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KNOW ALL Need a database of all the straw-plaited products on display at Guangzhou's Commodities Fair? Looking for manufacturers of high-low carbon silicon chrome? Believe it or not, there is a website for you. Apart from a full list of exhibitors, it provides visitor statistics on previous fairs and contact details for the event's many organizers...
Higher mileage standards would have been good for America’s long-term energy plan for two reasons. First, the United States leads the world in the production of greenhouse gases, which directly cause global warming. Among these gases, carbon dioxide is the biggest problem, and automobiles are the biggest source of carbon dioxide in America. If the government were to mandate higher standards for gas mileage, less gasoline would be burned and therefore less greenhouse gases would be emitted...
Wrapping around the block, the mainly nine-to-five, thirty-something crowd entered Avalon to the Phish-meets-Blind Melon-meets-the Pogues sound of opening band Carbon Leaf. Carbon Leaf are the only unsigned band ever to perform at the American Music Awards, where they won an award for Best New Music, beating out some 1,000 other bands. Featuring among other things a mandolin and several tin whistles, the group is obviously influenced by Great Big Sea and they were a fitting and exhilerating opening band, whetting the crowd’s appetite. By the time lead singer...
...results in the release of highly toxic chemicals into the air, water and soil. Along the waterways of Guiyu, computer monitors are smashed with hammers, exposing workers to toxic phosphor dust. Lead and barium from the crushed components seep into the riverbank. Toner cartridges are cracked open for their carbon-black dust. Used in industrial processing, the material "is a great seller," says one worker, "more than 10 per cartridge." But its effects when inhaled are unknown...
With her big round eyes, her button nose and her I'm-ready-for-fun expression, the kitten named cc (short for carbon copy and copy cat) has a face that's almost impossible not to love, which may help explain why the hostility that usually accompanies news on the cloning front was almost drowned out last week by the sound of the press corps cooing...