Rapid Evolution Within Single Crop-growing Season Increases Insect Pest Numbers UC Riverside research could help prevent crop loss, pest outbreaks Posted 15 August 2011, by Iqbal Pittalwala, University of California, Riverside, newsroom.ucr.edu RIVERSIDE, Calif. – New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that evolution – genetic changes in populations over [...]
Archive for August 16th, 2011
16 Aug
Meet New Shaman, Same as Old Shaman
Meet New Shaman, Same as Old Shaman Posted 11 August 2011, by Cris, PaperBlog, en.paperblog.com Sometimes getting fooled again is good for you, as in healing good. Shamans have been healing people for tens of thousands of years, using their considerable powers of persuasion and that most efficacious of treatments: placebo. While shamanic healing methods [...]
16 Aug
Fuel Scarcity Looms As Lagos Shuts Five Tank Farms
Fuel Scarcity Looms As Lagos Shuts Five Tank Farms Posted 10 August 2011, by Godwin Oritse (Vanguard), AllAfrica, allafrica.com Lagos — NIGERIANS may experience another round of fuel scarcity as the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has shut five tank farms for violation of environmental laws. The tank farms are Bovas Petroleum [...]
16 Aug
Teamsters, Sierra Club: FMCSA Fails To Protect Environment From Mexican Trucks
Teamsters, Sierra Club: FMCSA Fails To Protect Environment From Mexican Trucks Call on FMCSA to Conduct Full Environmental Review of Proposed Pilot Program Posted 15 August 2011, by Staff, PR Newswire (United Business Media plc), prnewswire.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In comments submitted to the Department of Transportation (DOT), the International Brotherhood of [...]
16 Aug
Group Urges Parents to Train Female Children
Group Urges Parents to Train Female Children Posted 15 August 2011, by Dele Ogunyemi (Daily Champion), AllAfrica, allafrica.com Ibadan — The Centre for Gender Empowerment (CEGEMP), a Non-Governmental Organisation has called on Nigerian parents to attach great importance to the education of their female children. The organisation also enjoined religious groups in [...]
16 Aug
Extension gives hand to rising crop of women farmers
Extension gives hand to rising crop of women farmers Posted 15 August 2011, by Gail Cole, Corvallis Gazette-Times, gazettetimes.com Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series marking the 100th anniversary of Oregon State University Extension Service. Alice Fairfield moved to the Willamette Valley from the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996 with [...]
16 Aug
Biomimicry and Innovation – The Anticrobial Secrets of Shark Skin
Biomimicry and Innovation – The Anticrobial Secrets of Shark Skin Posted 15 August 2011, by Staff, MedStar Institute for Innovation, mi2.org Sometimes, in order to find the best solutions, we need to look no further than nature itself. Researchers from a variety of disciplines have tapped into this idea and are busy [...]
16 Aug
Book Review – Climate Capitalism
Book Review – Climate Capitalism Posted 15 August 2011, by Joanna Schroeder, DomesticFuel (Zimmcomm New Media, LLC ), domesticfuel.com Can we clean up the environment and make money at the same time? The answer is yes according to L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen, the authors of “Climate Capitalism.” They write, “Two words [...]
16 Aug
Everything I need to know about biodegradable glue
Everything I need to know about biodegradable glue Posted 16 August 2011, by Sapna Bist, EcoFriend (Instamedia), ecofriend.com Glues are made of chemicals and do not degrade over span of years. About more than 10 years back environmentalists started looking for environmental solution for protecting the earth from becoming a Land Fill. [...]
