Warning over future of land use.
| Electric vehicle grants scheme backfires as taxpayers subsidise 87,000 sports cars. Slow roll-out of electric vehicles means pricey Tesla Roadster and Mitsubishi i-Miev will be only two cars eligible for new 5,000 grant. |
| Worlds Tallest Building - Empty Burj Khalifa - ClosedThe world’s tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed just a month after it opened. The viewing area had been the only portion of the 2,717 foot building open to the public and it is now indefinitely closed amid Dubai’s struggle to revive it’s economy.Electrical problems are at least partly to blame for the [.] |
| Warning over future of land use. In the face of pressures such as climate change and population increases, parts of the UK could face water shortages, rapidly rising house prices, and threats to wildlife and landscapes without major changes to how land is managed, a report has warned. |
| China Takes the Lead on Clean Energy Jobs: How the U.S. Can Still Win A majority of Americans are worried that the United States role in the world economy will diminish in the coming years, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.But the truth is, China is already beating the U.S. to clean energy jobs.China is quickly becoming the global powerhouse in clean energy manufacturing and innovation, dwarfing [.] |
| Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Endangered Species Act Protection From Arizona’s Desert Nesting Bald Eagles The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acting to remove Endangered Species Act protection from Arizona’s desert nesting bald eagles. Almost two years after U.S. District Court Judge Mary Murguias March 5, 2008 rejection of the agency’s last attempt in 2007, a similar decision by Fish and Wildlife has been released for publication in tomorrow’s Federal Register. Today the agency also filed a request with the U.S. District Court to remove an injunction currently in place to protect the eagle. “We conclude that the best information available does not indicate that persistence in the ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert Area is important to the species as a whole,” the new Fish and Wildlife decision states. |
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