Jakarta Post: Despite reports of improving air quality in some Asian cities, many Indonesian cities…
Month: November 2008
Desalination ‘a waste of money’, warns Australian economist
Radio Australia: A leading Australian economist says spending billions of dollars to build water desalination…
Ex-EPA Chief Whitman Wants Carbon Cap
CNBC: There’s no separating energy and the environment for Christine Todd Whitman, and she’s made…
United Kingdom: Aviva launches 500m clean tech investment fund
Business Green: UK insurance giant Aviva has announced it is to launch a clean tech…
Industrialized countries slow to reduce emissions
Mongabay: Industrialized countries are making slow progress in reducing emissions as pledged under the Kyoto…
Emissions up in developed nations
BBC: Emissions of greenhouse gases by industrialised nations rose 2.3% from 2000 to 2006, according…
Could fertilising trees save the climate?
New Scientist: Should we “dope” trees with nitrogen fertiliser to engineer a cooler global climate?…
Penguin plunge sends ocean warning signal
People and Planet: Plunging penguin populations are a signal that the world’s oceans are suffering…
Residents return to areas ravaged by California wildfires
Guardian: Southern California started to count the cost of a series of wildfires that swept…
Eastern Bloc collapse boosts climate outlook
New Scientist: The world is on track to meet its Kyoto protocol target, according to…