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Greenpeace offers BNFL the opportunity to fund environmental research on nuclear contamination

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05/02/1998

Greenpeace announced today that it had offered British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), the plutonium reprocessing company, the opportunity to fund independent environmental research into the effects of

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Sewage pisciculture holds promise

Treated sewage water can be used to breed a variety of fish that grow to appreciable sizes in captivity, Dr. K. Venkataramanujam, Dean, Fisheries College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences

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05/02/1998
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Erosion threatens Bihpuria

People of South Bihpuria have urged the State Government once again to initiate necessary measures to save the area from the continuous erosion of Dujikrong river. The erosion and high floods washed

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Tough substitute for timber

Australian scientists have found a use for old telephone directories and plastic milk containers. They are turning waste paper and thermoplastics into a substitute for

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- Demand for action on antibiotics

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05/02/1998

Pressure is increasing on the EU to ban the use of antibiotics in animal feed, with consumers and some member states calling for action by the European Commission. The Union consumer group Eurocoop

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New moons

American astronomers have discovered two more moons - temporarily named S1997 U1 and S1997 U2 - orbiting

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05/02/1998
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Estate Green Book plan being revived to boost food output

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05/02/1998

The Human Resources Ministry will ask the plantation sector to revive the Estate Green Book Plan to help increase food output. The emphasis of the Estate Green Book Plan is vegetable cultivation. The

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Women urged to help create 'zero garbage colonies'

Dr. Iqbal Malik, the environmentalist, today urged women to take the initiative at individual as well as community level to convert their localities into "zero garbage

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05/02/1998
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Coal industry chalks out pollution control plan

The coal industry has drawn up a long-term plan to check pollution in collieries. The plan envisages employing new techniques to minimise the generation of coal dust and land reclamation, and

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GM and Amoco research new fuel

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04/02/1998

General Motors Corp. and Amoco Corp. said they would develop a diesel fuel that could be used in alternative-power vehicles being considered by GM to reduce pollution and increase fuel

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