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Hermaness National Nature Reserve is located on Unst, Shetland - the most northerly part of the British Isles. The NNR is home to literally thousands of pairs of breeding birds including bonxies or great skuas and also provides a habitat for red throated divers, snipe, dunlin, golden plover and arctic skua. The reserve contains areas of blanket bog, an increasingly threatened habitat globally.
Unfortunately the impact of foot traffic on the reserve has caused a certain amount of erosion to th... [more]
Biobased products are commercial or industrial goods composed of biological products, forestry materials, or renewable domestic agricultural materials, including plant, animal, or marine materials. Made from renewable plant and animal sources, biobased products are generally safer for the environment than their petroleum-based counterparts. They are usually biodegradable or recyclable.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized three rules designating new categories of biobased products... [more]
UPS has ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) – the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company – in addition to another 300 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.
The purchase of the 500 additional vehicles means the UPS alternative fuel fleet, already the largest such private fleet in the United States, will grow 30 percent from 1,718 to 2,218 low-carbon vehicles.
“Alternative fuel research and development is just one of the ways that UPS is m... [more]
The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission (DCSEC) has offset 70 percent of the electricity use at Nationals Park, home of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Washington Nationals, with its purchase of 14,600,706 kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs), from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy, helping the ballpark to achieve silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
The DCSEC oversaw the stadium’s construction and now serves as its landlord. The archi... [more]
The University of Glamorgan, near Pontypridd in South Wales, has developed a 16-seater vehicle, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The minibus is being showcased around the UK as an example of the potential of environmentally-friendly vehicles.
Experts at the university hope that the minibus will be the first in a long line of technological developments using fuel cell technology to deliver eco-friendly modes of transport and for use as other power sources.
"We have ambitious plans ... [more]
US president George Bush has told the General Assembly he supported a 'strong and vibrant' UN to fight global pandemics, the spread of weapons of mass destruction and climate change.
"As America works with the United Nations to alleviate immediate human needs, we are also coming together to address long-term challenges," Mr Bush told the gathering in a speech ranging from the plight of war-torn nations in the Middle East to the crisis in Burma.
"Together, we are preparing for pandemics tha... [more]
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