Red Cross Lending A Hand To Flood Victims Unable To Go Home
The American Red Cross sheltered more than 420 people in Georgia and Tennessee overnight, a signal that even though flood waters are slowly receding, many are still unable to return to their homes. The Red Cross has more than 200 volunteers and staff and 18 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) in the area with [...]
'Green' Roofs May Help Put Lid On Global Warming
“Green” roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan are reporting. The scientists found that replacing traditional roofing materials in an urban area the size of Detroit, with a population of about one-million, with green would be equivalent to eliminating a year’s worth of carbon dioxide [...]
E.P.A. Ordered to Reconsider New Mexico Power Plant Permit
A federal appeals board has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider an air permit issued for a planned coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation.
Source:E.P.A. Ordered to Reconsider New Mexico Power Plant Permit
PCE Exposure Increases Risk Of Birth Defects
Exposure to tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchlorethylene, PCE) may cause congenital birth defects. A study of expectant women exposed to PCE in drinking water, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health, found an increased risk of oral clefts and neural tube defects in their children.
Source:PCE Exposure Increases Risk Of Birth Defects
Innovative Mobile Robots Which Are Autonomous And Polyvalent
TECNALIA Technological Corporation has introduced innovative robots at Euskotren’s station in Atxuri (Bilbao) and which are mobile, multifunctional, collaborative, autonomous and polyvalent, suitable for a wide range of work from street cleaning and rubbish collection to accompanying elderly people. This new generation of robots is part of the European DUSTBOT research project under the remit [...]
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