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At least 21% of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction putting the livelihoods of millions of people at risk, according to the ICUN Red List of Threatened Species.

A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of what the builders claim is the World's first industrial-scale biofuel plant took place this week.

Adventus Group, a global remediation technology enterprise, announces that it has signed an agreement for establishment of a joint venture (JV) with S&B Industrial Minerals.

Tightening budgets and the growth in traffic density is placing an ever-increasing strain on our highways. Those responsible for our road infrastructure are being forced to stretch their financial and operational resources to the absolute limits in order to meet their road building and maintenance targets.

Social networking site Facebook's decision to build a coal powered data centre has prompted environmentalists to launch a protest on the same site.