Canada's Mackenzie River basin—among the world's most important major ecosystems—is poorly studied, inadequately monitored, and at serious risk due to climate change and resource exploitation, a panel of international scientists warn today.
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2013-06-10 03:52:57
A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the Environment Ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees and 27,000 bamboo columns. The construction of the proposed ...
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2013-06-09 21:13:16
A plan to build a 25 billion-pound ($39 billion) tidal dam-like structure to generate as much as 5 percent of the U.K.’s power doesn’t provide value for money and may pose a risk to the environment, a government report found.
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2013-06-09 18:22:24
A recent comment in your paper questioned the strength of argument I had put forward. I said all the organisations I listed can’t be wrong on climate change. These ranged from ornithologists to all 11 teams of Antarctic glaciologists.
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2013-06-09 05:55:55
MANILA, Philippines - Greenpeace Philippines kickstarted the World Environment Week with the launch of a 10-day photo exhibit that featured the impact of climate change in the Southeast Asia region on Monday, June 3, 2013. Eye-opening exhibit “Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions in Southeast Asia” showcases 40 striking photos from world-renowned photographers
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2013-06-09 01:29:30
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed on Saturday to cooperate in fighting climate change by cutting the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, the White House said a statement.
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2013-06-08 18:50:27
Jon Freise, a national trainer on the subject, told a recent gathering that the Transition Towns movement came out of concerns about three things: Climate change—temperature extremes brought on by pollution, “peak oil”—fossil fuels running out, and ...
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2013-06-08 08:38:13
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc., the nonprofit that administers the U.S. Northeast’s greenhouse-gas emissions program, raised a record $124.5 million in its quarterly auction of carbon allowances after slashing next year’s supply by almost half.
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2013-06-07 11:35:24
Climate campaigners urge tougher action as Alex Salmond's government admits it has missed 2011 target Climate campaigners have urged Alex Salmond's government to "up its game" after Scotland again missed its ambitious annual greenhouse gas reductions targets. The Scottish government admitted that it had missed its target for 2011 by 0
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2013-06-07 08:23:42
To prevent the increase of global warming and address other environmental challenges, Japan has introduced a system of residential solar power subsidies to encourage the use of renewable energy in the country. Submitted on 06/06/13, 05:46 PM. To prevent the increase of global warming and address other
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2013-06-07 07:29:07
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany has put forward a fresh proposal on regulating carbon dioxide limits for cars sold in the European Union, which campaigners say is a last-ditch attempt to dilute a new emissions law.
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2013-06-07 05:33:08
Global Warming is the increase in the Earth’s temperature owing to the greenhouse effects of the release of CO2 and other gasses into the atmosphere, mainly by humans burning fossil fuel, but also by the release of Methane from oil wells and melting of Arctic permafrost, natural gas from leaky pipes, and so on
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2013-06-06 23:21:06
Hickenlooper said agricultural communities are at the highest risk from reduced rain and snow because of climate change, and renewable energy is like an insurance policy to guard against the possible effects of burning fossil fuels. Xcel Energy, which serves ...
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2013-06-06 16:21:07
Highlights: - 36% (over 15 million tonnes CO2e) gross reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions and 10.5% reduction in CO2e emissions intensity since 2005. - 25% renewable energy capacity in TransAlta's portfolio. - Largest Canadian wind energy producer. - $62.9 million in environmental investments and expenditures
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2013-06-06 13:59:35
