Climate change, weather phenomena, nature and other environmental issues http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=4 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:34:08 -0800 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:34:08 -0800 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=4 144 42   Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed integration, baseline performance characterization, and vibration testing of a space-based sensor intended to help NASA scientists better understand the effect of aerosols on global warming and climate change. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46361 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:10:54 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46361   Axial Vector Energy Corporation ("AVEC") (Pink Sheets: AXVC) (Frankfurt: BAE1) announced that it has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Constellation Capital Management, LLC (“Constellation”) of Novato, Calif. Under the terms of the parties’ agreement, the Joint ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46352 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:44 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46352 Brian, who embarked on the biggest race of his life on November 9 on board the Bahrain Team Pindar Open 60 yacht, is collecting data for Earthwatch during the race, recording sightings of marine mammals, sharks, rays, turtles, cetaceans, ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46300 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:15:41 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46300   The next time you're in a restaurant and see marlin on the menu, "just say no." That's the message of a new, nationwide campaign to take marlin and other billfish off the menus of America's restaurants and out of ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46273 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:30:03 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46273 Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) leaders attending fisheries talks in Brussels welcomed the success of Minister Tony Killeen in resisting EU proposals for the extension of fishing effort controls to the Celtic Sea, the area South and South West ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46268 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:05:19 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46268   World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will host “Biofuels: Which Are More Sustainable?” on November 19-20, 2008, this year’s Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium. The symposium will present the “state of the science” with regard to biofuels and their ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46223 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:53:39 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46223   The Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation has announced a $250,000 donation from Wal-Mart Foundation to provide catalytic funding for a new watershed restoration initiative. Through this Water for Texas initiative, Wal-Mart hopes to help off-set its own water ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46221 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:52:07 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46221   Grupo Nais announces the December 3 opening of the Nais Aquarium, the First Restaurant-Aquarium in Latin America, in Guatemala City, placing it on the map as one of six cities worldwide: Nashville; Colorado City; Dallas; Houston and Dubai ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46220 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:51:25 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46220   An Earth-observing satellite that has provided early detection of ocean storms and advanced the scientific exploration of global ocean wind patterns has been recognized for helping scientists better understand our home planet. NASA and the U.S. Department of ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46214 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:24:50 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46214   Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin today thanked Whale Observer volunteers on the Gold Coast who provide crucial information about whale entanglements during the annual migration. Mr Mulherin said: "Bather safety is the number one priority when ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46206 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:34 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46206 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) CEO Carter Roberts praised President-elect Barack Obama for his remarks before the Governors’ Global Climate Summit being held in Los Angeles. Roberts, who is speaking at the Summit, issued the following statement: "Today President-elect Obama ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46191 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:33:52 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46191 The Australian Government should formally request the Government of Japan to recall its whaling fleet immediately, or take international legal action to stop the whalers, according to IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). In defiance of international pressure and ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46187 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:25:14 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46187 The Canadian aquaculture industry today launched a national awareness campaign to educate the country about its billion dollar industry. "In these uncertain economic times, aquaculture is a bright light driving the Canadian economy," says Ruth Salmon, new executive director ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46130 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:34:59 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46130 Abu Dhabi's bold 'green city' vision to life Abu Dhabi is turning to the UK to bring its extraordinary plan - Masdar City, the world's first zero carbon, zero waste, car free city to life. Eager to work with ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46104 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:04:54 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46104  In advance of a crucial meeting of the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers, the Federation of Irish Fishermen are critical of  proposals to introduce new restrictions on cod fishing in the Celtic Sea. The Federation is calling on Ministers ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46086 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:31:25 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46086   Greenpeace activists have today dumped some 5 tonnes of dead bluefin tuna heads in front of the French Fisheries Ministry in Paris to protest the continued mismanagement of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery that is leading ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46041 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:43:01 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46041 Greenpeace activists this morning marked the departure of Japan's whaling fleet from the port of Innoshima with banners reading "Whaling on Trial", another in Japanese outlining the whaling operation's multi-million dollar drain on Japan's taxpayers.  The fleet had attempted ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46025 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:10:25 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46025 Hervey Bay Whale Watch's Quick Cat II has been named a finalist in the tour and transport operators category at the prestigious 2008 Queensland Tourism Awards, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced. The awards, presented by Queensland Airports Limited, were ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45917 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:22:50 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45917 Albemarle Corporation, a leader in providing innovative solutions to the specialty chemicals market, continued its focus on creating environmentally sound products and initiatives by supporting the Foundation W.H. Vliegenbos, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Vliegenbos forest located ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45902 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:33:55 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45902  The economic and environmental disaster of overfishing can be stopped with a straightforward update of fishing regulations, according to Oceans of Abundance, a new report released today by a bipartisan working group of two dozen economic and environmental leaders and ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45899 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:26:26 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=45899