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Once the 'pearl' of Ivory Coast, Abidjan lagoon now a pollution nightmare
Abidjan (AFP) Dec 3, 2007The vast, briny body of water that abuts Abidjan, once a symbol of the Ivory Coast's beauty, has suffered from years of major pollution, endangering the four million inhabitants that live along the river coastline. "The Ebrie Lagoon of Abidjan, called the 'pearl of the lagoons' is today a disgrace to look at," Ivorian Environmental Minister Daniel Aka Ahizi said at the National Environmental ... more Workers in China strike over rising food costs: officials 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Police in southern China used batons and dogs to keep thousands of workers from leaving their factory premises after they went on strike over rising food costs, officials and reports said Monday. Workers at the Aigao Electronics Factory in Guangdong province went on strike on Wednesday last week after the company announced that it would raise food prices, a company official said. "The pr ... more Asian meet looks to confront water crises 
Beppu, Japan (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Asian nations came together Monday for a first "water summit" to plan action amid warnings of a dire situation with water resources shrinking and natural disasters on the rise. The 49-nation conference in Beppu, a southern Japanese town famed for natural hot springs, comes amid growing concern that climate change is aggravating water-related incidents in Asia and elsewhere. Japan's Crown ... more Australian PM ratifies Kyoto Protocol 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd became Australia's 26th prime minister Monday and immediately began dismantling the former government's policies by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Rudd had pledged to commit Australia to the landmark United Nations treaty on greenhouse gas emissions as his first priority and kept his word after his official swearing in at Government House in Can ... more Toll Of Climate Change On World Food Supply Could Be Worse Than Thought 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Global agriculture, already predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that scientists have so far inadequately considered, say three new scientific reports. The authors say that progressive changes predicted to stem from 1- to 5-degree C temperature rises in coming decades fail to account f ... more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2007About a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University geologist Bruce Marsh challenged the century-old concept that the Earth's outer layer formed when crystal-free molten rock called magma oozed to the surface from giant subterranean chambers hidden beneath volcanoes. Marsh's theory - that the deep-seated plumbing underneath volcanoes is actually made up of an extensive system of smaller sheet-lik ... more Special Research Methods Find Ancient Maya Marketplace 
Provo UT (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Coaxing answers from 1500-year-old clues hidden in soil clumps, a team of archaeologists and environmental scientists identified a marketplace in an ancient Maya city, calling into question archaeologists' widely held belief that people of the era relied on rulers to tax and re-distribute goods, rather than trading them with one another. As reported in the December issue of Latin American ... more WHRC Releases 4 Key Reports 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Dec 04, 2007As UNFCCC negotiations move towards a powerful new mechanism for compensating tropical countries for their nation-wide reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), several important questions remain: How much will REDD cost? Will it benefit forest people? Is it possible to monitor forests when so many countries are chronically covered with clouds? ... more Report Finds Deforestation Offers Very Little Money Compared To Potential Financial Benefits 
Bali, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Deforestation in tropical countries is often driven by the perverse economic reality that forests are worth more dead than alive. But a new study by an international consortium of researchers has found that the emerging market for carbon credits has the potential to radically alter that equation. The study, which was released this week at UNFCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) in Bali, compa ... more Storms pound North America on both coasts 
Montreal (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Major storms pounded North America's Atlantic and Pacific coasts Monday, grounding flights, forcing schools to close and creating dangerous road conditions that have left at least nine people dead. Snow forced severe flight delays at major airports in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal, while children stayed home as hundreds of schools closed in eastern Canada. Nearly all flights were cancelle ... more |
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Allentown PA (SPX) Dec 04, 2007PPL Renewable Energy will develop and install a 6.4- megawatt methane-to-electricity power generation system at the Community Refuse Service Landfill in Shippensburg, Pa., the company announced last Thursday. Community Refuse Service Landfill, an affiliate of Interstate Waste Services, will provide 3.2 million cubic feet of methane gas every day to power four Caterpillar generators at the 250-a ... more China releases draft energy law 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 3, 2007China released the draft version of a long-awaited energy law Monday, calling for more environment-friendly energy policies and a more market-based pricing mechanism. The law aims to "construct a stable, economical, clean and sustainable energy supply and service system, increase energy efficiency and safeguard energy security", said the draft posted on a government agency website. The l ... more Canadian Govt Calls On Industry To Participate In New Biofuels Initiative 
Quebec City, Canada (SPX) Dec 04, 2007More Canadians will soon be putting cleaner biofuels in their vehicles such as ethanol and biodiesel. The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, has announced program details and eligibility requirements for $1.5 billion in biofuel production incentives available through the Government of Canada's ecoENERGY for Biofuels initiative. ... more EU rallies Spain to clinch unanimous Galileo deal 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 30, 2007European Union nations reached unanimous agreement Friday on how to proceed with the flag-ship Galileo satellite navigation project, after allaying concerns from Spain. "The presidency announces that it was possible to have the agreement of all the delegations, without exception, on Galileo," said Portuguese Transport Minister Mario Lino, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency. ... more OSCE presidency urges Russia to reconsider arms treaty move 
Madrid (AFP) Nov 30, 2007The Spanish presidency of Europe's security watchdog, the OSCE, on Friday called on Russia to reconsider its decision to suspend adherence to a Cold War treaty limiting military forces in Europe. "The presidency is making an appeal to Russia to reconsider its decision to suspend the application of the CFE treaty from December 12," Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said at the e ... more
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