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United Kingdom: Green Protestors Storm British Power Station (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Reuters: Environmental campaigners invaded one of Britain's biggest power stations on Thursday, forcing the plant to reduce output on one of the coldest days so far this winter, campaigners and the plant's owner said. Thirty Greenpeace campaigners broke into the site of the Didcot A station in Oxfordshire, chaining themselves to a coal tower and scaling a chimney stack in a protest about greenhouse gas emissions from the 30 year old plant. "This one power station emits over six ... |
Australia: Climate change action may cost jobs: PM (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| AAP: Prime Minister John Howard warned Australia could lose jobs and investment if it placed unreasonable costs on industry in an effort to tackle climate change. He vowed to do all that he could to address the issue of climate change while protecting Australia's comparative advantage in fossil fuels, like coal and gas. Failure to do so could be to the detriment of future generations, he said. "In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions you have to adjust the use of all ... |
China Forecasts 18 Million Tonnes Biofuel Use by 2010 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:18
| Reuters: China aims to use 6.7 million tonnes of ethanol and 11 million tonnes of biodiesel by 2010, meeting 10 percent of its forecast transport fuel demand, a government economist said on Thursday. The country's emphasis will be to develop ethanol from cassava, sweet potato and corn, and biodiesel from animal and vegetable waste oil, said Wang Zhongying, director for the Centre for Renewable Energy Development at the policy-setting National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). ... |
Indonesia Says Forest Fires Almost Gone (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:18
| Reuters: Indonesia said on Thursday 90 percent of forest and brush fires that have produced thick smoke blanketing much of Southeast Asia have died out as regional officials met to discuss plans to tackle the annual hazard. The smoke, known in the region as haze, has affected much of Southeast Asia for months, triggering fears of a repeat of the choking situation that hit the region in 1997-98. Indonesia's neighbours have grown increasingly frustrated by the fires, most of which are ... |
US Seeks to Cut Emissions from Gasoline Deliveries (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:18
| Reuters: US regulators on Thursday proposed rules reduce toxic emissions that escape into the air when gasoline is loaded into delivery trucks and sent to service stations. The proposed regulations would block emission in gasoline vapors of about 46,000 tons of hazardous pollutants each year, including cancer-causing benzene, the Environmental Protection Agency said. Benzene is put in gasoline to reduce knocking. The rules would cover small facilities, including terminals and ... |
Reefs at Risk (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-03-2006 at 12:00:19
| Scholastic Magazine: What happens when some of the world's most beautiful underwater scenery disappears? According to scientists, more than half of the world's coral reefs are at risk of vanishing in the next 25 years. Rising temperatures throughout the world are a major threat to the survival of the reefs and their inhabitants. "Think of it as a high school chemistry class. You mix some chemicals together and nothing happens," said Billy Causey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "You ... |
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