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After a string of product recalls by US toy giant Mattel of China-made items this summer, the EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva called for new quality standard marks and cooperation with the US. After a series of damaging toy safety scandals involving products from China, European Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva called for the introduction of obligatory "Made in ..." labels for some products imported into the EU and urged the United States to work with Europe…
Banning lead in petrol is responsible for declining crime rates in Britain, the United States and other countries, startling new research suggests. The astonishing conclusion threatens to overturn current thinking on crime and punishment. And it could undermine the reputations of leading politicians, including Rudy Giuliani, the frontrunning Republican presidential candidate, who is basing much of his appeal on the reduction of crime in New York City in the 1990s, when he served as mayor.
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4), the most comprehensive United Nations assessment report on environment, development and human well-being was officially launched at the UN Information Center in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday.
A demonstration flight to show the viability of using biofuel to power jet airplane engines is in the planning stages and is expected to take place during the second half of 2008, according to Boeing, Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce, which have joined forces for the demonstration.
Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, was yesterday criticised by a high court judge who highlighted what he said were "nine scientific errors" in the film.
Archaeologists have unearthed the rare remains of an eight-million-year old forest of swamp cypresses at a mine in Hungary. The tree trunks have not fossilized or petrified and, amazingly, retain the wooden texture from their pre-historic past. The trees went on display this month at a Hungarian national park. Copyright (c) 2007 AFP
Members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Solar Decathlon team head out for Washington, D.C. next week taking with them a house they designed and built from scratch. Dubbed “Solar 7,” it’s a home of the future: self-sufficient, powered purely by the sun, and MIT’s entry in an international competition for the most efficient - and livable - solar house.
First I heard about mate was in Cortazar´s books.. then I met Argentinians and now I love it :) I mean drinking mate..and meeting Argentinians:P There is nothing that is more traditional and representative of an Argentinean than the Mate. Mate is the traditional tea and drink of Argentina and a huge part of their culture. Regardless of what part of the country you are visiting, or what time of year you are there, you will inevitably see mate drinkers…
Make it clear that labour rights organisations will not be silenced - Support freedom of speech and freedom of association. Legal action is being used by a company producing garments in India to silence organisations in India and the Netherlands who are speaking out about severe labour rights violations in factories producing jeans for companies including G-Star, Armani, RaRe, Guess, Gap and Mexx.
As a nod to childhood treehouses and those good old days of youthful splendor, Dustin Feider obsessed himself with developing the perfect eco-friendly version of the tree sanctuary. After much trial and error, the 23-year old freelance furniture designer came up with a unique and green take on the conventional kiddie sanctuary which he dubbed the O2 Sustainability Treehouse.

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