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- Australia Challenges Japan Whaling on Youtube
Reuters: Australia has taken its battle against Japanese whaling in the Antarctic to the Internet, with a new YouTube campaign unveiled on Tuesday that targets Japanese children. "Can you imagine what life on Earth would be like without these magnificent creatures? Hundreds of years of whaling have nearly wiped them out," Australia's Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says in the video, subtitled in Japanese. Japan plans for the first time to hunt 50 humpback whales in ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Britons named world's biggest emitters of CO2 from air travel
Guardian: Britons produce more carbon emissions from air travel a head than any other country, a study reveals today, citing the country's predilection for low-cost airlines as a major factor. The average carbon emission for each British flyer was 603kg (95lb) a year, more than a third higher than Ireland in second place with 434kg and more than double that of the US at 275kg, in third place. Wetter summers and easier access to air travel were also blamed for the increasing greenhouse ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Clean Air Settlement to Cost AEP Over US$4.6 Bln - EPA
Reuters: In what the EPA called the single biggest environmental enforcement settlement in US. history, Ohio-based AEP agreed to end an eight-year lawsuit brought by the federal government. "This is a landmark, an unprecedented case, in the annals of air pollution regulation in the United States," said Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator of enforcement at the EPA. The previous investment record was when Virginia-based Dominion Resources Inc agreed in 2003 to spend ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Australia: Govt, Oppn urged to adopt short-term emission targets
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A new report says a 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2020 is an achievable target for Australia. The study says legislating for more efficient energy-use in buildings, and converting from electric to solar heating is now an affordable reality. It also factored in a shift from petrol and diesel cars to electric and hybrid and improvements in public transport. The report's author Mark Diesendorf from the University of New South Wales, says these ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Greenpeace Urges Indonesia to Stop Forest Destruction
Reuters: Indonesia must stop the destruction of its rainforests and commit to a moratorium on conversion of peat swamp forests into farmland, Greenpeace said on Tuesday. Indonesia had the fastest pace of deforestation in the world between 2000-2005, destroying an area of forest the size of 300 soccer pitches every hour, according to the environment group. The Greenpeace appeal came ahead of a UN climate change summit in December, where participants from 189 countries are expected to ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Most of US. Warmer Than Normal This Winter - NOAA
Reuters: The United States will have warmer-than-normal temperatures this winter in most of the country, except for the northern Plains and Northwest states, government weather experts predicted on Tuesday. As for precipitation, it will be drier than average across the Southwest and the Southeast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projected in its winter forecast. The Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, northern Rockies and Hawaii will be wetter than normal this winter, the ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Study: less beef, aluminium, to cut pollution
Sydney Morning Herald: AUSTRALIA could cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30 per cent by 2020 without relying on clean-coal technology or nuclear energy, but it might have to sacrifice its aluminium sector and produce less beef, says a new analysis of the country's emissions. A report done by University of NSW's Dr Mark Diesendorf found energy efficiency to be a key way to cut greenhouse gases. However, to achieve the large reductions in climate change pollution below 1990 levels being ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - United Kingdom: Boost for renewables as minister hints at capping grid charges
Scotsman: THE UK energy minister yesterday signalled he was prepared to intervene in a row that threatens to damage Scotland's potential to become a green-energy powerhouse. Malcolm Wicks hinted he would cap charges to make it easier for renewable energy schemes in remote areas to connect to the national grid. A report last month warned such producers in the Highlands and Islands could pay connection charges up to 30 times higher than in other EU countries. A Scottish ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - United Kingdom: Car emissions could be cut by a third in a decade
Times (UK): Carbon dioxide emissions from cars could be slashed by almost a third within a decade, according to a review commissioned by the Government. Mr Darling said that the study, led by Professor Julia King, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University and formerly of Rolls-Royce, showed that it was possible to cut emissions from cars by 25 per cent now and by up to 80 per cent by 2050. The King Review was commissioned by Gordon Brown before he became Prime Minister as a follow-up to the ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - United Kingdom: Change to make airlines responsible for their carbon footprint
Herald: Passenger tax Air tax is being switched from passengers to planes to encourage airlines to operate more efficiently, as part of new measures announced by the Chancellor to tackle climate change. The aim of the tax change is to stop airlines running half-empty flights by making them more responsible for the environmental costs of air travel, which contributes 6.3% of the UK's carbon emissions. It is predicted to raise substantially more in tax when it is introduced in ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Uganda: Floods blamed on climate change
Daily Monitor: THE floods being experienced in the eastern and northern parts of Uganda are a result of climate change, the Meteorology Department has said. Dangerous gases, commonly called Greenhouse Gases, including carbondioxide, nitrous oxide and methane are among the causes of climate change which involves shift of seasons, increased temperature in one area and increased rains, floods and storms in other regions. Mr Phillip Gwage, the assistant commissioner at the Meteorology Department ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - Global Warming Could Trigger Economic Meltdown
Dong-A: Climate change triggered by global warming could cause stagnation, slow economic growth, and rising prices all over the world, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley. In other words, climate change has become serious enough to make a dent in the world economy. The report says South Korea is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to environmental damage. Elga Bartsch, a Europe Research Center economist at Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, said in a report "Climate Change ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - United Kingdom: Green Taxes: Chancellor accused of stealing Tory idea
Independent (UK): A damp squib was how most environmentalists saw Alistair Darling's speech yesterday. There were no major new moves signalled by the Chancellor to tackle climate change or any other environmental problems – rather, a series of tinkerings around the edges. Indeed, the measure that drew most approval was a Tory idea, unveiled last month in the Conservative Party's Quality of Life review – the plan to tax air travel by the flight, not by the passenger as at present. When it is ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - India Lets Mills Produce Ethanol from Cane Juice
Reuters: India's cabinet on Tuesday allowed sugar companies to manufacture ethanol directly from sugarcane juice to aid mills struggling with surplus stocks. Until now, ethanol was produced entirely from the sugarcane byproduct, molasses. The government also extended a freight subsidy to sugar mills for exports by one year. The scheme was to end in April 2008. "This will help sugar factories to improve their financial position and make final payment of cane to farmers and ...
10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 CST - United Kingdom: Lack of initiatives leaves green groups disappointed
Guardian: Environmental groups expressed "huge disappointment" yesterday with the pre-budget report which they said offered almost nothing new in the fight against climate change. The lack of concrete initiatives, apart from a new tax on planes, flew in the face of Gordon Brown's pledge at last month's Labour party conference that he would "make Britain a world leader in tackling climate change," they argued. Friends of the Earth had been hoping that Alistair Darling ...
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