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Industry Industry Clean Technology Investment in North American Hits Record High Investment by North American venture capitalists in renewable fuels and other so-called clean technologies hit a record $933 million in the third quarter according to industry group Cleantech Venture Network LLC. Oct 28, 2006, 20:48 Industry Ten Thousand Villages Provides Fair Income to Artisans Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. The income artisans earn helps pay for food, education, health care, and housing. Jan 27, 2006, 14:59 Industry United Nations Agency to Back One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project to Distribute $100 Laptops Aiming to give poor communities access to the benefits of information technology, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced plans to support an innovative project which aims to put cheap and energy-efficient laptop computers in the hands of the world's most disadvantaged students. The innovative $100 laptop project, designed to give children in developing countries access to the knowledge and educational tools that could lift them out of poverty... Jan 26, 2006, 16:25 Industry The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism takes off: first CDM project registered. The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism takes off: first CDM project registered.The project will reduce emissions of methane from a landfill in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a landfill site by capturing methane to use it for generating electricity and will have direct health and environmental benefits for the local community of Nova Igacú. It is expected to reduce about 31,000 tonnes of methane per year which, in terms of global warming potential, is equivalent to a reduction of 670,000 tonnes of CO2. This project holds a large potential as a model for similar projects in other parts of Brazil and the whole world. Nov 18, 2004, 22:08 Industry Cleaner production and reduction of ozone depleting substances in industry Emerson Electric successfully replaced TCA degreasing equipment with aqueous and ultrasonic cleaning systems, greatly reducing emissions. Apr 28, 2006, 08:58 More Headlines

Latest Headlines Agriculture Scientists Mount a “Sting Operation” in Thailand to Tackle a Devastating Pest Outbreak United Nations Agency Explores Potential Benefits Of Organic Agriculture In Eastern Europe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Announce $120 Million in New Agriculture Grants: Bill Gates to Call for United Action to Support World's Poorest Farmers Air Pollution Australians Embrace Climate Neutrality on National Day : Carbon Neutral Initiatives Planned Nationwide China Closes Five of its Six Depleting Chemical Plants Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Concludes that Cost-Effective Policies and Technologies Could Greatly Reduce Global Warming Biodiversity UNESCO Declares Everglades Endangered Site President Obama signs Executive Order establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes Tiny Marine Microbes Exert Influence on Global Climate Desertification United Nations (UN) Launches Decade-Long Efforts to Tackle Desertification Tamarix, a natural resource on which the communities depend for fuelwood, tools, and basket making. World Vision International (WVI) restoration and protection project in the Louga region Endangered Species New Conservation E-Tool to Track Ttrade in Wild Animals and Plants Three Species of Birds from Latin America and the Caribbean Listed for U.S.Endangered Species Act Protection Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Receives Renewed Protection Energy CSIRO Scientists Say Ocean Waves Offer a "Massive Resource" to Meet Australia's Power Needs Research To Create New Wave Of Clean Energy Technology Underway Secretary Chu Announces Initiatives to Promote Clean Energy at First Clean Energy Ministerial Exhibits Coral Reefs Ecosystems of Bolivia Global Climate Change One Third Of Countries Show Promising Gains In Low-Carbon Economic Growth £5.1M Government Funding Secured To Develop Wave Energy Device, Oyster 2 United Nations (UN) Completes Greenhouse Gas Inventory: Challenge Now To Cut Back Emissions Industry Clean Technology Investment in North American Hits Record High Ten Thousand Villages Provides Fair Income to Artisans United Nations Agency to Back One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project to Distribute $100 Laptops Natural Disaster Relief UNEP Launches New Online Resource Centre to Reduce Environmental Impact of Relief Work Pakistan: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Others Working to Avoid Disease Outbreaks Relief Efforts for Flood Victims in Pakistan News and Special Reports Amendments to Global Treaty Launched to Eliminate Nine Toxic Chemicals Bayer Agrees to Terminate All Uses of the Insecticide Aldicarb Packing Foam Now Entering The Marketplace Is Engineered From Mushrooms And Agricultural Waste Oceans, Coral Reefs Super-Rare 'Elkhorn' Coral Found In Pacific Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents: Method included first use of nereus hybrid vehicle in “autonomous” mode. Historic Census of Marine Life (COML) Roll Call of Marine Species Published Population Africa : Upgrading Traditional Midwives' Skills Realityworks infant simulator and RealCare® Parenting Program The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) Public Health U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Sets First National Limits to Reduce Mercury and Other Toxic Emissions from Cement Plants TDR Study featured by WHO Shows Effectiveness Of Community-Directed Interventions in Delivering Health Care In Africa Access to New Interventions: Implementation Research Key To Access To Disease Interventions Sanitation Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Indian Sanitation Innovator and Social Reformer Receives the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Experts at World Water Week Assert That Sanitation is Humanity’s Most Urgent, Yet Solvable Crisis The improved septic tanks project Transportation Commuting Bicyclists: A Growing Transportation Trend Bicycles Selling Like Hotcakes in US Stores UNEP: Over 50% of gasoline in sub-Saharan Africa is now lead free Waste Management UN Environment Programme Waste Management Project in Southern Sudan Launched by UK Minister 119 Countries will Participate in Clean Up the World campaign Finns Use Pig Slurry to Clean Polluted Pond Water US EPA Launches Web Forum on How to Best Protect America’s Drinking Water New Agreements Address Water Safety in Latin America and Caribbean UNEP Head Says Investing in Freshwaters Could Be A Key to Aid Global Economy Water and Sanitation WSSCC Request for Proposals: Global Sanitation Fund “Country Progamme Monitor” in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Kenya Public Health Champion Dr Rita Colwell Receives 2010 Stockholm Water Prize The United Nations General Assembly Declares Access to Clean Water and Sanitation is a Human Right

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