Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~ Singapore authorities have given the go-ahead in principle for the construction of a US$1.4 billion coal-fired co-generation power plant.
Local energy producer Tuas Power said in a statement received by Green Assembly, construction will commence next year and the plant will start operating in 2011.
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Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~The Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd (SOPB) is joining with one of its major shareholders - Pelita Holdings Sdn Bhd - to develop oil palm plantations covering a massive swathe of forested area of Sarawak in eastern Malaysia.
According to an SOPB statement issued on 16 September, some 14,500 hectares in the Sri Aman district [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ Cambodia has embarked on studies for the construction of a series of dams that will cost in excess of US$4 billion and do untold damage to the country’s fragile environment.
Local reports suggest that the government wants to build more than 10 dams and irrigation systems in four northwestern provinces.
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Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Green Assembly
CANBERRA ~ Genuinely affordable solar power units could soon grace rooftops from Mumbai to Shanghai thanks to a new partnership between Australian, American and Chinese researchers.
Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU), Tianjin University in China and a US company called Chromasun, are joining forces to create roof-mounted solar systems that are more cost-effective than [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Green Assembly
AN INTERNATIONAL environmental conference for young people is slated to be held in Singapore from October 30-31, coinciding with the island’s international energy week.
Called the Asian Youth Energy Summit the conference has as its theme “Opportunities and Challenges for Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency in Asia”.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Green Assembly
JAKARTA ~ The government of Papua New Guinea is turning a blind eye on logging companies which are stealing resources from and abusing local people, says a Greenpeace report.
The report follows visits over a period of two weeks to villages in two provinces of Papua New Guinea (PNG) currently being logged by the notorious Turama [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Green Assembly
AN AMERICAN company has started producing paper in commercial quantities without using tree pulp or water.
A spokesman for Gummed Paper of America (GPA), a Chicago-based firm established 70 years ago, told Green Assembly that their new product would make a “world of difference” in mitigating climate change and conserving water resources.
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Posted on September 21st, 2008 by Green Assembly
Women had bottles of blood and excrement thrown at them
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Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Green Assembly
EVERYONE needs to buy things. But we tend not to spend our money in a socially organized way. So Carrotmob, a new environmental advocacy group, had an idea: what if those seeking the same kind of product got together, pooled their money, and used it to collectively support local companies that were also doing their [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Green Assembly
Thailand is the second worst emitter of CO2 in the 12 countries of Southeast Asia
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