Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~ The Optimum Population Trust today urged Catholics and non-Catholics alike to protest strongly to the Pope about the ban on contraception and its effect on climate change.
OPT Chairman Roger Martin said: “The Catholic Church does much good in the world, but the effects are nullified by its uniquely inhumane doctrine on, and campaign [...]
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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 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 October 19th, 2008 by Green Assembly
PHILIPPINES (Southeast Asia)
CO2 Emissions p.capita (tonnes) UN
World Ranking CO2 Emissions (p.capita) UN
EPI World Ranking Climate Change
TI World Ranking Corruption
TI Asia Ranking Corruption
Ratified Kyoto Protocol (year)
0.97
65
37
141
18
2003
Compiled by Green Assembly. Data sourced from the UN,Transparency International,and EPI
THE PHILIPPINES is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and according to the [...]
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Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Green Assembly
JAKARTA ~ The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations for profit in Indonesia is having a “catastrophic effect” on global climate, Greenpeace said yesterday.
The campaign group accused Indonesia of allowing “rampant destruction” of ancient forest, for palm oil, logging and other industry expansion.
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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by Green Assembly
TRANSPARENCY International’s 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index was launched in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, despite objections by local politicians and business people.
Papua New Guinea is ranked 151 out of 180 countries surveyed worldwide with a score of 2.0 , the same as last year, indicating that levels of corruption have not changed.
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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 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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