For almost a week, poor Rip had to wear one of those cones of silliness to keep him from gnawing at the burn-like sores, but the cone actually came in handy as his tail episode coincided with his neutering. Nothing like a two-for-one use out of that cone! Of course, he didn’t like it much. [...]
French ornithologists have now charted a steep decline in Paris and other French cities. There has been an even sharper fall in urban populations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Finland. As in Britain, where sparrow numbers are believed to have fallen by 90 per cent in the past 15 years, [...]
Not surprisingly, the numbers vary according to party affiliation. A much lower 33 percent of Republicans think the government is doing a poor job to protect the environment, but that number grows to 67 percent among Independents and tops out at 78 percent among the Democrats. The environment always seems to get the back seat, [...]
As well as continuing TV, radio, web and cinema advertising across member states, the campaign will also involve more than 100 national events for Europeans to be tested for carbon monoxide in an awareness-raising drive. It is expected that more than 50,000 tests will take place up until November. High levels of carbon monoxide can [...]
A Greenpeace report, published to coincide with a U.N. meeting in Brazil on biodiversity, said that 40 percent of the world’s oceans should be placed in nature reserves. Just 0.6 percent of the oceans are protected reserves at present, compared with 12 percent of the world’s land, according to U.N. data. While that protection is [...]
"The biggest indicator of change that is already happening is usage of the Thames Barrier," King told the conference late on Monday. "The Thames Barrier was designed to be used once every two or three years and in that period after it was built in 1980 it was indeed used once every two or three [...]
1. ENVIRONMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS In response to last week’s special alert, you sent more than 9,300 messages urging your representatives to approve several pro-environment amendments to the FY05 Interior Appropriations bill (thank you!). Although the results are mixed, your messages helped produce one significant victory, as the House voted 222-205 to restrict roadbuilding for commercial logging [...]
The award of the National and European Solar Prizes in 2004 – as in the years before – has the purpose, to widely spread the subject of Renewable Energies. Outstanding innovative projects and initiatives as to the use of Renewable Energies are awarded in different categories. The call for tenders for the European Solar Prizes by [...]
Romanian and Bulgarian premiers, Adrian Nastase and Simeon Saxa-Coburg Gotha, have attended on Sunday a ceremony marking 50 years since the opening the existing bridge linking Giurgiu and Ruse. The bridge was inaugurated on June 20 1954, after two years and three months of works and at that time it was one of the longest [...]
This RFP is sponsored by the International Utility Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (IUEP). The IUEP has been a leader among the industry groups that have supported voluntary initiatives to address global climate change. The IUEP maintains its leadership by supporting international GHG reduction projects under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. [...]
