Guardian: The waste-pickers who scour the world’s rubbish dumps and daily recycle thousands of tonnes…
Month: August 2010
US Chamber of Commerce fumes over splinter climate group
Business Green: The US Chamber of Commerce is trying to quash an effort by a…
New gas pipeline prompts fears for Amazon rainforest
Guardian: A gas pipeline cutting through 660km of Amazon rainforest will deliver cheaper, cleaner energy…
Brazil: the world’s first environment superpower?
Guardian: Outside Dr Gilberto Câmara’s office, there is a large and beautiful satellite map of…
Fiji: Pacific meeting focuses on Fiji, climate change
Agence France-Presse: Pacific island leaders were Thursday grappling with how to deal with Fiji’s defiant…
Pakistan’s floods are not just a natural disaster
Guardian: First came the Taliban. Then the army. And now the floods. The people of…
China may launch environmental tax trial: report
Reuters: Three Chinese ministries will soon submit a proposal for an environmental tax on a…
Pacific Islands Forum adopts a new resolution on climate change
Australia Network News: The Pacific Islands Forum has adopted a new resolution on climate change,…
United Kingdom: Renewables grid competition sparks investor goldrush
Business Green: The burgeoning investor interest in the UK’s fast-expanding offshore wind energy was underlined…
Maine college gives solar panel to Chinese
Associated Press: A Maine environmental college is giving a solar panel that once sat atop…