Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Green Assembly
THE switch from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) may slow temporarily as a result of the blast that took place last week near Bangkok, injuring a pump attendant and damaging six cars, but it is unlikely to affect demand for natural gas in the mid- and longer-term.
The explosion took place on Friday at a Petroleum [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ The Chinese government has spent US$17billion on a large-scale green drive ahead of the Olympic Games, including a series of long-term environmental improvements for the city, a UN agency chief said today.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director, Mr Achim Steiner said the 2008 Olympic Games will leave a lasting legacy for the [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Green Assembly
CHINA is already the world’s leading renewable energy producer* and is over-taking more developed economies in exploiting valuable economic opportunities, creating green-collar jobs and leading development of critical low-carbon technologies, says a new report just published by The Climate Group.
The report - China’s Clean Revolution - shows that China’s transition to a low carbon economy is [...]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ The government of the Philippines is committed to converting to natural gas some 500,000 tuk-tuk style petrol-driven tricycles within the next four years, as part of the country’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions.
News of the plan came last week when the Philippine National Oil Company confirmed it had inked a deal with [...]
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