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Europe to stop trashing 1m tonnes of fish
The European Commission in Brussels adopted a communication on reducing unwanted catches and eliminating discards in European fisheries yesterday. Discarding is the practice of dumping overboard unwanted fish or other marine organisms which have been caught unintentionally.
The practice is contrary to the aims of the Common Fisheries Policy and to specific commitments made by the European Union, such as those under the UN Convention on Biodiversity, or the commitment to manage fish stocks for sustainable yield pledged at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Turnbull slashes and burns path through environment
The Australian Greens say the Howard Government should implement essential structural changes to Australia’s economy in response to the findings of the UN IPCC report released in Brussels last night – or step aside.
"This is a self-made crisis, unprecedented in global human history, and it requires intelligent behavioural change beyond the capability of our current leaders," Greens leader Senator Brown said.
"If global experts were predicting a stock market crash from an
overheated economy, with 30% of corporations facing extinction and nearly a million Australian shareholders’ funds to be washed away, the government would be in meltdown."
Boeing tests fuel cell plane
In an effort to develop environmentally progressive technologies for aerospace applications, Boeing researchers are preparing to conduct experimental flight tests later this year of a manned airplane powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries.
"While Boeing does not envision that fuel cells will provide primary power for future commercial passenger airplanes, demonstrations like this help pave the way for potentially using this technology in small manned and unmanned air vehicles."
— Francisco Escarti, Boeing Research and Technology, Europe, managing director
The systems integration phase of the Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane research project, under way since 2003 at Boeing Research and Technology, Europe (BR&TE), was recently completed. With a wing span of 16.3 meters (53.5 feet), the airplane will be able to cruise at approximately 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour).
"Given the efficiency and environmental benefits of emerging fuel cell technology, Boeing wants to be on the forefront of developing and applying it to aerospace products," said Francisco Escarti, BR&TE managing director. "The Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane project is an important step in that direction."
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Desalination plant to expand Uranium mining
SA go ahead for pilot desalination plant: to supply water to BHP’s Olympic dam, Upper Spencer Gulf and some Eyre Peninsula residents; ease pressure off Murray Construction of a pilot desalination plant system in South Australia was due to begin after the state Government on 02 April 2007 announced its approval for the project. Urban Development and Planning Minister Paul Holloway on 02 April 2007 signed the planning approvals required for the project to begin, reported The Advertiser, (03/04/2007, p.6).