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ENVIRONMENT-CHINA: Prosperity or Pollution? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 06:00:50
| BEIJING, Feb 5 (IPS) - Following the release of an authoritative United
Nations report that unequivocally links human activities with
climate change, the rulers of the world's most populous
country are faced with the quandary of balancing prosperity
against pollution. |
DEVELOPMENT-PAKISTAN: Twin Disasters in the Making, Locals Say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 06:00:50
| KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 5 (IPS) - To the developers of a resort project to rise on
Bhundar island, Rehmat Bibi's dilapidated hut must be quite
an eyesore. Yet the spirited woman has so far stood her ground
and refused to give in to the pressure -- at first gentle
cajoling, then sterner words -- by the uniformed men to leave.
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BRAZIL: Biodiversity Goes to Market (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 09:00:42
| RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5 (IPS) - Biodiversity, like the proverbial prophet, is not
without honour save in its own country: it tends to be valued
more highly abroad than at home. Brazil is now trying to become
an exception to the rule by commercialising its native species on
a large scale. |
BRAZIL: Biodiversity Goes to Market (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5 (IPS) - Biodiversity, like the proverbial prophet, is not
without honour save in its own country: it tends to be valued
more highly abroad than at home. Brazil is now trying to become
an exception to the rule by commercialising its native species on
a large scale. |
ENVIRONMENT: No Getting Around Emissions Caps, Experts Say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 03:00:41
| BROOKLIN, Canada, Feb 5 (IPS) - With the stark realisation that global warming is
transforming our world, there will be crazy new era of
"greenwashing", desperate "geo-engineering"
schemes, "grandfathering" of newly-built coal power
plants and carbon-credit "profiteering",
environmentalists warn. |
ENERGY-CHILE: Home-Grown Biofuels - Big-Time? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 06:00:41
| SANTIAGO, Feb 5 (IPS) - The government of President Michelle Bachelet seems
determined to develop the biofuels industry in order to diversify
Chile's energy sources, in spite of doubts that have arisen
about their desirability. |
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