AFP – Vietnam’s detention of three online writers has been “intentionally exaggerated and distorted,” the…
Month: September 2009
Two German merchant ships conquer famed Arctic passage: Climate change is blamed for opening of path
Boston Globe: Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming…
REDD path to a green planet
Living on Earth: YOUNG: It’s Living on Earth. I’m Jeff Young. CURWOOD: And I’m Steve…
Australians are biggest polluters: Report
Agence France-Presse: Australians have overtaken Americans as the world’s biggest individual producers of carbon dioxide,…
Calif. lawmakers pass tougher clean energy goals
Reuters: A bill that would power up California’s already ambitious effort to shift to cleaner,…
Australia Leads World in New Greenhouse Gas Pollution Index
Voice of America: New vehicles await shipment from a wharf in Sydney, Australia (file photo)A…
$100M-plus broadband map runs into cost questions (AP)
AP – The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too…
Plastic Surgeons Should Be Part Of Disaster Relief Planning, Response
When a terrorist bomb explodes, a tornado rips through a town, a hurricane devastates a…
Find Local Rideshares Quickly Via Mobile Phone
In spite of rising energy prices, many car drivers in large cities still ride alone….
Common Viral Infection In Infants May Persist Long-term In Central Nervous System
A new study suggests that coxsackievirus, a significant human pathogen that commonly infects the central…