Archive for ‘Energy’
No environmental problems with Three Gorges dam, China claims
December 10th, 2007
China’s prized engineering feat, the Three Gorges Dam project, is drawing bad publicity so the government has gone on a press relations blitz. Its highest administrative body, the State Council, has taken reporters on a journey through the region to disprove claims of environmental degradation and local discontent.
Popularity: 3%
Amazon ‘disappearing fast’
December 6th, 2007
Deforestation is destroying the Amazon more quickly than previously thought, conservationists have warned.
Popularity: 3%
Change to Digital Thermostats, Be more Green
December 5th, 2007
Eric extolls the virtues of switching to digital thermostats
Popularity: 4%
Global Warming Conference Kicks Off
December 5th, 2007
Bali summit reach agreement on gas emmissions
Popularity: 4%
Turkish historic site threatened by flooding
December 5th, 2007
The historic site of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey could disappear under water if the government pushes ahead with a plan to build a hydro-electric dam that would flood part of the ruins of the site. Hasankeyf’s inhabitants fear the dam not only because of the threat to their heritage, but also to their income from tourism.
Popularity: 5%
India will conduct nuclear tests if needed, says foreign minister
December 5th, 2007
India is committed to non-proliferation and disarmament but would conduct a nuclear test if needed, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday in parliament.
Popularity: 5%
Petition seeks curbs on plane emissions
December 5th, 2007
A coalition of states and environmental groups is urging the federal government to curb global warming pollution from planes and other aircraft.
Popularity: 9%
Bali climate talks advance despite squabbling
December 4th, 2007
A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali took small steps towards a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 on Tuesday amid disputes about how far China and India should curb rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Popularity: 5%
China’s draft energy law to up reserves
December 4th, 2007
China has released a draft of a long-awaited energy law that calls for the country to keep larger reserves of oil, uranium and other key resources and to set up a new government department.
Popularity: 5%
China, India urged to curb energy use
December 3rd, 2007
Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops. In India, melting Himalayan glaciers cause floods, while raising a more daunting long-term prospect: the drying up of life-sustaining rivers.
Popularity: 6%
Fully Remodeled Green House Gets Final Walkthrough
December 3rd, 2007
a look at the fruits of a more than $1 million labor of love for the environment
Popularity: 4%
Australia buoys hopes at Bali climate talks
December 3rd, 2007
Australia raised hopes of global action to fight climate change on Monday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States at U.N.-led talks in Bali as the only rich nation not in the pact.
Popularity: 4%
The Green Machine
November 30th, 2007
The victor emerged from eight shortlisted student designs for creating sustainable household appliances in the year 2020. Darcy Lambton reports.
Popularity: 3%
Energy-hungry India eyes role as “wind superpower”
November 30th, 2007
India might be painted as a pollution-spewing, global-warming economy of 1 billion people but it is also one of the world’s biggest wind power users, part of a focus on renewable energy mostly unnoticed in the West.
Popularity: 5%
Ethanol Plant Now Operating
November 29th, 2007
The first ethanol plant in the northeast began production today.
Popularity: 4%
