Alternative meaning: Organisation (band).

An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄργανον (organon) meaning tool. The term is used in both daily and scientific English in multiple ways.

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Wild dolphins tail-walk on water
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:57:07 -0000
In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk.
Call to tackle UK business waste
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 -0000
The government should do more to curb waste using tax as an incentive, a House of Lords committee has said.
Stellar result in MoD challenge
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:52:33 -0000
The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield conditions.

NYT > Environment

Court Rejects E.P.A. Limits on Emissions Rules
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:39:26 -0000
The federal appeals court ruling is the most recent in a series of judicial setbacks to the Bush administration’s efforts to reshape federal policies under the Clean Air Act.
Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:06:43 -0000
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on New York City’s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a push to develop renewable energy.
Out of Commission Above Water, but Not Below It
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:34 -0000
The U.S.S. Oriskany was sunk by the Navy in May 2006 under a pilot program to convert decommissioned vessels into artificial reefs.

ENN: Climate

Study: People Rank Global Warming Lower Than Local Environmental Issues
The U.S. public, while aware of the deteriorating global environment, is concerned predominantly with local and national environmental issues, according to results from a recent survey.
South Asia monsoon rains kill 147 as thousands rescued
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods across South Asia in which 147 people have been killed in the past week as the downpours swamped villages and caused landslides, officials said on Monday.
Current climate models 'ignoring brown carbon'
Scientists have found that air pollution from East Asia contains an abundance of 'brown carbon' particles and say that atmospheric models need updating to incorporate their effect. Current climate models take into account two types of aerosol carbon — organic carbon and black carbon — that arise from the burning of fossil fuels or biomass.

L.A. Times - Environment

Orange County transfers 1,200 acres to developer-backed land trust
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The firm wants a toll road built through the property but says it will keep open space undeveloped. Orange County supervisors Tuesday approved a plan to give control of 1,200 acres of open space to a land trust backed by a developer that supports building a six-lane toll road through the property.
Receding floodwaters reveal damage in Texas
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Starr County, where torrential rain flooded about 1,400 homes and forced the evacuation of 243 people, suffered damaged roads, sinkholes and overwhelmed sewer systems -- but no serious injuries. Flooding receded Tuesday in southern Texas and main highways reopened after as much as 13 inches of rain, which covered some neighborhoods with 3 to 4 feet of water.
Tropical Storm Fay keeps trying to be a hurricane
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Fay's failure to weaken keeps much of Florida on alert. The governor says it could be a 'boomerang storm.' Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday with little fanfare but hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining strength and still threatening to become a hurricane.

National Geographic News

ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS WEEKLY: Asia Floods, NYC Storm, More
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Blue skies illuminate Beijing, floodwaters rise in a Buddha park in Laos, and more in our weekly roundup of nature news photos.
Bigfoot Discovery Declared a Hoax
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000
No evidence has emerged to support the claimed discovery of the corpse of a seven-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) Sasquatch in the southern U.S.
"Never Forgetting" Helps Elephants Survive, Study Says
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Memories of drought remain with old female elephants and could help their clans survive hard times, new research says

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The Economist: The environment

Green.view:
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:42:07 -0000
Wastewater irrigation is better than you thinkNORMALLY, news about the environment can be pigeonholed into one of two categories: a big one, labelled “Bad” and a smaller one, with a heading along the lines of “Encouraging” or at least “Not Quite as Bad as You Thought”. But your correspondent has no idea where to file a report on the use of wastewater in agriculture released this week by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a research centre.The report looks at 53 cities in the developing world, to see to what extent local farmers water their crops with untreated sewage or industrial effluent, either directly or through contaminated local water sources. The results are striking. In more than two-thirds of the cities, over half the agricultural land is irrigated with wastewater—400,000 hectares (988,000 acres), all told. The study estimates that some 20m hectares around the world are watered in this way. ...
Mining:
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:49:44 -0000
A young multinational mining giant gets a taste of multinational criticismONCE a princely game reserve, the Niyamgiri hills (pictured) in Orissa, one of India’s poorest states, are now known for a richer quarry: bauxite, from which aluminium is made. On August 8th, after a 22-month delay, India’s Supreme Court gave the Indian arm of Vedanta Resources, a metals and minerals giant, permission to mine the ore, which will feed the firm’s alumina refinery nearby. The decision was condemned by international campaigning groups which say the project will rob tribal people of their way of life. As Vedanta has found, these groups can mine a controversy with the same determination as the firm can mine a hilltop.Vedanta has its roots in India, where its founder was born and raised and where most of its operations remain. But it has turned itself into a global company, listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a spot in the FTSE 100 index. Its new reach allows it to tap investors in one part of the world and mineral deposits in another. But it also exposes it to critics from Orissa to Oslo. ...
Electric cars:
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:49:44 -0000
For all the political hype, London is still ambivalent about themONCE the preserve of ageing former presidents, overfed golf stars and milkmen, electric vehicles are much in vogue these days. A survey this month by esure, a car-insurance company, found that 71% of British motorists would consider driving one, and all the main political parties have burnished their green credentials by supporting financial incentives for owners of cars with low carbon-dioxide emissions. This, and the painfully high price of petrol, has seen the number of electric cars in London increase dramatically, from 90 in 2003 to 1,600 in 2008.At first glance, this figure seems bound to rise further. Last month Boris Johnson, London’s new mayor, said that he was setting up a body to support electric-car drivers in the capital—the Electric Vehicle Partnership for London. Top of its list of things to do is installing more public points at which electric-car owners may top up their batteries. At the moment there are 40 spots dotted around the London streets where drivers who have paid GBP75 for a key can pull in and plug in free of charge, and some privately owned car parks have charging points too. Another 100 charging stations are now on the cards. ...

Reuters: Environment

U.S. says states can lift emission monitoring bar
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:44:07 -0400
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal court on Tuesday overturned a rule that prevented state and local authorities from raising emissions monitoring requirements for polluting units such as chemical plants and oil refineries.
Australian "hot rocks" offer 26,000 yrs of power
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:51:01 -0400
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia scientists estimate that only one percent of the nation's untapped geothermal energy could produce 26,000 years worth of clean electricity.
U.N. climate talks seek quicker pace
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:19:48 -0400
OSLO (Reuters) - More than 150 nations meet in Ghana from Thursday trying to speed up sluggish talks on a new climate treaty and plug big gaps in a "vision" of leading industrial nations of halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

PR-inside.com News

Signals from the Atlantic Salmon Highway
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:30:22 -0000
(PR-inside.com) EZ Pass for Fish Helps Ocean Tracking Network Locate Salmon from Maine off Halifax, Nova Scotia For years scientists have struggled to understand the decline and slow recovery of Atlantic salmon, a once abundant and highly prized game and food fish native to New England rivers. Biologists agree that poor marine survival is affecting salmon in the U.S. and Canada, but specific causes are difficult to determine in the ocean. Small acoustic tags and associated technology may provide some answers. Thirty of 150 Atlantic salmon smolts tagged by NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Maine's Penobscot River and released in ..
E-Scrap Recycling at the Top of the Agenda
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:18:01 -0000
(PR-inside.com) According to Chinese estimates, there are between one and two million tons of waste electrical and electronic equipment in the People's Republic every year with an expected increase of five to ten percent annually. In addition to old domestic equipment, there is also a great quantity from Japan, Russia, the USA and Western Europe for recycling and disposal in China. A research group at Hong Kong Baptist University estimates that approx. 70 percent of all used computers, cellphones and other electric and electronic equipment to be recycled from the world end up in China. This is actually illegal, because the ..
PowerBoost maximizes solar power output and lowers utility costs
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:20:46 -0000
(PR-inside.com) 'Solar panel cleaning is extremely important to achieve maximum output of a solar electric system,' said Dr. Patrina Eiffert, CEO, SolarFrameWorks. 'The financial impact of a clean solar panel is immediate. More electricity produced by the solar panels means less dollars billed by the utility company and a direct savings to the owner. During this time of year, when solar systems generate the most power due to air conditioning usage, cleaning maintenance is especially important.' Available for both residential and commercial applications, PowerBoost can be applied within minutes using a standard garden hose. The intense foaming solution contains high-quality surfactants that ..

NPR Topics: Environment

Extreme Heat A Threat To World's Poor
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:00 -0400
Within the century, afternoon highs may reach temperatures that today are found only in the world's hottest deserts, says a new study. Those least able to deal with the increase in extreme heat waves — the world's poor — will be hit the hardest.
Yellowstone Preview: The Dynamics Of Fire
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Robert Smith checks in with Weekend Edition Sunday regular host Liane Hansen, who is on assignment in Yellowstone National Park. In a preview of her September series, Hansen talks about the evolving dynamics of fire protection in the park, and reveals what "a good Elk day" is.
Powered By Grease, Drivers Race to Greece
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0400
In the Grease to Greece road rally kicked off in London Saturday. Teams are heading for Athens in vehicles powered by used cooking oil. The object isn't necessarily who can get to Athens first, rather it's who can get there the greenest. Andy Pag speaks with Robert Smith.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter

Ban to set up new climate change centre to support Pacific island countries
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced today that the United Nations and Samoa plan to establish an Inter-Agency Climate Change Centre to help coordinate support to Pacific Island countries to combat the impact of global warming in their region.
Toyota among six companies to join UN scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The European branch of the world's largest car maker, Toyota, today became one of six companies to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative bringing together organizations which pledge to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
On China visit, UN official assesses post-quake reconstruction efforts
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting adequate shelter for all has pledged support for recovery and reconstruction efforts in China's Sichuan province, which is rebuilding after a devastating earthquake, during a three-day visit to the area.

Environment

2. Global Tiger Conservation Initiative Symposium
B-SPAN On June 9 2008, the World Bank launched the Global Tiger Conservation Initiative with a thematic symposium held at the World Banks headquarters in Washington D.C. The event, entitled Tiger Conservation Moving Lessons Learnt Towards a Winning Strategy, brought together tiger conservation experts to discuss lessons in trade, governance and finance, as well as steps going forward in this important effort.
1. Global Tiger Conservation Initiative Symposium
B-SPAN On June 9 2008, the World Bank launched the Global Tiger Conservation Initiative with a thematic symposium held at the World Banks headquarters in Washington D.C. The event, entitled Tiger Conservation Moving Lessons Learnt Towards a Winning Strategy, brought together tiger conservation experts to discuss lessons in trade, governance and finance, as well as steps going forward in this important effort.
2. Climate Change, Growth, and Poverty
B-SPAN On April 15 and 16, 2008, the 2008 Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network Conference was held at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss the theme, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. The Conference included more than 25 sessions on a variety of topics, such as the Banks economic policy, climate change, and good governance, among many others.

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