The Australian government today announced much-awaited details of a carbon emissions scheme due to be launched in 2010. Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, in releasing a government white paper, appeared to have...
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By, Uwe Paschen. Livestock Farming one of the main menaces of the environment today. Farming and Livestock farming should be Ecological and not a major polluter one would think, after all, we are dealing with...
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The U.N. Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland, that took place over the last two weeks, have come to an end and the results were positive for some countries and inconclusive for many others. Considering that the U.S.,...
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" It might not be art yet it is relevant to our health and the food chain. No holiday cheer here. The Japan Times announces that the 20th Minamata Disease Exposition starts in Chiba (December 11). Not a show really rather a reminder of how this mercury poisoning took place....
About 1/5 of the world's coral reefs have been lost so far, and much more could be destroyed if the acidity in the oceans continues to rise, a result of climate change according to conservation groups. Greenhouse...
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The government in Pakistan's Punjab province has unveiled a plan to make the famous hill station near the capital city of the country pollution-free."The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province has decided to...
A communiqué from the World Bank Earlier this week has been praising the government of Niger for its good governance and transparency as it handed over another $7 Million Dollar US in aid to the Niger...
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By, Uwe Paschen.Many of us do buy Organic Food, and many more Would like to, yet can not afford it. Sadly most of us do not actually know what Organic food is nor how it is regulated or where it does all come...
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When Tiger Woods came to Thailand to play golf in 1997, he was so overcome by the heat, he had to retire from the game on his first day. There is something odd about playing golf in such...
November 14, 2008, Delhi, India: In the streets of Mustaffabad, a poor quarter of Delhi, children in sandals sit on top of piles of broken glass and twisted metal, smashing computer monitors. Men with blowtorches...
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"Nearly 17,000 species are now considered to be threatened with extinction and 869 species are classed as extinct or extinct in the wild on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. In...
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Indian capital Delhi was one of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, with vehicles accounting for 70 per cent of polluting emissions. Situation in Delhi has improved drastically after city...
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Kuhn Somkit Muangma (picture1) has been repairing shoes on Thanon Rama IV ever since I can remember. Each time I see him, he is wearing his face mask. When I tell him the atmosphere in Bangkok has...
Environmentalist Preaches Conservation as Chaos Engulfs Eastern Congo November 4, 2008, Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo: With little more than a motorbike and a mission, Clement Kitambala has been spreading...
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A new law being proposed in the UK would identify the companies which pollute the most, and which companies are the cleanest. The goal is to allow consumers to make well-informed decisions about where they shop and purchase products, as well as to allow the government to...
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