Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 9, 2008	Bahamas Government Seeks Consultation On protocols In Using Any Sort Of Bio-diesels With Petroleum Products In The Retail And Industrial Markets
Ethanol blend a viable petroleum option: By JIMENITA SWAIN, Guardian Senior Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Consumers may have to keep a keen watch to see if the government moves to include an ethanol blend in petroleum products at the pumps in the near future. Ethanol or ethyl alcohol...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 23, 2008	The National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB) Supports The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) - Designed to Open Up Trade Between ACP Countries (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) and The European Union
Major labor union supports EPA: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: One of the nation's top umbrella trade unions has thrown its support behind the economic partnership agreement (EPA) while simultaneously calling for 17 recommendations in preparation for the...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jul 13, 2008	Toronto Public Health Warns: Limit Children's Cellphone Use (to 5-10 Minutes Only)
Toronto Public Health is asking parents to think twice before giving their children cellphones. In what is believed to be the first policy of its kind in Canada, the agency is advising children and teens to limit the time they spend on cellphones until more is known about potential health...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 9, 2008	Bahamas: Minister Rejects National Lottery Suggestion To Fund Education In The Islands
Education Minister Rejects Nat’l Lottery Suggestion: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: Minister of Education Carl Bethel has denied that the government plans to establish a national lottery over the next 10 years to fund education in The Bahamas. The statement that the...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	australian Coastal and Marine Experts answering questions
just thought i'll share it with everyone here, if you would like to ask a coastal or marine expert a question click here to join in the conversations : http://www.coastcare.com.au/Page/Expert+Panel.aspx ... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	Event: NatureWatch/IWA Young Water Professionals Conference/2008 Call for Paper(On-going)
------------------------------------ NatureWatch (On-going) ------------------------------------ NatureWatch is a suite of community-based "citizen science" monitoring programmes including FrogWatch , WormWatch , IceWatch , and PlantWatch .  Through these programmes,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Warning: Cellphone Use During Pregnancy can Seriously Damage Your Baby
Study of 13,000 children exposes link between use of handsets and later behavioural problems Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural problems, according to authoritative research. A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Bahamian Pastors: Legalizing gambling in The Bahamas would only cause more impoverishment and would add to the nation’s social ills
Pastors Scoff At Plan For Nat’l Lottery: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: A group of pastors on Tuesday scoffed at a bid by education officials to fund education’s future needs through a national lottery. The most recent draft of a new plan for education – which was obtained...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 3, 2008	Bahamas To Establish A National Lottery To Fund Education
Bid For Nat’l Lottery: By Candia Dames - Nassau, Bahamas: Education officials have completed the latest draft of a new strategic plan for education, saying the government will over the next 10 years establish a national lottery to fund education in The Bahamas. "The bulk of monies in...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008	China: Plastic Ban Effective Jun 1st
SHANGHAI—Thin plastic bags are used for everything in China and the Chinese use up to three billion of them a day--an environmentally costly habit picked up by shopkeepers and consumers in the late 1980s for convenience over traditional cloth bags. Fruit mongers weigh produce in them,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008	A New Solar Alternative
Hello. I'm new to this community. I have an idea regarding a more efficient solar powered renewable energy solution. Note that current solar panel technology is roughly 2% efficient.  I propose the use of magnifying lenses to concentrate sunlight, direct the laser's heat toward a...... [view]