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World Bank urges new breed of clean energy funding
Source: Reuters - Apr 24 2006 05:30
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank is urging its steering committee to approve a new breed of loans and grants that would go to developing countries to help them make power generation cleaner and more efficient.





NASA satellite launch postponed for fourth time (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 24 2006 02:34

An artist's conception of the CloudSat satellite, the most advanced radar designed to measure the properties of clouds. The US space agency NASA has postponed for a fourth time in less than four days the launch of two satellites designed to help unlock the secrets of Earth's cloud cover, a NASA official said.(AFP/NASA)AFP - The US space agency NASA has postponed for a fourth time in less than four days the launch of two satellites designed to help unlock the secrets of Earth's cloud cover, officials said.



NASA Delays Launch of 3-D Cloud Satellites (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 23 2006 22:32

This image provided by NASA Sunday April 23, 2006 shows the CALIPSO and CloudSat satellites atop a Boeing Delta II rocket on the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday April 23, 2006. The launch, set for 6:02 a.m. EDT, Sunday was delayed for at least 24 hours after it was determined that a refueling aircraft for the radar tracking plane was unavailable Sunday morning according to NASA. The satellites are on missions to study clouds and aerosols, tiny particles in the air. (AP Photo/NASA/Bill Ingalls)AP - NASA delayed the launch of a pair of NASA satellites designed to give scientists their first three-dimensional view of clouds.



Norway slams whaling critics (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 23 2006 12:21
Reuters - Norway hit back on Sunday at 12 nations led by Britain for urging an end to whale hunts, saying a plan to raise catches to the highest in two decades in 2006 would not damage stocks of the giant mammals.

Could Chernobyl Happen Again? (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 22 2006 17:03

Ukrainian school teachers walk inside a nuclear bomb shelter inside the school in the city of Slavutich, Friday, April 21, 2006. Some 50,000 Pripyat residents were evacuated after the disaster, taking only a few belongings. They never returned, and workers and their families now live in the new town of Slavutich, 60 km (37,5 miles) from the plant. The city of Slavutich was built following the evacuation of Pripyat, which was just 1.5 km (about one mile) away from the Chernobyl plant. On April 26, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which sent radioactive cloud across Europe.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - The Chernobyl plant sits idle 20 years after the world's worst nuclear accident, its last reactor taken out of service some six years ago.



Scientists: Oak Disease May Be From Asia (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 21 2006 20:30

A tanoak tree with sudden oak death disease stands in the midst of healthy trees in southwest Oregon in this 2001 file photo. (AP Photo/Oregon State University, File)AP - The fungus that causes sudden oak death likely arrived in a shipment to commercial nurseries from Asia, according to scientists.



Nuclear dreams clouded by cost, waste
Source: Reuters - Apr 21 2006 05:24
DAYA BAY, China (Reuters) - Look away from the four giant nuclear reactors, and Daya Bay's manicured lawns, golf range and ocean-front apartments seem like the trappings of a luxury south China housing enclave.


Belching Peru volcano sparks alarm
Source: Reuters - Apr 20 2006 21:18
UBINAS, Peru (Reuters) - A volcano in southern Peru threw plumes of smoke high into the sky on Thursday, prompting authorities to declare an "orange alert" to encourage villagers to evacuate the area.


Rats Trained to Sniff Out Bombs, Mines (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 20 2006 20:24

An anti-explosive rat stands on the shoulder of a police officer during training at the police station in Sibate south of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 19, 2006. Six rats are being taught by police to search for explosives and landmines. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Watch out Fido — your days on the force may be numbered. Out for your job are Lola and Espejo, two whiskered, red-eyed rats that police in Colombia are training to sniff out bombs and land mines.



Activists: Malaysia Rainforest Threatened (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 20 2006 20:37
AP - A 130 million-year-old tropical rainforest in Malaysia is under threat from logging, environmental activists warned Thursday, as they launched a campaign calling for greater efforts to protect the national heritage.

Los Angeles zoo elephants to get costly enclosure
Source: Reuters - Apr 19 2006 17:33
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday brushed aside complaints that the money could be better spent on the homeless and approved a $39 million project with water holes and lush forest to house elephants.


Next space shuttle crew to inspect for debris damage (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 19 2006 15:31

Space Shuttle mission STS-1 Commander John Young speaks during a press conference at the Visitors Complex at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 7, 2006. (Rick Fowler/Reuters)Reuters - The next space shuttle crew will use a sensor-laden boom to scan their ship's wings for damage from tiny meteorites and bits of space junk, a NASA spokesman said on Wednesday.



IU Scientists Find Strong Bacterial Glue (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 18 2006 19:09
AP - A common bacteria that clings to the inside of water pipes stays in place with the strongest glue known to exist in nature, according to a team of scientists that includes an Indiana University biologist.

Calif. panel advises no cooling seawater at new plants
Source: Reuters - Apr 18 2006 19:21
The commission's resolution, while not binding, hints that the state may be on the way to abolishing seawater to cool coastal power plants.


"Big One" in San Francisco could kill 5,000
Source: Reuters - Apr 18 2006 09:36
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An earthquake on the San Andreas fault as large as the one that destroyed San Francisco a century ago could kill thousands and cause $150 billion in damage, scientists said on Monday on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the city's 1906 quake.


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