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Shenzen to be first Chinese city to begin carbon trading

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:35 -0400

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

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400

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 India. ...

Parenting and home environment can influence kids health

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400

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 ...

Leaving no butts behind TerraCycle launches second year of ambitious program to recycle cigarette waste

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:31 -0400

June 19, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - A sustainable process for recycling cigarette waste has long been overdue. This is the belief that inspired TerraCycle and Imperial ...

Invasive Snails are Target of UI USGS Environmental DNA Study

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:05 -0400

MOSCOW, Idaho – Researchers at the University of Idaho and the U.S. Geological Survey have developed a way to identify New Zealand mudsnail infestations in their earliest stages – using only the small bits of DNA the snails shed in the water. When New Zealand mudsnails move into a stream, they can wreak havoc on their new habitat. The tiny, invasive mollusks – barely larger ...

Will the World Bank act boldly

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:01 -0400

groundbreaking report that warned about a 4 degrees Celsius warmer world, the bank has now looked at what that warming would mean for South Asia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The picture is dramatic, as ...

Government abandons plan to sell forests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:09:54 -0400

The sale of the harvesting rights for the country's state-owned forests has been abandoned.Simon Coveney, Agriculture Minister, said the Government will instead focus on creating a new company - merging Coillte and Bord na Mona - to develop commercial bio-energy and forestry interests.The minister said the decision to stall the sale of about one million acres of trees was based on concerns ...

Thunderstorms Down Trees Power Lines in Delaware

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:24 -0400

Thunderstorms with large hail knocked down trees, flooded roads and left thousands in the dark in New Castle County. As many as 11,000 customers lost power Monday night after the storms blew through the region. By Tuesday morning Delmarva Power reports that power had been restored to all but 1,500 in New Castle County, Del., and 300 in Kent County, Md. The company says service to some customers ...

Environmental Education in Santiago de Cuba Bay

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:22 -0400

Santiago de Cuba, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Several environmental education actions are implemented today in this eastern city, striving to reduce its pollution levels and restore vitality to the marine ...

Take it from a composting veteran it is easier than you think | Sadhbh Walshe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:33 -0400

announced plans to introduce composting into the city's garbage mix with the goal of making it mandatory in a couple of years. The scheme has barely gotten off the ground and already some New Yorkers are fretting about the prospect of a future where they will be required to throw a banana peel in one bin and the non biodegradable sticker that was once attached to it in another. Terrifying as ...

Whale harpooned in Iceland after two-year whaling ban – video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:31 -0400

Greenpeace video shows whaling vessel Hvalur 8 at Hvalfijordur port, Iceland, with its first kill after the end of a two-year suspension on whaling. Activists describe the operation as 'cruel and brutal', adding it is in breach of a commercial ban imposed by the International Whaling Commission. The animal, butchered at the port, will probably be sold for meat in ...

Giving the street back to whom it belongs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:53 -0400

"The people finally woke up" ... and they won't be going back to sleep. This phrase, heard from the four corners of Brazil this Monday, reflected a infectious sentiment felt everywhere. The hours past midnight saw thousands of people still on the streets - and on social networks - sharing emotions, images and memories of a day that has already become history in the country. Never ...

Study to question popularity of environmental investing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:48:04 -0400

GLG Partners will work with Mercer’s investment consulting business to determine whether environmental investing has become the norm. Issues surrounding climate change and other major environmental issues will be examined, and their effect, if any, on the approach and focus for mainstream investment. ';We believe that environmental liabilities are already changing the ...

Coastal Bend Environmental Science

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:34 -0400

Coastal Bend Environmental Science Summer 2013 Free Teachers Workshops. Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceJune 19-20Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceElementary Teacher Workshop- 18 CEUsJune 24-26Register for these workshops at ...

Laws boost for environment at coal and gas projects

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:07:16 -0400

See your ad here Under laws passed yesterday, coal and gas projects can be ''called in'' under a ''water trigger'' added to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.While the mining lobby has complained about the changes, green groups are worried that another aspect of the laws could weaken existing protections.In a series of ...

Time for the World Bank to fund a clean energy future – Greenpeace

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:49 -0400

Amsterdam.- In response to the World Bank's latest climate change report, Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience, Greenpeace International climate campaigner Stephanie Tunmore said: "Fossil fuels are being extracted and burned in the name of development and prosperity, but what they are delivering is the opposite, as the World Bank's ...

Redford to promote energy industry environmental performance in New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:25 -0400

Premier Alison Redford says she's prepared for "frank" talk in New York on Wednesday as she promotes Alberta's energy sector in the face of environmental black eyes for the province and uncertainty over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.Redford is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Foreign Policy Association's North American Energy Independence Conference.The ...

Chicago activists lobby for plastic bag ban

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:12 -0400

Rahm Emanuel is trying to get more information on the environmental and economic impacts of the proposal before deciding whether to support it, mayoral spokesman Tom Alexander said. "The mayor will work with members of City Council to reach a consensus on this issue," Alexander told the Chicago Tribune. Alderman George Cardenas, the council's Heath Committee chairman, has ...

Environmental Groups Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole Upholds Publics Right to Know

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:19 -0400

Throws out EPA rule that waived pollution monitoring requirements for thousands of factories and power plants WASHINGTON - August 19 - A federal appeals court ...

Environmental Groups Judge Dismisses Inyo County Lawsuit to Open Roads in Remote Death Valley Wilderness

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:09 -0400

threw out a lawsuit by Inyo County, Calif., to open highways through remote roadless areas of Death Valley National Park. Inyo County officials had hoped to take control of three ...

Environmental Defense Fund Co-sponsor of Global Warming Solutions Act to Provide Testimony at San Jose Public Workshop on Draft Scoping Plan to Implement Law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:00 -0400

Media Advisory for Friday, August 8, 9:30am-4pm WASHINGTON - August 7 - WHAT: A co-sponsor of ...

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy New Global Contract Needed to Re-Assert Basic Rights Protect Environment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:58 -0400

WTO Doha Collapse Requires a New Direction in Multilateralism MINNEAPOLIS - August 6 - Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. A new system is badly ...

Greenpeace Documents Chemical Contamination In Ghana

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:56 -0400

Research Confirms Microsoft and Dell Electronic Waste in Africa INTERNATIONAL - August 5 - A Greenpeace science team visiting two scrap yards in the capital city Accra and the city of Korforidua, Ghana, has confirmed that soil and sediment taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards are severely contaminated with hazardous chemicals. This information was released today in a report ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Climate Staff Urge EPA to Come Clean Before Congress

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:55 -0400

"Professional Staff at EPA Has Nothing to Hide" Says Joint Letter to Johnson WASHINGTON - August 5 - The professional staff charged with developing greenhouse gas regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency want Administrator Stephen Johnson to come clean on how decisions were reached on key climate change issues, according to a joint letter released today by Public Employees ...

Environment-unfriendly Baikal pulp and paper mill to be closed down

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:49:39 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Nature conservation campaigners have an occasion to celebrate - the Baikal pulp and paper mill, which has been polluting the world’s largest body of fresh water for decades, will be closed down. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has visited the Irkutsk Region to declare on Tuesday that the mill would be out of operation in two years’ time and its personnel ...

Observer Ethical Awards 2013 ceremony - video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:47:39 -0400

Now in its eighth year, the Observer Ethical Awards ceremony took place on 13 June at One Marylebone in central London. Here, we catch up with some of our judges and winners at the event including awards host Lucy Siegle, our awards partner Ecover and our unsung local hero winner Francis ...

Green Column How Reliance on Trees Can Help Forests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:46:49 -0400

A huge number of trees are cut down to feed the company's needs. Every year, Tetra Pak's paper suppliers need to harvest the equivalent of a million hectares, or almost 2.5 million acres, of forest -- an area about the size of ...

Why Im an Eco worrier | Ian Marchant

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:07 -0400

'If Eco continues unabated, householders up and down the country could face higher prices in order to finance this well-intentioned but flawed scheme.' Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...

R E P E A T -- Advisory - Free admission to Parks Canada sites to celebrate Canada Day

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:33:55 -0400

Canada reminds members of the media that admission will be free in all 44 national parks, 167 national historic sites, and four national marine conservation areas ...

China to continue improvement of investment environment official

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:07:22 -0400

China will continue to facilitate foreign investment and enhance the protection of intellectual property rights in efforts to improve the investment environment, a senior official said Wednesday. "Improving investment environment and protecting the legal rights of foreign investors are not only the government's promises but also what the government is doing," Yu Jianhua, assistant ...

Torontonian discusses innovative recycling solution for cigarette waste

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:55 -0400

10:30 a.m. in Liberty Village during which the world's only global recycling solution for cigarette waste - which was launched first here ...

APRIL walks away from the FSC

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:16:20 -0400

APRIL has had a chequered history with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). But late last week we heard that the relationship has finally came to an end - and in a most unexpected way. News came last Friday that before an NGO-initiated FSC complaint process even had an opportunity to begin to investigate APRIL's deforestation practices, the company had effectively walked out on the ...

UAEs efforts to preserve environment exemplary UAE Paper

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:04:39 -0400

WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Authorities in charge of tackling environmental issues in the UAE have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, of being number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint, commented a UAE daily. The ecological footprint is a measure of a country's sustainability ...

Senate panel puts timber payments in proposed bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:33:59 -0400

AU.S. Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation to extend federal subsidies for timber counties one more year, and to protect more wilderness and wild rivers in ...

UKs spell of awful summers is set to continue

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:41 -0400

summer is on its way - but you might have to wait until 2023.As the prospect of another gloomy Glastonbury and wet Wimbledon looms, leading climate scientists have warned that the UK could be set for a further five to 10 years of washout summers.The grim conclusion was delivered after an unprecedented gathering of scientists and meteorologists at ...

Can the flying bike rise above the daily grind | Erinn Kerr

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:26:17 -0400

For those of us whose ups and downs in the saddle depend only on potholes, the Paravelo might sound like an exciting way to rise above the daily grind. But is taking to the skies really the answer?The British duo behind the ...

Timber found in Lake Michigan in search for 17th century ship centuries old scientists say

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:37 -0400

October 2012: This image from video provided by David J. Ruck shows timbers that were discovered by Steve Libert, head of Great Lakes Exploration Group, in 2001 protrude from the bottom of Lake ...

Environment ministry ignoresstates opposition approvesGM...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:55:10 -0400

NEW DELHI: The environment ministry's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has cleared field trials for genetically modified rice, wheat, maize and castor for the Kharif season of ...

Worlds poorest will feel brunt of climate change warns World Bank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:46 -0400

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 ...

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

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:45 -0400

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 they ...

Crape Myrtle Trees on Sale

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:23:53 -0400

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

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:10 -0400

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

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:41:48 -0400

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

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:30 -0400

$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 ...

S.African Govt Supports Ballard and Anglo American Platinum Fuel Cell Systems Deployment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:47 -0400

Godfrey Oliphant, South Africa's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources (left) Karim Kassam, Vice President, Business & Corporate Development, Ballard Power System (right) (CNW Group/Ballard Power Systems ...

Greenpeace asks Philippinegovernment to halt Bt eggplantex...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:06 -0400

MANILA, Philippines – The Greenpeace on Friday asked the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) to stop the field trials of the genetically engineered (GE) Bt eggplant because it won’t be helpful and there are a lot of safety ...

Country diary Wenlock Edge Could the psychedelic blueness of these bugle flowers help to heal the land

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:31 -0400

Blue as an ambulance light, the patch of bugle flowers in the wood. Once open, maybe a long-abandoned garden before trees took hold, this place becomes the dreamy point of midsummer, with its own reality surrounded by a pervading anxiety. At the entrance to the wood is a pull-in off the lane where cars stop for dog walkers, fly-tipping, canoodling. A man gets out. "A good day for a ...

U.N. human rights official calls for change in Turkish police tactics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:04 -0400

Protesters battle riot police in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on June 11, 2013. Calm returned to the square on June 12, 2013 after the protesters were cleared from the area after two weeks of protests against the modernization of the square that quickly became an anti-government protest. UPI/Nasir ...

The weather may be grim but lets learn to enjoy it | Richard Mabey

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:24:11 -0400

Everyone bewildered by the seemingly unprecedented weirdness of this year's summer might spare a thought for those living in 1783, who went through another kind of trial by weather. Gilbert White of Selborne's account of the events of 23 June to 20 July is a masterpiece of deadpan gothic: "The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust coloured ferruginous ...

Finavera Reports Results of Annual General and Special Shareholder Meeting

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:23 -0400

June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Finavera Wind Energy Inc. ('Finavera') (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce the results of its Annual General and Special Shareholder Meeting ...

Is the future of clean energy a pond of algae in every backyard | Lou del Bello

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:07 -0400

The green credentials of biofuel crops have been sullied in recent years. Rienk van Grondelle believes the answer to the world's clean energy needs will be super-efficient ...

How Dividend Chasers Are Missing The Forest For The Trees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:33 -0400

Forest (Photo credit: Moyan_Brenn) Conventional wisdom in the market these days says interest rates are going higher. Some investors have tried to get ahead of that trend by pouring money into dividend stocks in recent years, but to Meb Faber a laser-like focus on dividends is akin to missing the forest for the trees. Faber, chief investment officer at El Segundo, California's Cambria ...

Joint Review Panel Announces Public Hearing for Deep Geologic Repository Project

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:11 -0400

June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Joint Review Panel for the Deep Geologic Repository Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (DGR) today announced it has scheduled the public hearing for the project. The Panel has determined that the Environmental Impact Statement and the documents in support of the application for a Licence to Prepare a Site and Construct, along with additional ...

Federal Reserve faces pressure to provide clarity in uncertain environment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials begin a pivotal two-day meeting Tuesday facing a dilemma. The economy is showing enough improvement to justify dialing back some of the Feds life support, yet financial markets are terrified of what might happen and are taking it out on the housing sector. Members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee are expected to announce on Wednesday ...

Germany leans on EU states to weaken car emissions law

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:33:32 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Senior members of the German government have warned EU member states that German automakers could scale back or scrap production plans in their countries unless they support weakened carbon emissions rules, according to diplomatic ...

China has arrested 118 linked to pollution investigations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:27 -0400

Chinese police have arrested 118 people in investigations into environmental pollution cases since January, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday. Of the 118 arrests, 24 people have been charged by prosecutors and await trial, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry began a national campaign against environmental polluters earlier this year, and as part of that campaign, they said ...

Turkish police detain nearly 200 in search for protest organizers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:25 -0400

One month not enough for public consultation on BRAI Bill Greenpeace

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:43:54 -0400

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha in April, has been released for public consultation on June 11. Once tabled in Parliament, BRAI will be a regulatory authority for all Genetically Modified Organisms including controversial genetically modified (GM) crops in the ...