The government has completed a draft of mandatory environmental measures for the increasing number of Chinese companies involved in overseas projects, officials have said.
News: Archive for June, 2009
Green rules eye Chinese firms abroad
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Leading by an achievable example | BBC News
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009‘A promise that the Maldives will go carbon-neutral in 10 years is not just good for PR, says the country’s president Mohamed Nasheed. In this week’s Green Room, he argues that the goal sets an example for the developed world proving that a green country is not only practical, it is profitable.’
via BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Leading by an achievable example.
GOP Belittles Democrats' Climate Change Proposal
Monday, June 1st, 2009WASHINGTON — The climate change proposal developed by congressional Democrats and endorsed by President Barrack Obama does little to reduce global warming and saddles Americans with high energy costs, Republicans said Saturday.
Kert Davies: Revealed: Exxon Secret Funding of Global Warming Junk Scientists
Monday, June 1st, 2009Serious allegations. Quite possibly on a par with the big cigarette companies denials about the cancer risk of smoking, considering the potential devastating impacts of climate change on the health and well being of the world’s populations:
‘Finally. After years of denying its role in the campaign of climate denial, Exxon has revealed a dirty secret, that it has and likely still is directly funding junk scientists.’
via Kert Davies: Revealed: Exxon Secret Funding of Global Warming Junk Scientists.
Deforestation 'faster in Africa' | BBC news
Monday, June 1st, 2009‘Africa’s forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership, a report says.’