Full Coverage: Pollution
May 2008
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09.05.2008
The UN should establish an agency to regulate international transport emissions, notably from highly polluting activities like aviation and shipping, said a climate change watchdog.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Climate change] [Transport] Image: Aviation and maritime shipping are not included in the Kyoto Protocol, yet their emissions are expected to increase in the coming years. © atom2bit (flickr)
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08.05.2008
Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
more...From: Sydney Morning Herald Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Climate change] Image: Hot planet
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08.05.2008
The natural caves of Meghalaya's Jaintia hills are a rich repository of climate change taking place over a million years. Indiscriminate coal mining and unsuitable extraction techniques are now imperiling the biodiversity of this archaeological heritage.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Climate change] [Biodiversity] Image: Coal miners inside a cave / Photo credit: Fraser Simpson / Down to Earth
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08.05.2008
A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
more...From: The Independent Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Transport] Image: The aviation industry is exempt from the Kyoto protocol
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06.05.2008
One of the founders of bambu, a fair trade business making houseware from organic bamboo and other renewable materials, talks about his company's sustainable journey and the green business movement.
more...From: Co-op America Related topics/regions: [China] [Environmental activism] [Trade] [Business] [Labour] Image: © Co-op America
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06.05.2008
Kuluttajajärjestöt vaativat hallituksilta tiukempaa kontrollia, jotta myrkyllisiä ainesosia sisältävän elektronisen jätteen dumppaaminen kehitysmaihin saadaan kuriin.
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06.05.2008
Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Credit and investment] [Energy] Image: Coal-fired power stations are the largest single source of CO2 emissions
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06.05.2008
Tighter government monitoring to prevent the continued dumping of toxic e-waste on the developing world is demanded by the world federation of consumer organisations.
more...From: Consumers International Related topics/regions: [West Africa] Image: e-waste
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05.05.2008
Public bicycle rental programs are quickly springing up across Europe; cities including Washington, DC, Beijing, Moscow, and Tel Aviv may also soon be launching similar services.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Environmental activism] [Conservation] [Transport] [Cities] Image: © FrizzText (flickr)
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05.05.2008
The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
more...From: Gristmill Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] [Corporations] [Consumption] [Energy] Image: Sunset industry? Not according to the API © Friends of the Earth International
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01.05.2008
In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
more...From: Science Daily Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] [Consumption] [Transport] [Energy] Image: How big is your footprint? © Jeffrey Allen
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