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  • Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading

    BEIJING - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is set to launch Tuesday its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in the southern city of Shenzhen as part of efforts to cut emissions in its key cities. Carbon emissions trading schemes are meant to encourage companies to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit or a cap, on the level of emission that can be ...

  • Community radio reporters acting as climate change communication agents in Central India

    Climate change is real. For an emerging economy like India with a large population directly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance, the changing climate is causing severe economic, environmental and social challenges. Bundelkhand, a semi - arid region comprising of 13 districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is one of the most climate sensitive areas in ...

  • Parenting and home environment can influence kids health

    Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviours themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to a new study. According to researchers at Duke Medicine, home environment and parenting can influence a child's health by shaping dietary and physical behaviors, such as providing access to fruits and vegetables or encouraging kids ...

  • Over 100 Chinese held for environmental pollution

    As many as 118 suspects have been detained in China for their involvement in environmental pollution cases, authorities said Tuesday. The ministry of public security said the suspects were detained since January, Xinhua reported. Most of the pollution cases involve mining or petrochemical factories. Some factories reportedly discharged toxic substances into the environment illegally, while ...

  • Worlds poorest will feel brunt of climate change warns World Bank

    World Bank has warned.Droughts, floods, heatwaves, sea-level rises and fiercer storms are likely to accompany increasing global warming and will cause severe hardship in areas that are already poor or were gradually emerging from poverty, the bank said in a major new report.Food shortages will be among the first consequences within as little as two decades, along with damages to cities from ...


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The Artist [Blu-Ray]

The Artist [Blu-Ray]

Michel Hazanaviciuss The Artist grew on me. I resisted the self-conscious cleverness of its retro-silent-film conceit for quite a while; it felt too mannered and deliberate, the clear product of a modern mind trying to evoke a bygone era without fully getting lost in it. In a word, it w ... ...

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  • If you want to change the world you have to get your hands dirty | Nafeez Ahmed

    Activist from Kew Bridge 'Eco Village' and the Parliament Square 'Democracy Village' apprehended by police after a sit-down protest Two years before the Occupy movement sprang forth in New York and London, a motley group of land rights activists occupied a piece of disused land in west London to create an alternative model of moneyless, sustainable living. Little did ...

  • Crape Myrtle Trees on Sale

    The Ledger's Annual Crape Myrtle Sale to benefit Newspapers in Education, a Polk County Schools literacy program, will be held on Saturday in the main parking lot of The Ledger building, 300 W. Lime St., in ...

  • U.S. Senate panel OKs renewal of timber county funding

    Republican House and Senate leaders Mike McLane and Ted Ferrioli join KATU's anchor Steve Dunn at the Capitol to discuss PERS reforms and stalled budget negotiations. Democratic leaders House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney were invited but declined to ...

  • Weyerhaeuser in $2.65B deal for Longview Timber

    MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital PressThe Weyerhaeuser Co. expects to significantly increase its footprint in the Northwest by taking over a competing landowner with 645,000 acres in the region.The company has struck a deal to buy Longview Timber in a deal worth $2.65 billion, increasing its land holdings in Oregon and Washington by one-third, to 2.6 million acres."This is a one-of-a-kind ...

  • SFI and Audubon Team Up Bird Scientists with Forest Managers to Implement Conservation Programs

    $60,000 under the SFI Conservation and Community Partnership Grant Program. The three-year project is designed to develop and implement the latest bird conservation best practices by ...

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