Reuters: Rising temperatures could slow the growth of rice production unless farmers adapt by changing…
Month: August 2010
A bright idea for Alberta businesses
Edmonton Journal: A $4-million pilot program is encouraging Alberta business owners to come up with…
China to close factories in energy drive
Financial Times: China plans to close outdated factories owned by more than 2,000 companies in…
Extreme weather fuels debate over global warming
AFP: As Russia battles wildfires triggered by an unprecedented heatwave, flood waters surge across a…
Plans yet to come on new NSW coal power plant greenhouse emissions
Sydney Morning Herald: Modelling on how the state government would compensate for the estimated 22…
Whole buildings could become solar panels
Telegraph: The new transparent solar cell technology for harnessing green energy could be available within…
China orders closure of more than 2,000 factories with poor energy efficiency
Washington Post: China has ordered 2,087 steel and cement mills and other factories with poor…
China to close 2,000 factories in energy crackdown
NYT: Earlier this summer, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China promised to use an “iron…
Portugal gives itself a clean-energy makeover
NYT: Five years ago, the leaders of this sun-scorched, wind-swept nation made a bet: To…
Russia: Amid heat and smoke, deaths double in Moscow
New York Times: The daily mortality rate here has nearly doubled in recent days, the…