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Thu, 2 Sep 2010
(Photo: AP / Binsar Bakkara)Indonesian Volcano Spews New Burst Of Ash
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010....Full Story

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(Photo: GFDL.)WWF calls for 'roar of support' for wild tigers
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Industrial Worker Toxic Substance Exposure Wise Use and Prudent Avoidance
| With the numerous mining and oil platform accidents receiving high profile coverage in the major media this year, we have to ask ourselves, why would anyone want to perform such hazardous work? | Economics of circumstance may be one reason as well as hazard pay and fa...Full Story
AISI R&D: Feasibility Study for Recycling Used Automotive Oil Filters in a Blast Furnace (0041)
| Executive Summary now available.  | Performed by Metserv | Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Principal Investigator Ralph Smailer, Metserv (rsmailer@metserv.attbbs.com) AISI Technical Manager William A. Obenchain (wobenchain@steel.org) Cost-Sharing Participants: The U.S. Depa...Full Story
Katter outlines ambitious wishlist
The three rural independents say they'll wait until next week to make a decision on which major party to support as a minority government. | But one of them has a huge list of demands waiting to be satisified by either Tony Abbott or Julia Gillard. | Independent member ...Full Story
Miner digs underground home in C China
2010-09-03 07:44:37.0Chen XinMiner digs underground home in C ChinaChen Xinnian,miner,Henan,underground apartment,housing prices,demolition1158963Society2@webnews/enpproperty--> | ZHENGZHOU - Chen Xinnian, a 64-year-old former miner in Central China's Henan province, is...Full Story
Businesses use solar, gas plants to cut electricity costs
| COMPANIES are building their own power plants to escape Sydney's ageing energy infrastructure and crippling electricity costs. | Sydney's newest office, a transparent 28-storey glass house with a soaring 130m atrium, is taking form, heralding a new era in environ...Full Story
Business Diary: Software rap is, well, just...
| When big companies try to get down with the kids and tackle the yoof market, you know you're in for trouble. When they try to do it with rap music, disaster is sure to follow. The latest example of this is internet security company Norton, which has enlisted Snoop Dog...Full Story
Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation
| Freakish weather conditions and soaring demand from China, Brazil and other fast-emerging economies have pushed meat prices around the world to a 20-year high. | International food prices have risen to their highest in two years, shooting up five per cent between July...Full Story
Sibu Municipal Council considers opening landfill for 3R activities
| THE Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) may open the Jalan Seng Ling sanitary landfill for people to dump their recyclable items. | The council's deputy chairman Daniel Ngieng said the landfill was currently open to only those dumping bulk items and they were charged a fee. ...Full Story
Sea of lanterns at Cheras mall
| IT was a scene from the depths of the ocean at Cheras Leisure Mall, Cheras, during the launch of the Mid-Autumn 'Sea of Lights' celebration recently. | Some 59 lanterns depicting sea creatures made from recycled materials were on display for mall visitors to see. | Th...Full Story
Offshore Ship Designers helps to harness marine renewable energy
| - | More | Offshore Ship Designer's first project in the marine renewable energy field will shortly be commencing on site trials in the UK's Humber estuary. | By applying its experience and design knowledge, OSD has helped UK company Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd (NREL...Full Story
Agreement signed to supply coal processing 
equipment
| Global mining equipment supplier Metso Mining & Construction Technology and Jim Harrison Design Associates (JHDA), a coal processing project house, have signed an agreement to supply coal processing equipment to the industry. | Metso Mining has licensed JHDA to su...Full Story
Phoenix power
| Mumbai Mirror Bureau | Posted On Friday, September 03, 2010 at 03:09:58 AM | Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy reliably day after day, year after year. Now Massachusett...Full Story
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A Future Built on Different Standards
The New York Times | ILZ, AUSTRIA — Until a few years ago, Styria, a province in southeastern Austria bordering Hungary and Slovenia, was an economic backwater, a buffer zone between the prosperous west of the country and its formerly Communist neighbors. | A blo...
Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
The New York Times | BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in the Feldbach district of Styria. There, with 2 of...
When Rare Earths Get Rarer
The New York Times | In the race for green tech, the leading position of Europe and the United States is coming under new pressure. | During the summer break, China’s commerce ministry cut export quotas for so-called rare earth elements by 72 percent for the seco...
Thu 2 Sep 2010
Fighting for Workers This Labor Day
Yahoo Daily News | For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or back to school and for many an election season. For me, Labor Day has always been what it was originally intended to be: A day to celebrate the contributions that working men and women have made...
Westhill literacy program brings pupils to school for math, language classes
Syracuse | The Westhill Summer Literacy Program brought 96 children entering grades one through seven to school for five weeks this summer for classes that focused on English language and math skills. | Pupils in upper grade levels read novels, two of which w...
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Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
Breitbart | A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept.... | Women pass a damaged vehicle in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010... | JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the ...
Primo Water Honors a Shared Environmental Vision
redOrbit | WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The people of Primo Water Corporation want to congratulate the people of Concord, MA for taking a tough environmental stand this year. | Concord residents voted in April to ban the sale of bottled water ...
Here are some of the differences between the latest Gulf oil explosion and the blast ...
Star Tribune | Here are some differences between the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster April 20 and the oil production platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico: | TYPES OF STRUCTURES | _ Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased to BP PLC, was ...
Investing in People, Planet, Progress - SC Johnson Releases 2010 Public Report
PR Newswire     Company Shares Sustainability Strategy and Progress | , Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- With consumer interest in socially responsible companies constantly growing,* SC Johnson today releases its 2010 public report which describes the 124-year ...
Mozambique Riots Spotlight World Food Price Spike
The New York Times | Filed at 6:24 p.m. ET | JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry -- and erupting in anger -- in the world's poorest countries. | A spike in food prices ...
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
Herald Tribune | JOHANNESBURG - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry - and erupting in anger - in the world's poorest countries. AC = 1234 | --> | A spike in food prices has triggered de...
Trash separation system in mess
The Telegraph India Bhubaneswar, Sept. 2: The capital is yet to formulate a strategy to segregate non-biodegradable waste, such as plastic, from solid waste that is being dumped at a site near Bhuasuni on the outskirts of the city. | The city generates 480 metric tonnes...
Henderson community protests, opts out of recycling program
MSNBC | Matt Kozar reporting | Henderson is preparing for a new recycling pilot program that starts at the end of the month. The idea is to have residents put all of their recycling in one large bin that will be picked up once a week. Garbage pick-up will ...
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