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2008-04-22 19:04:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google went green and so did dozens of comic strips while President George W. Bush opted for a traditional tree-planting on Tuesday to mark Earth Day, an environmental event that has become increasingly political and corporate. Thir

2008-04-22 16:51:00

LONDON (AFP) - The Scottish government has rejected plans to build one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farms due what it said was the "significant adverse impacts" on the local environment. Ministers in Edinburgh decided that the 500-million-pound (one-b

2008-04-22 08:42:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the 50th anniversary of NASA space agency. "In a way, the situation is like Europe bef

2008-04-22 00:06:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the 50th anniversary of NASA space agency. "In a way, the situation is like Europe bef

2008-04-21 21:25:00

OSLO (AFP) - A Norwegian aid package will give 500 million kroner (100 million dollars, 63 million euros) to Tanzania over five years to tackle climate change and deforestation, Norway's government said Monday. Tanzania has one of the fastest rates of def

2008-04-21 20:27:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Steaks out of a test-tube? The animal rights group PETA is putting up a million dollar reward for anyone who by 2012 can grow in-vitro meat that looks and tastes like the real thing. "In-vitro meat production would use animal stem cells

2008-04-21 17:20:00

OSLO (AFP) - Projects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries have prevented 135 million tonnes of CO2 emissions from entering Earth's atmosphere so far, the Norwegian classification group Det Norske Veritas (DNV) said on Monday. The pr

2008-04-21 15:10:00

STAR CITY, Russia (AFP) - The first South Korean in space together with the American and a Russian who accompanied her said on Monday they were recovering well after a gruelling "ballistic" descent to Earth. Yi So-Yeon, who returned from the International

2008-04-21 07:29:04

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don't promote it. In an interview with the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment

2008-04-21 06:45:00

GREENSBURG, Kansas (AFP) - Devastated by a tornado, this tiny Kansas town is banking on a greener future as homeowners, businesses and officials weave environmentally-friendly features into their rebuilding plans. It may seem an unlikely choice in this la