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Tight security, visa restrictions and high fares deter Olympic tourists
Chinese government is not very enthused with the response from tourist for Olympic games.Main deterrents are strict China visa regime and tight security restrictions. Expensive cost is hampering even domestic tourist in China. Fewer people are going to Beijing... Eight new nuclear power stations planned for England
The debate on nuclear power is up and running again. Gordon Brown believes that the worls needs to build up to a thousand if we are to meet energy needs and fight global warming and other enevironmental issues. He... China calls for help on climate change
China called for help today from developed countries to tackle climate change. The government stated that climate change is top on their list of priorities, but that it needs some help to achieve any goals."Hu called... Polygamist cashes in on B.C.'s green dividend
As NowPublic contributor Barry Artiste writes, the B.C. government is sending a $100 "climate action dividend" dividend to every person in the province. A polygamist in the town of Bountiful is receiving a... UK prisoners offered data cabling training
Screw license plates... if you want to stop recidivism, teach prisoners a real-life skill. In this case, HM Prisons and Cisco are killing two birds with one stone, addressing the aforementioned issue as well as dealing with brain-drain in the skilled-trades sector of... The Gas Prices We Deserve
Here's a great column from George Will. "Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was... B.C. funds education programs to help save bears
The British Columbia government is setting aside funds for two organizations with the aim of providing education for people on how to treat the bears that share their environment properly, so that many are not killed... Asian bank in food crisis warning
Chief of Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that rising food prices could stall poverty eradication measures in poor countries. " The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that the crisis of rising food prices could reverse gains made in... Earth Hour: Lights going out around the World
Earth Hour is well underway. For some of you it's already over, and for some it has yet to begin.We're hours away from it here, but as many critics are pointing out: Why just one hour, one day a year?If we're... BBC Ends English Shortwave Service in Europe
"PARIS — The BBC World Service, which started its scratchy shortwave transmissions to listeners cut off by “desert, snow and sea” 75 years ago, ended its last English-language shortwave services in Europe on Monday."Merchants of Trivia
"Why do the media insist on reducing one of the most exciting presidential primary seasons in American history to a simple horse race?"Indonesia prepares pilot projects for REDD
"Indonesia had conducted various studies and researches on REDD with financial support from Britain, Australia, Germany and the World Bank, Minister MS Kaban said here on Thursday.Minister Kaban made the statement after officially launching the Indonesian forestry ministry`s...Walhi presses for exclusion of carbon brokers from negotiations
""If carbon brokers and traders act as negotiators, there will be a scandal because they will only think of forest trade," Walhi Executive Director Khalid Muhammad said on the sidelines of a "climate justice" rally here on Wednesday. Walhi was looking into who currently acted...Indonesia to launch REDD program
"Indonesian Forestry Minister MS Kaban is set to launch the so-called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) program on the occasion of Bali`s climate change talks on Thursday. The launch will...Forestry Ministry organizes parallel events during UNFCCC
"The ministry would launch the Readiness of the Reducing Emission from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD) on Thursday (Dec. 6), a statement of the forestry ministry said here on Tuesday. A workshop on forest policy and conservation, reforestation, plantation,...
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