07 -0400 IPS http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180647/ Building homes that produce at least as much energy as they use makes sense now. At least, that's the point a new project in Issaquah is trying to make. Seattle builder Howland Homes is scheduled to... http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180648/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:15 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.africaleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9d3b36ac41649d93/id/18180648/