Indo-Asian News Service: Health ministers from Southeast Asian countries Thursday pledged to combat tobacco use…
Month: September 2008
World carbon standards to relax -CCX head
Reuters: World greenhouse gas markets probably will relax their notions of what constitutes a carbon…
United Kingdom: Prince Charles says hedge funds could save rainforests
Mongabay: Prince Charles renewed his call to protect rainforests for the services they provide humanity….
Peace, prosperity revive dream of connecting Asia by rail
Agence France-Presse: As Asia develops at a whirlwind pace and peace holds in once-warring nations,…
Oklahoma campus hopes to be powered by wind by ’13
Associated Press: The University of Oklahoma wants its main campus to be completely powered by…
McCain Nuclear Energy Revival May Cost $315 Billion
Bloomberg: John McCain’s plan to revive the U.S. nuclear power industry with 45 new reactors…
House Democrats Expand Proposed Oil, Gas Drilling
Wall Street Journal: House Democrats, some chanting “drill, drill,” embraced a plan to open the…
Enviros: Tie auto industry loans to fuel standards
Associated Press: Environmental and consumer groups said Thursday that funding for a federal loan program…
Australia buys huge farm to save dying river
Reuters: An irrigation farm larger than Singapore and sucking up billions of liters of water…
Top Expert’s Emissions Target Slammed
Inter Press Service: The Rudd government’s hand-picked climate change advisor’s recommended targets for reducing Australia’s…