Energy
UK Inaugurates World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
LONDON, UK, July 5, 2013 (ENS) – The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, was inaugurated Thursday at a ceremony in Margate, Kent, attended by British [...]
Month: July 2013
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Bulk Carrier Collision Spills Oil in Singapore Strait
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2013 (ENS) – Crews are cleaning up after a collision between two bulk carriers Tuesday that spilled approximately 100 metric tonnes (957 barrels) of fuel [...]
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U.S. National Health Agency to Retire Most Research Chimps
BETHESDA, Maryland, July 3, 2013 (ENS) – The National Institutes of Health plans to use fewer chimpanzees in future NIH-funded biomedical research and retire most of the several [...]
Food
NGOs Join to Fight China’s Dog and Cat Meat Industry
CHANGSHA, China, July 3, 2013 (ENS) – Animal welfare organizations from across China have agreed to work together against what they term the “criminal and cruel” dog and [...]
Energy
It Takes a Special Algae to Make Biofuel
NEWARK, Delaware, July 2, 2013 (ENS) – A species of swimming marine algae that forms toxic algal blooms in the natural environment can be harnessed to grow a [...]
Food
GMO Battle Marks Choice of 2013 World Food Prize Winners
WASHINGTON, DC, July 2, 2013 (ENS) – The 2013 World Food Prize has gone to three scientists turned chemical company executives who pioneered the development of genetically modified [...]
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Raging Wildfire Kills 19 Arizona Firefighters
PRESCOTT, Arizona, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – Fighting the lightning-sparked Yarnell Hill wildfire near Prescott late Sunday, 19 firefighters died in the line of duty. The 19 firefighters, all [...]
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Obama Orders U.S. Agencies to Fight Global Wildlife Trafficking
DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – During a state visit to Tanzania today, President Barack Obama said his administration will put new energy and funds [...]
Business
McDonald’s UAE Gives Cooking Oil 2nd Life as Biodiesel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 1, 2013 (ENS) – In the Emirates, used cooking oil from McDonald’s restaurants is not wasted. It fuels the trucks of the chain’s [...]