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Humanitarian overview

21 mai, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97895/Humanitarian-overview
BAGHDAD/DUBAI 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ten years after the toppling of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, human development statistics – flawed as they are – paint a complex portrait of a country that has seen improvement over the last decade, but is still largely struggling.

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone

21 mai, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-apos-s-Millennium-Village-goes-i...
SAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.

Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit

18 mai, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/business/energy-environment/mountain-of-petrol...

Photograph of a large truck carrying oil sand. Dave Olecko/Bloomberg NewsOriginally Published by The NY Times - Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, which an environmentalist calls “the dirtiest residue from the dirtiest oil on earth.”

Terrafugia Develops Plug-in Hybrid Flying Car

10 mai, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://ens-newswire.com/2013/05/08/terrafugia-develops-plug-in-hybrid-flying-car...

Terrafugia’s TF-X hybrid electric car airborne (Photo courtesy Terrafugia)Originally Published by ENS - An American company on a mission to build practical flying cars has begun feasibility studies of a vertical takeoff and landing plug-in hybrid electric flying car, t

Ubiquitous engineered nanomaterials can cause lung inflammation: Substances are used in everything from paint to sporting equipment

7 mai, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/earth_climate/~3/7U5H7NUefvo/13050...

Originally Published by ScienceDaily

– Scientists have found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products, from sunscreens to the ink in copy machines to super-strong but lightweight sporting equipment, can cause lung inflammation and damage.

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