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• Mining company in Mindanao hires APO Hiking Society’s Danny Javier

  
  Mindanaoan | Living in Mindanao | Blog Sa Usa Ka Taga Mindanao — Authority: 128
  Yes, you read that right. A mining company operating in the Municipality of Tampakan has hired Danny Javier of the popular group APO Hiking Society. Javier is now a “strategist” for Sagittarius Mines, Inc., a gold and copper mine.As a “strategist,” Javier is reportedly supposed to help SMI develop a “better ...
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• GPs and practice staff on frontline turn down swine flu vaccine

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Pulse10th November, 2009Many GPs and practice staff are refusing to be vaccinated against swine flu, even in ‘hot-spot’ areas where rates of infection are rising fastest.At some practices no front line staff have agreed to have the vaccine, despite BMA and Government warnings that it is ‘crucial’ to the ...
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• Many Italian physicians reject swine flu vaccine

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  PressTV7th November, 2009Italian family physicians refuse to prescribe the A/H1N1 vaccine for their patients, claiming that the risks of the vaccine outweigh its benefits.Latest figures revealed that swine flu has infected more than 540,000 individuals, claiming the lives of 30 in Italy.The country has ordered some 48 ...
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• Polish PM slams drug companies over vaccine

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Javno.com10th November, 2009The Polish prime minister said Poland wants certainty that A(H1N1) vaccines are – safe from the point of view of Polish patients.Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday slammed drug companies selling swine flu vaccines for allegedly refusing to take legal responsibility for any of ...
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• Study for financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

  
  WASH Resources — Authority: 119
  Schuen, R. and Parkinson, J. (2009). Study for financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa . Nairobi, Kenya, Water and Sanitation Program-Africa. xi, 32 p. : 14 fig., 9 tab. Download document [PDF, 5 MB] This study on financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation ...
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• Quagga mussels imperil Lake Mead

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 433
  Greenwire : Experts warn that if not stopped, quagga mussels could poison Lake Mead near Las Vegas. “We want to watch these levels in fish and birds to see how things change,” said Shawn Gerstenberger, executive associate dean at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “What we’ve seen in the Great Lakes shows ...
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• Morrocan Solar Power – ramping up the alternative energy momentum

  
  The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — Authority: 145
  The Moroccans have announced a project to invest 9 billion dollars in a 2000 megawatt solar energy production system located where else [...] 251 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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• High-Voltage Transmission Lines: Proximity, Visibility, and Encumbrance Effects

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/taj/ Abstract: In this study, over 1,200 home sales in 1998-2007 are aggregated into four study areas with a 345-kV transmission line. Field data are collected on the sale properties relative to proximity to and visibility of transmission line towers, and the extent of encumbrance ...
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• Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services: Methodology and Monetary Estimates

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/WP2009-012.htm By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the ...
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• Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17107/ Abstract: In this paper Yael Meroz, Andrea Morone, and Piergiuseppe Morone aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help ... assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed ...
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• Toward the Sentient City: The Future of the Outernet and How to Imagine it?

  
  UgoTrade — Authority: 542
  Amphibious Architecture – “submerges ubiquitous computing into the water—that 90% of the Earth’s inhabitable volume that envelops New York City but remains under-explored and under-engaged.” Toward the Sentient City , brought “architects and urban designers into a conversation that until now has ...
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• Hopenhagen – Make Change Happen

  
  The Succulent Wife's Favorite Things — Authority: 462
  Hopenhagen. As in Hope for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December 7 to 18.Hopenhagen is a tool for “the people”, across the globe, to create a strong, purpose-driven, environmentally concerned community that demands a call to action from the world leaders to make the changes ...
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• Conflict Free Diamonds - Why and How

  
  Wedding Preparation — Authority: 441
  With some great jewelers, it is possible to avoid bloods diamonds and continue living an Eco-conscious life while doing your good deeds. Accept their offerings of Eco-friendly jewelry made out of refined metals and conflict free diamonds. If the diamonds have passed through the Kimberley, process then be assured they ...
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• Find Conflict Free Diamonds, Refined Metals … Eco Friendly Jewelry!

  
  Gypsy Camp Blog — Authority: 157
  With some great jewelers, it is possible to avoid bloods diamonds and continue living an Eco-conscious life while doing your good deeds. Accept their offerings of Eco-friendly jewelry made out of refined metals and conflict free diamonds. If the diamonds have passed through the Kimberley, process then be assured they ...
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• Ukraine In Lockdown Amidst Swine Flu Scare

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 141
  Martial law was effectively declared in the Ukraine last week by unpopular President Victor Yushchenko after an outbreak of what health officialsdescribed as flu and respiratory infections. The outbreak has reportedly already infected hundreds of thousands of people in the western regions of the country. In response, ...
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• Mayawati parks: Lawyer says apex court registry gave him wrong dates

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A Lucknow-based advocate approached the Supreme Court Monday accusing its registry of giving him the wrong dates for hearing of his lawsuit against the Uttar Pradesh government, which led to its dismissal due to his absence during its hearing.Crying foul against the apex court’s registry, ...
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• Eric Sanderson pictures New York - before the City

  
  Talkitect.com — Authority: 117
  Since being introduced to the concept of Landscape Ecology by Profesor Brook Muller at the University of Oregon, I have been fascinated by the blending of architecture and the environment. This fascinating talk takes a step back in time to visualize what life on Manhattan was like before the Europeans arrived. Using ...
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• Collapsible Rain Barrel – a take-it-with you wonder

  
  The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — Authority: 145
  This Collapsible Rain Barrel gives water conservation a new perspective. Made of laminated, flexible polyester, this tear-resistant container [...] 133 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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• Brown matter

  
  Stand and Deliver — Authority: 493
  No, this post is not about poop. Its about creating a brown matter reservoir for composting. I just started composting last year, even though Ive been married for 11+ years and we have owned houses for the past 9 years. It just seemed too scary and overwhelming, with all the talk about the proper balance of brown ...
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• Economics: NeoClassical v Ecological

  
  popular logistics — Authority: 121
  2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 Spyder "All this matters because economists thought, wrote, and prescribed as if nature did not." J. R. McNeill, Something New Under the Sun. ( ISBN-10: 0393321835) "Global Warming is nonsense. Greenhouse gases mean growth, far as I can see. The Earth is one big resource, ...
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