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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s decision to slash export quotas of rare earth elements was a necessary step to protect the country’s environment, commerce minister Chen Deming said following criticism from Japanese officials.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will see warmer-than-average weather from September to November, the country’s official forecaster said on Wednesday.
Sustainable energy now supplies just 6 percent of power in Australia. But the country has set a target of 20 percent by 2020, and is investing 20 billion Australian dollars for clean energy projects.
Jessica Shankleman, BusinessGreen , Friday 20 August 2010 at 13:16:00 Prime minister Julia Gillard makes last-ditch carbon trading pledge as polls show election is too close to call The future direction of Australia’s climate change policy is hanging in the balance as the country prepares to go to the polls in its knife-edge federal election tomorrow. The latest poll shows rival Labor and …
Key players in the carbon market and climate experts will discuss measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the country’s first zero-carbon emissions conference, to be held in Bangkok this week.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said next Saturday’s vote would be one of the “closest, tightest races” in the country’s history as she took the lead in neck-and-neck polls.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. environmental regulators finalized rules on Monday aimed at cutting mercury emissions and other pollution from Portland cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury air emissions in the country.
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 9 August 2010 at 08:30:00 New initiative aims to improve incentives for industrialised countries that provide low-carbon technology to developing economies The Japanese government is to launch a scheme that will gain the country carbon credits for exporting low-carbon technology to developing countries, according to a report on the Nikkei newswire over the …
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s lower house failed on Wednesday to debate a bill that would ban mining and oil-drilling on the country’s Andean glaciers, angering environmentalists and supporters of the measure.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities struggled on Monday to help victims of the country’s worst flooding in memory, which has so far killed more than 1,000 people and prompted sharp criticism of the government.
The Australian Greens Party unveiled its biggest ever national election advertising campaign today, seeking to win enough votes in the Aug. 21 ballot to hold the balance of power in the country’s Senate.
Debt held against one of the country’s most emissions-intensive power stations, Loy Yang B in the Latrobe Valley, has been downgraded to one step above junk.
UNCERTAINTY on carbon policy has resulted in debt held against one of the country’s most emissions-intensive power stations, Loy Yang B in Victoria, being downgraded to one step above junk status.
Sydney – Australia will not bring in carbon trading until other major polluters do and even then only if there is popular support within the country for putting a price on carbon.
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 19 July 2010 at 09:30:00 Liberals oppose carbon tax while Greens lobby hard for deal with Labor Carbon trading was the first issue on the agenda of the Australian federal election campaign this weekend after prime minister Julia Gillard said the country will go to the polls on 21 August.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China closed the Dalian Xingang oil port in northeast China, home to the country’s largest oil reserve bases, after crude pipeline explosions spilled oil into the sea, an industry executive said on Monday.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in New Zealand are divided about the country’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a poll by Research New Zealand. 49 per cent of respondents are in favour of the ETS, while 44 per cent oppose it.
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese troops evacuated thousands of people from their homes in the north of the country Sunday due to threats of flash flooding and landslides, as the death toll from Typhoon Conson rose to more than 70.
If ‘carbon trading is inevitable‘, cheap viagra, the haggard remains of the fourth estate (and their cheerleaders in the pro-carbon trading NGOs) in this country have a lot of work to do before this statement corresponds with any credible vision of public interest.