Posted on September 6th, 2010 by Green Assembly
TOKYO ~ Nineteen groups concerned with climate change have expressed their dismay at an article by leading biochar advocates.
The groups say the article, published in the science magazine Nature and posted online in the August edition of Nature Communications, proposes that an area larger than the land mass of India could be turned into charcoal [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Green Assembly
ATTITUDES shown at Copenhagen by the world’s major per capita polluters namely the USA, Australia and China, demonstrated that the core thinking has barely changed since Kyoto 20 years ago.
Sure, the presentation is smoother, the denial less strident, and the opposition to change less aggressive; but behind the scenes it is clear that big [...]
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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 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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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Green Assembly
THE Singapore Energy Conference at the Raffles City Convention Centre, is being positioned as the flagship event of the island state’s International Energy Week, November 3-7.
Scheduled speakers include: minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew; Mr Malcolm Wicks, UK minister of state for energy; Prof S. Jayakumar, deputy prime minister Singapore; Mr S. Iswaran, senior minister of [...]
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