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Repsol YPF Joins Spanish Firms to Develop Biofuel
Spanish energy group Repsol YPF said yesterday it would seek to develop the use of farm waste as a fuel additive along with engineering firm Abengoa and sugar company Azucarera Ebro Agricolas. Read More
Malaysia Firm to Turn Waste into Fortune
Firmaplus, a Malaysia-based waste management and processing firm, is seeking to turn waste, including that discharged by the country's palm oil industry, into a fortune, its chief executive officer said yesterday. Charles Miller said Firmaplus would be the first firm in Asia to use fermentation technology to process organic waste into high protein animal feed and fertilizer. Read More
Toyota Says its Hybrid Prius Can Be Recycled
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. says its new Prius car will be recycled at the end of its useful life, underlining the environmental credentials of the electric/gasoline hybrid vehicle soon to hit Europe's roads. Read More
Tesco Predicts Organic Food Bonanza
Tesco Plc, the British food retailer, yesterday predicted its sales of organic food could reach a billion pounds annually in a few years as customers increasingly get a taste for "green" produce. Read More
Privileging the Present
Precautionary environmentalism for its own sake is irresponsible: it ignores important ethical, metaphysical, and religious questions. Read More
Dell Japan Launches PC Recycling Program
Dell Computer in Japan last Wednesday launched a service to recycle corporate clients’ old computers, sparing the environment the toxic runoff associated with dumping such hardware into landfills. Read More
Poplar Trees Could Reduce Water Pollution
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are studying the use of fast-growing poplar trees as an inexpensive tool to reduce water pollution. Read More
The Eschatology of Technology and Environment
What kind of Earth do we humans want to design? Read More
Hitachi Develops Instant Dioxin Meter
Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has developed the world's first device capable of instantly measuring dioxin levels in waste gases from incinerators, the company announced last Tuesday. Read More
Priority List Warns of Possible Endocrine Disruptors
The European Commission has alerted its member states to 66 potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have been associated in at least one study with cancers and reproductive abnormalities. The list will form the basis of consultation with industry and NGOs before a final priority set of substances is adopted. Read More