Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Green Assembly
HOPE in a Changing Climate – the groundbreaking BBC documentary that shows how ecological damage can be reversed – may provide one of the key solutions to global warming and climate change, but only if it is adopted as a matter of urgency.
The 22-minute film shows how farming and over-grazing led to soil erosion on [...]
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Posted on November 14th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ The number of electric-powered bikes in China has jumped from 10 million in 2005 to more than 20 million in 2007, according to a report issued today.
The Clean Air Initiative-Asia (CAI-Asia), said rapid growth in demand is due to several reasons, including China’s bicycle culture, recently introduced policies that allow e-bikers to use [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by Green Assembly
TAIPEI ~ Without significant action, by 2020, air pollution could cost China
US$390 billion per year as a result of disease, illness and premature death, states a report issued last week.
The report, entitled The True Cost of Coal, and commissioned by Greenpeace, WWF and the Energy Foundation, states that China’s coal-fired power stations are the country’s [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ The unregulated development of oil and gas fields in Burma (Myanmar) is creating a potential environmental disaster that will have a major impact on global warming and climate change, a study released today revealed.
“Blocking Freedom”, a damning new report by environmental and human rights group Arakan Oil Watch said Chinese companies will soon [...]
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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 16th, 2008 by Green Assembly
HONG KONG ~ China’s top legislature has passed a raft of environmental laws that will come into force throughout the country on New Year’s Day, 2009.
The objective of the new legislation is to boost sustainability through energy savings and the reduction of harmful emissions.
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Posted on September 12th, 2008 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~ Logging companies operating in Papua New Guinea allegedly paid US$67 million into a government minister’s private bank account in Singapore, says a statement from Greenpeace.
“The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a very poor forest-management record, wrapped in accusations of corruption and misappropriation of funds,” said the statement.
“If PNG is seeking carbon [...]
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Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Green Assembly
RANGOON ~ The Shweli River hydroelectric power plant has begun feeding electricity into the national grid and should reach full capacity within six months, according to newspaper reports.
Located about 27 kilometres southwest of Mantet village in Namkham district, northern Shan State, the 600-megawatt (MW) plant is 90 percent finished, said the New Light of Myanmar. [...]
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Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Green Assembly
INDONESIA ¬ Energy and the environment are among seven sectors covered by a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Jakarta today by the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) and the province of Guangdong, China.
The parties agreed to cooperate on agriculture, information and communications technology, trade and investment, tourism promotion, energy and environment, education, and [...]
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