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Environment Waikato secures funding for peat lake (Scoop.co.nz)

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Environment Waikato is being given nearly $100,000 of funding to enhance two peat lakes near Hamilton that are under threat from human land use activities.

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OKI Offers Environment Information Collection Service, "Web Sensing" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

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TOKYO—-OKI Electric Industry today announced the offering of “Web Sensing,” an environment information collection service, to the Japanese market starting September 17, 2009. The service measures and collects environment information from the office with sensor networks, and sorts the data on a server via Internet.

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How Mercury Becomes Toxic In The Environment (PollutionOnline)

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Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to most living creatures

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Explain NFA evictions, environment minister told (The Monitor)

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Parliament yesterday gave Environment Minister Maria Mutagamba one week to explain the fate of over 700 stranded families in Kibaale District that were evicted by the forestry officials.

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Explain NFA evictions, environment minister told (The Monitor)

EarthTalk: Questions and answers about our environment (Spooner Advocate)

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[NOTE-- From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine, a new column concerning the environment. EarthTalk covers all the key and emerging environmental issues – from recycling to climate change, from the “global village” to our own backyards.]

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Northern Ky. U. program saves money, environment (Metro Magazine)

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A Northern Kentucky University collaboration with the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) allowing NKU faculty, staff and students to ride all regular TANK bus routes and university shuttles for free, which was launched two years ago, has saved students and employees money and has a positive impact on the environment.

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Germans hoard energy-guzzling bulbs ahead of EU ban (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said.

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FAA welcomes Register of Environment Impact Assessment Consultants (Maltamedia.com Daily News)

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Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomed the setting up of a Register of Environment Impact Assessment Consultants, which the FAA itself had been calling for since its inception. The FAA said the Registration and Review Board would ensure that professionals carrying out environment assessments have the right qualifications and experience, while the Board would also monitor

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Which is the one that never gets polluted in a polluted environment? | Q&A (SiliconIndia)

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Which is the one that never gets polluted in a polluted environment? Please answer the question.

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Balili knew of threat of environment dept. (Cebu Daily News)

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Did he know or did he conceal his knowledge? The lawyer in charge of the Balili Estate will have to eat his words after telling Capitol lawmakers he had no idea the property was threatened by court action to annul some land titles.

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Balili knew of threat of environment dept. (Cebu Daily News)

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