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...China, the world's leading producer of greenhouse gases, is taking an aggressive path to develop alternative sources of energy. Already the world's leading generator of hydropower - a renewable but sometimes controversial power source because of the impact on river ecosystems - China now aims to be the front runner in wind- and solar-power generation. In 2007 the government directed that by next year at least 3% of large power companies' generating capacity should come from renewable sources (excluding hydropower); this target jumps to 8% in 2020. That may not sound like much, but according to a recent study...
Founded in 1996, the program now helps about 4,000 families a year in clinics where social workers are few or nonexistent. Says Onie: "We're an example of how a very simple solution can have a real impact on health...
...only time will tell what kind of effect the Mnemiopsis will have. "What these jellyfish are eating are either the young of the next generation or the food of the next generation," says Bella Galil, a scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography in Israel. "We'll know the impact when what they ate does not appear in the nets next year...
...Tabloid by Phoenix,” released earlier this year by painfully Parisian record-label-cum-design-house Kitsuné, is the first of these releases. Described by the band as a group of “little treasures that have had this huge impact and amazed us,” the collection is as much a straightforward mixtape as it is a full disclosure of their tastes and influences. The individual value of each of the 20 tracks on “Tabloid” is apparent to the listener—both in terms of their musical...
Alongside carefully arrayed mortar shells, short-range artillery equipment and a range of rifles is a pile of papers and documents. Among them are plans showing how to assemble an "impact grenade" and a "time delay" grenade. Other pieces of paper, handwritten in Arabic, apparently lay out instructions on how to rig another explosive device. Also among the documents are two European passports that purportedly belong to fugitive al-Qaeda members who are linked to the 9/11 attacks and the 2004 Madrid bombings. (Read about how Pakistan's army is finally getting serious about its internal enemies...