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and its environmental impact. His calculations show that otorisationin the United states might have reached a peak in 2008,

and spills in racetracks around the world might not spare much thought about what damage it could be doing to the environment.

and wee having a much smaller impact on the environment. It too early to say

and share vital news during emergencies be armed it attacks or natural disasters. Early signs suggest that the rise in mobile phone ownership is beginning to mitigate the impact of emergencies and natural disasters.

Last year saw the lowest number of deaths and people affected by disasters for a decade, according to the 2013 World Disasters Report from the International Federation of Red cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

For example, when Typhoon Bopha struck the Philippines less than a year ago, Galeta explains, housands of lives were saved

It is impossible to prevent many emergencies and natural disasters from happening, but by becoming better connected, there are promising signs that we can cope better in a crisis

Over 60%of Saudi water comes from desalination an expensive process and the country has untapped vast,

The transformation transcends the physical environment. A cultural shift has occurred and residents in general choose to live near where they work.

#LA's seemingly brilliant plan half-a-century ago to re-engineer its urban environment for cars has become a global affliction.

and with those vehicles come more smog, toxic emissions and dependency on rapidly depleting resources.##As we embrace the car,

our cultures become more sedentary and rates of obesity and heart disease increase. Cars not only make our cities unhealthy,

and wealth#may not be a function of our ecological footprint, but the two are interrelated deeply. If we pollute so much

and the amount of CO2 EMISSIONS your trip will generate. Suddenly a walk becomes more appealing

With Google glass and other augmented reality devices, the route information we receive on our smartphones will be displayed in the urban environment, in real time.

such as poor access to clean water, the high costs of joint replacement surgery and slow responses to natural disasters.

especially those related to health and the environment.""Necessity is the mother of invention, people are looking at the needs they see every day,

was Tudlo, a smart phone app that crowdsources information in real-time on road accidents, storms, floods and other natural disasters,

which ranks third in a 2012 United nations league table of countries most vulnerable to natural disasters.

#This risky environment helps explain why large companies are behind tech start-up incubator schemes. Ideaspace was created by Smart Communications,

such as poor access to clean water, the high costs of joint replacement surgery and slow responses to natural disasters.

especially those related to health and the environment.""Necessity is the mother of invention, people are looking at the needs they see every day,

was Tudlo, a smart phone app that crowdsources information in real-time on road accidents, storms, floods and other natural disasters,

which ranks third in a 2012 United nations league table of countries most vulnerable to natural disasters.

#This risky environment helps explain why large companies are behind tech start-up incubator schemes. Ideaspace was created by Smart Communications,

so that they no longer accumulate in the environment where they encourage the emergence of resistant bugs?

Not only could this innovation prevent accumulation of active antibiotics in the environment, but it might also help to reduce side effects.

Experts believed the aviation industry would die because of environmental concerns and falling passenger numbers. But despite these concerns it has collapsed not.

Transport's impact on the environment is lessening, and nowhere will the impact be greater than in aviation.

But as we devise more and more ways to benefit from ever greater connectivity between the people, other living organisms, objects and our environments,

A recent report published UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation concludes that as the climate changes

Florian Lanzer is trying to build a website selling green products to people who are committed not necessarily environmentalists.

or newer, better technology comes out creating a tremendous amount of e waste, and wasted opportunity. ife extension,

since tissues are shot through with blood vessels bringing in nutrients and ferrying away waste. What's emerging is a picture of these receptors as a kind of general-purpose chemical sensor.

Not only are cities responsible for 40%of our total carbon emissions, but they also deal with a limited set of physical conditions,

such as sea-level rises and unpredictable weather patterns. I founded the Avatar (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) group in 2004 to explore how the rapidly changing technologies would affect architecture.

rape or a natural disaster, "explained lead author Dr. Armen Goenjian, a researcher at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA."But not everyone who experiences trauma suffers from PTSD.

after a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake devastated the country. The temblor leveled entire towns and cities, killing more than 25,000 Armenians, two-thirds of them children.

With support from the Armenian Relief Society, Goenjian and his colleagues helped establish a pair of psychiatric clinics that treated earthquake survivors for 21 years.

#Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout The 2011 Fukushima disaster was a stark reminder of the continuing dangers posed by nuclear fallout,

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Hurricane Isaac making landfall pounding parts of the Gulf coast with 80 mile-an-hour winds heavy rain.

And really the news of the moment here is this terrifying hurricane in the Gulf coast.

The breaking news Lori this morning Hurricane Isaac beginning to move inland through Southeast Louisiana now

We are still looking at a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. We continuously receive updates from the National Hurricane Center

and obviously much more often today because the system is making landfall. It did make landfall one landfall yesterday evening as a category one hurricane across Southeastern Louisiana.

We saw a second landfall at about 2: 15 Central time early this morning across Southeastern Louisiana as well.

and some of the strongest winds associated with Hurricane Isaac right now pushing into that city with that--the reason for that is that we have the eye wall moving inland now.

So we are expecting Isaac to remain a hurricane throughout the rest of this morning possibly weakening into a tropical storm as we head into later afternoon hours.

or whether Isaac is a hurricane or a tropical storm. The big story is how slow it's moving.

So take a look of the track by Wednesday 1 p m. still a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour One of the reasons why it's going to take longer to weaken that most typical land falling storms is that we have swampland

And the other big story or the reason why Isaac should be slow to weaken is it is such a large storm system those tropical storm force winds to extend upward from the center of the storm up to 175 miles hurricane force winds up to

As Maria is reporting the worst with Hurricane Isaac maybe still ahead. Well keep in track.

which unbelievable the coincidence of the anniversary of Katrina here with now Hurricane Isaac barreling virtually the same track.

Meantime the hurricane forcing the closure of a nuclear power plant this morning in Louisiana as well. Entergy Corporation saying it shut down of its plants in Colona (ph) Louisiana about 20 miles west of New orleans as a precaution.

And it will have certainly an impact on production oil production in the gulf the hurricane will.

and through the Southeast of United states. The hurricane we do know forced more than 93 percent of oil production to shut down in the region

Of course we'll continue to follow Hurricane Isaac closely for you. But now we're going to just take a look here at politics.

One of the two breaking stories we're following this morning along with the hurricane. But the earnings alert that we're seeing coming in right now real quick for you is from Joy Global the mining equipment company passing along a report of adjusted profit of $1. 82.

so focused obviously on this hurricane political conventions and everything else. But tell us what you make of the markets this morning?

But the breaking story of the morning is Hurricane Isaac as it pounds the city of New orleans. Jeff Flock is on the scene there.

Innovation hubsr clustersxist because they can create environments supportive of business growth. If youe a hospitality startup, it helps to have vendors, consultants,

But theye not the only environments where startups thrive. As the technology that enables virtualization becomes more sophisticated,

and the psychological benefits of not being part of a startup environment, amongst other factors, can make for a great startup location.

To recruit in this environment is like being part wizard part astronaut, part diplomat, part guidance counselor.

virtual and cloud networking environments.""Partnering with Brocade and IBM gives students an unprecedented opportunity to conduct research

and solar into the grid while still maintaining the stability of the system that need to be worked Out in an address marking the United nations Environment Program (UNEP) World Environment Day in Bridgetown Independence Square in June Barbados Prime minister

In addition, Carnival UK brand P&o Cruises is assessing how the systems can be most effective on its vessels under European union environmental law. his is a key step forward for Carnival Corporation

and its 10 brands and most importantly for the environment, said Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald. e believe Carnival Corporation investment in this industry-leading technology will set a new course in environmental protection

and cleaner air for years to come. Increasing environmental sustainability is one of our most important corporate goals

The system is called ECO Exhaust Gas Cleaning (ECO-EGC#)for its ability to remove major pollutants from the exhaust gases at any operating condition of a shipt sea, during maneuvering and in port.

This news follows the recent Earth day announcement that Carnival Corporation will meet its goal to reduce its rate of greenhouse gas emissions from shipboard operations by 20 percent.

#Hydronano Gas that safely & effectively neutralizes carbon fuel pollution emissions Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT) is based a Stockholm clean tech company that has developed an innovative approach to neutralizing carbon fuel emissions from power plants

and is being invited by various government ministries around the world to provide solutions to the critical levels of pollution emissions being generated by power plants and other industries.

HNG) HNG effectively reduces the pollution emissions from burning fossil fuels to almost zero when injected into exhaust outlets.

The Crossfirepro tablet is engineered to perform in all environments, indoors or out, hot or cold,

while eliminating the equivalent carbon emissions produced by vehicles driving approximately 2, 750,000 miles per year. Additional total power production and carbon offset estimates for skyscraper

and prediction system to respond to offshore accidents tsunamis and other natural disasters. The new mart Oceans BCPROGRAM will use marine sensors

and water quality in major shipping arteries and will include a system to predict the impact of offshore earthquakes tsunamis storm surge and underwater landslides.

NC will use an IBM on-premise cloud to run simulations on earthquakes and tsunamis with a goal of predicting their behaviour and potential impact on coastal areas.

This information will benefit a broad spectrum of audiences from public safety agencies to public transportation tourism

and run decision-support systems with commercial viability that could aid industrial and governmental agencies in sea state pollution monitoring spill response and other aspects of ocean management.

These vehicles may provide a luxurious solution to long term environmental issues. Every day more drivers emerge on our roads, emitting harmful fossil fuel gases.

If successful, these driverless pods could ultimately provide a clean, efficient solution to pollution issues,

and help our environment. ut ongoing regulatory uncertainty takes a serious toll. Elected officials shouldn be holding back economic growth they should be encouraging it,

Clean energy jobs also could benefit from the rollout of the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants

as well as from other elements of President Obama climate change initiative. CONTACT: Ailis Wolf at (703) 276-3265, aawolf@hastingsgroup. com;

###Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) is the independent business voice for the environment. E2 is a national community of individual business leaders who advocate for good environmental policy while building economic prosperity l

#GE Makes A Wind turbine Especially For Japan Generous solar power feed in tariffs have driven a boom in installations in the last year

and is able to withstand higher turbulence areas typhoon class extreme wind speeds and lightning beyond the current IEC standard.

Cleveland-based quasar energy group uses organic waste to produce a renewable energy source known as biogas which is converted then into Compressed natural gas (CNG) one of two fuels that can power the 2015 Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala.

Biogas is the raw mixture of gases given off by the breakdown of organic materials kept in an oxygen-less environment.

Progressive Field home of the Cleveland indians contributes food waste for CNG-production after it been macerated in an industrial-sized Insinkerator Grind2energy garbage disposal.

while reducing greenhouse gas emissions everybody winssaid Mel Kurtz president of quasar energy group. uasar Columbus facility can produce 1. 3 million gasoline gallon equivalents of CNG each year. hat

Also CNG vehicles typically have 20 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline-powered cars according to the California Air Resources Board.

or in the planning stage. qng (quasar natural gas) is derived from the anaerobic digestion of regional organic waste streams

Weighing less than five pounds and with a cord that's 20 feet long this device offers a range of features including a LED charging indicator waterproofing for outdoor charging all-environment operation and built-in thermal sensors for protection

cleaning up bus fleets is a critical way to reduce the burden of air pollution, fuel costs,

and emissions reductions goals through developing the market for electric buses through state policy objectives, analysis, and incentives.

and preventing more than 35 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. PA says the partnership with Freddie mac flows from the president Climate Action Plan

or school while letting them breathe clean air, said Transportation secretary Anthony Foxx in a statement. e are proud to initiate a new program that reflects the Obama Administration commitment to reducing our nation dependence on oil while developing more sustainable sources of energy here at home.

One is the obvious reduction in carbon emissions. The other is in the long run, helping transit agencies save money on fuel and maintenance costs.

The New york Green Bank is launching at a time of mounting evidence of the direct negative impacts of climate change on the nation environment, economy, and energy infrastructure.

As our country faces the growing danger of extreme weather and climate change, it is all too clear that investment in state of the-art-the art clean energy infrastructure is essential for the continued strength of the U s. economy.

greater compared with the most prevalent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, over a 100-year period. For these reasons, methane and nitrous oxide detection is crucial to environmental considerations.

the team installed it on a mobile laboratory used during NASA DISCOVER-AQ campaign, which analyzed pollution on the ground and from the air last September.

Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.

and that over the course of a year it would avoid 511 tons of CO2 EMISSIONS.

#CHINA AND UC DAVIS PARTNER TO PUT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON A FASTER TRACK In a landmark international collaboration on clean vehicle adoption, the University of California, Davis,

Primary UC Davis partners are the Institute of Transportation Studies and the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

ARB policies such as the ZEV and Advanced Clean Cars program and the groundbreaking Global warming Solutions Act (AB 32) have informed government action around the world.

S. ZEV Policy Lab follows several recent measures announced by the Chinese government to fight the country hazardous smog

and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In July, the central government mandated that electric cars make up at least 30 percent of government vehicle purchases by 2016.

and timely information and analysis to inform better energy and environmental policy. The PH&EV Research center At ITS-Davis collaborates closely with California utilities, the Electric power Research Institute, automakers,

including low turbine reliability, intermittency issues, and environmental impacts. Sheerwind is poised to turn wind power into a major power source for the globe.

#First GREENGUARD Certified Television UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), and LG Electronics USA today announced the landmark achievement of GREENGUARD Certification for LG newest OLED TV, model 55ec9300.

and sets a new precedent for television manufacturers to help create healthier indoor environments. Televisions amass considerably more surface area in homes

and built environments today than they have in decades past. Complex components, plastics and other substances in TV products can create significant potential to contribute to high chemical and formaldehyde exposures, according to UL Environment.

UL Environment performed rigorous tests against the GREENGUARD Certification standard in its Marietta Ga. laboratory, to confirm low emissions from the LG 55ec9300.

This all-new 55-inch class (54.6 inches measured diagonally) LG Curved OLED is being launched this month at various retailers nationwide. s we bring more and more electronics into our living and working environments,

Vice president and General manager at UL Environment. e spend up to 90 percent of our time indoors,

and procurement policies worldwide, the GREENGUARD Certification process requires that product meet some of the world most rigorous and comprehensive limits for low emissions of volatile organic compounds into indoor environments.

GREENGUARD Certification for the LG 55ec9300 is just one example of LG leadership in developing products with health and environment in mind.

In energy saving modes, display brightness adjusts automatically to the viewing environment. According to the Federal trade commission nergy Guidelabel, the LG 55ec9300 has estimated an yearly energy cost of only $17.*

*G is proud to work with UL Environment to help accomplish our environmental sustainability goals,

and other UL Environment Certified and Validated LG Electronics products at this link on UL Environment online Sustainable Product Guide (www. ul. com/SPG), used by purchasers, specifiers,

LGNEWSROOM. com. About UL Environment UL Environment works to advance global sustainability environmental health, and safety by supporting the growth and development of environmentally preferable products, services, and organizations.

UL Environment offers environmental claim validations, multi-attribute product certifications, environmental product declarations, indoor air quality certification, product emissions testing

For more information, visitwww. ul. com/environment, and connect with us via Twitter, Linkedin, or Facebook.

000 professionals are guided by the UL mission to promote safe working and living environments for all people.

Putting these zero emission buses on the street will connect residents with jobs education and other opportunities while improving air quality and offering 21st century transportation options to the region growing population for years to come.?

it is also a down payment on ensuring healthier cleaner air and a more energy independent futuresaid Congressman John Yarmuth.

We are pleased that Proterra could share in your city vision to promote a sustainable cost effective transit solution protecting the environment for generations to come. he five oldest trolley buses combined now emit a total of about 1135 pounds of carbon monoxide in a year compared to zero emissions from the all-electric buses.

The water burns the waste at temperatures of 1000 degrees Celsius, so high that there no smell.

The next generation of the machine could process waste from 100,000 people and produce about 22,700 gallons of drinkable water and 250 kilowatts of energy a day. f we get it right,

Our goal is to make the processors cheap enough that entrepreneurs in low-and middle-income countries will want to invest in them and then start profitable waste treatment businesses.

Gatesnotes. com Those entrepreneurs would make money from the sludge they remove from the environment,

what they refer to as n environment marred by machines that are too big, too noisy and quite unsightly.

drays and other wind phenomena found in urban and rural environments, says the company. he Arbre à Vent is part of the energy harvesting movement,

your own personal windmill, is a truly eco-friendly solutiono more line drops, no more energy carrying costs, an extremely low carbon footprint, virtually invisible technology and completely silent operation,

#Adapting to climate change Mediterranean style Climate change is global -but affects people locally. An EU-funded project is giving Mediterranean businesses

and local governments the information they need to plan ahead by taking the impact of local climate change into account.

The Mediterranean area is particularly sensitive and vulnerable to climate change. The Intergovernmental panel on climate change predicts that the region will experience rising sea levels,

an increasing number of extreme weather events including storms and drought and more frequent wild fires,

affecting society, locals and visitors alike. Local businesses and policymakers need accurate, tailored information to plan for these events so they can adapt to the expected impacts.

and adapted climate change models to needs identified by local businesses and policymakers. Users then access the modelling results via CLIM-RUN web portal

and decade up to 2050, allowing them to plan for natural variations in weather as well as variations due to man-made climate change.

The innovation is a key enabler for smart cities, environmental and pollution monitoring, and effective disaster management, among many other applications.

From monitoring weather and pollution to empowering mart citiesof the future, wireless sensor networks promise to make our lives more comfortable, safer and more productive.

and contribute to electricity consumption and CO2 EMISSIONS, while battery-powered ones only last as long as their battery life.

But what if sensors could harness energy directly from their environment from the sun, from ambient heat, from radio waves or vibrations?

and in theory would operate perpetually with little or no maintenance or environmental impact. And that is precisely what a team of EU-funded researchers are achieving in the SWAP('Symbiotic Wireless Autonomous Powered system')project.

What is needed are networks of devices that can survive by scavenging the energy they need from the environment."

The researchers are also developing intelligent algorithms (small programs) to efficiently manage the energy obtained from the environment.

sensing technologies will allow the introduction of new services for citizens that will benefit quality of life, such as traffic and pollution monitoring,

and report on their own environment, and thus become the first line of defence against flooding. Recent events in England, Central europe and elsewhere have underlined once again the human and economic costs of flooding.

and adapt to the effects of climate change is therefore one of the challenges of our time.

Businesses stand to benefit hugely from being able to apply developed technology to such an important issue. he long term impact of this project will be the development of a new way of understanding the environment;

#Developing high-efficiency lasers to manufacture solar panels As the world continues its efforts to combat climate change

a process that can take days and wastes valuable time, often leaving those working in asbestos-laden buildings at risk of exposure.

emergency services, asbestos removal and hazardous waste sites. ith ALERT tool, we can give 30 million European workers a means of detecting asbestos the moment it is disturbed,

and materials more effectively without harming the environment, while observing the legislation. t a cost-efficient, durable,

then we can imagine robots that will be capable to work alone in dangerous environments, such as nuclear objects or space.

The next step for the project will be to verify their operation in environments with large-scale structures. he end result of this combination of technologies in an integrated robotic system will be a highly versatile system,

COOL-Coverings focused on the so-called building envelope the outer part of the building that protects it from wind and weather and houses the interior environment and the construction components that shape it.

In addition to cutting energy consumption and increasing indoor comfort, the team also aimed to mitigate the appearance of urban heat islands.

when heat accumulates in materials composing the built environment, adds to the difficulty of cooling down sun-kissed cities.

They are vital to modern commerce but troublesome for the environment. European industrial researchers set out to turn these power-hungry machines into a green technology of the future.

This places a huge burden on power grids and the environment and does not appear to be slowing.

Game-changing green technology like this could have a direct impact on the EU 2020 commitment to reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while improving overall energy security,

which has played a significant part in making this global effort a tremendous success. The main findings of the project COGS('Collaborative Oncological Gene-Environment Study')have been published in a special issue on genetic risk factors

at the UK Environment Agency said: oston has some good sea defences, but theye not high enough.

and across the world to protect vulnerable cities from the imminent effects of climate change. Project details Project acronym:

Also, the reuse of an existing waste product lowers the carbon footprint, she adds. e have finished the research and development,

Most inspections are carried out with conventional ultrasonic testing that requires frequent changes of the probes in a high radiation environment,

#Improved tsunami alert system through international partnerships Tsunamis are not very frequent events, but they can have a terrible impact on human life and on the economy of a country.

They occur as a result of earthquakes, usually at the bottom of the sea. But at present such earthquakes cannot be foreseen.

Quick responses are therefore vital. sunamis travel very quickly and occur relatively near the shore.

It may be only a matter of 15-20 minutes after the earthquake that the wave hits the shore,

which detects tsunamis as early as possible and allows emergency agencies to improve their responses.

The system positions sensors at sea and on the coast to pick up earthquakes and to determine the size of the tsunami waves that they are likely to produce

and where they will strike on the coastline. DEWS processes this data and provides authorities with all the relevant information needed for making a decision on the type of public warning messages that are required.

as well as the National Earthquake Information Centre in Jakarta. With the support of local staff DEWS was installed successfully at BMKG for evaluation

and secure test environment. The system not only provides faster warning, but it also gives authorities more information than has been available to date. t is up to the authorities

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