After months of work by a bipartisan group of California legislators to pass a bill legalizing industrial hemp-farming in the state, on Sept. 30 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unceremoniously vetoed the measure, sending Assembly Bill 1147 back to the boards.

One of Victoria's wettest farming regions is running out of water. The water storage at Leongatha, in Gippsland, is at 24 per cent and falling and residents are on stage four water restrictions.

A series of seminars held in 4 major industrial centers in South Korea heighten awareness of the risks from dust explosions in industrial process facilities. The net effect of this effort is a new awareness of dust explosions in Korea and a firm commitmen...