Mongabay: A tool for monitoring tropical deforestation has gotten a boost from the one of…
Month: December 2008
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Developing Nations Critique Obama’s Environmental Goals
redOrbit: During U.N. climate talks on Wednesday, delegates from China and India said President-elect Barack…
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Pollution trading wrangling holds up EU climate accord
Agence France-Presse: EU environment ministers started a key meeting Thursday as wrangling over pollution trading…
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United Kingdom: Labour ‘dithering’ over third runway
New Statesman: The government is accused of dithering as the decision over Heathrow’s third runway…
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Environmentalists lament EU’s ‘melting’ climate leadership
Agence France-Presse: Greenpeace activists placed five large chunks of ice in front of the venue…
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Point of No Return for the Arctic Climate?
Spiegel: Temperatures in the Arctic are rising much faster than elsewhere in the world. Researchers…
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Rich, poor in dispute over rainforest cash
Gerard Wynn and Gabriela Baczynska: Brazil ruled out on Thursday letting rich countries offset their…
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Waste could fill many of nation’s wants by 2020, says fuel report
Times (UK): Using waste as a source of energy instead of recycling it has the…
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U.S. polluters to pay record $11.8 billion in 2008: EPA
Reuters: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions during the 2008 budget year resulted in a…
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UN Panel Says Global Financial Crisis May Curb CO2 Emissions
redOrbit: Delegates at a United Nations meeting to discuss the world’s climate said Thursday that…