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Charting the seas: the Royal Navy's hydrographic heritage
2013-03-20 01:15:00| Naval Technology
The Royal Navy has a rich heritage of hydrography and marine surveying that stretches back to the 17th century with the first survey of the British coast for Charles II. Despite the technological advances of the modern age, the Royal Navy's hydrograp
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Help Preserve Ags Heritage With National Museum Of American History Project
2013-03-19 21:23:00| Beef
Source: National Museum of American History On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture stories about precision farming, food-borne illness tracking, environmental concerns, government practices, irrigation, biotechnology and hybrid seeds. read more
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West Coast Energy loses battle to build wind farm near UK heritage site
2013-03-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
West Coast Energy has lost its legal battle to build a four-turbine wind farm in Northamptonshire after UK conservation bodies English Heritage and the National Trust argued that the proposed development would have a negative impact on nearby listed
UK conservation bodies warn of wind farm threat to heritage sites
2013-02-22 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK conservation bodies English Heritage and the National Trust have warned that wind farms are posing a threat to heritage sites in the country.
Peru: Gas giant backtracks on exploration in UNESCO World Heritage Site
2013-02-18 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Survival International: The Argentine gas giant Pluspetrol has publicly backtracked on plans to expand the notorious Camisea gas project in southeast Peru into one of the most biodiverse places on earth, following a shock exposure this week by The Guardian newspaper and Survival International. The company has released a statement in which it admitted planning what it described as 'superficial geological studies for scientific interest,` in Manu National Park, but promising that it had now abandoned these plans. The...
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