The Stories That Matter To The Environment
Microsoft Corporation and the National Science Foundation have agreed to grant free access to scientific researchers in the US on the former’s new cloud computing device.
The aim of the three year project is to provide the scientists the ability to deal with expanding research data. Windows Azure, the computing system introduced by Microsoft to compete [...]
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One of the beneficial strategies to restore damaged ecosystems is re-vegetation. Increasing the biodiversity in these ecosystems could be achieved by introducing different species to local ones. However, such method has some risks, since introduced populations have the tendency to hybridize with similar species from the local population. Hybridization can lead to the ‘polluting’ of [...]
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Ex-fisheries consultant Richard Philp was penalised £9,000 when he authorised a restoration project of a reservoir without minding the repercussions it will cause to the environment.
According to one officer from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the pollution created by Philp’s project was the worst he had witnessed.
The project was completed almost two years ago, [...]
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Congress is considering a national directive that will mandate utilities to produce at least 25% of electricity from renewable sources such as solar and wind energy by 2025. This plan of the Congress will certainly generate more jobs in the future.
RES-Alliance for Jobs, a union of businesses that utilise green power and other trade groups, [...]
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On Thursday, employees at a Scottish wildlife park celebrated a white rhinoceros’ birth. They could have missed this event if not for the information provided by a webcam viewer.
The Blair Drummond Safari Park, which is located in the northern part of Edinburgh, was informed of the impending event through a phone call from a woman [...]
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