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World will need 70 percent more food in 2050: FAO
ROME (AFP) - World food production must increase by 70 percent by 2050, to nourish a human population then likely to be 9.1 billion, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation forecast Wednesday.
Source:(AFP)
2009-09-23
Report: Energy contributing to birds' decline
WASHINGTON - Energy production of all types -- wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining -- is contributing to steep drops in bird populations, a new government report says.
Nations:U.S. People:Ken Salazar George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2009-03-20
Japan airline in world first 'camelina' biofuel test flight
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan Airlines (JAL) on Friday carried out the world's first successful test flight of a Boeing aeroplane run on biofuel made primarily of a non-food energy crop called camelina.
Source:(AFP)
2009-01-30
Continental flight powered with biofuel takes off
HOUSTON - Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels, though large-scale use of such fuel is forecast to be several years away.
Nations:U.S. New Zealand
2009-01-08
Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home
SAN FRANCISCO - The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.
Nations:U.S. People:Bill Gates Source:(AP)
2008-12-25
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