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 5th, 2008 by Green Assembly
CHINA is constructing the world’s first eco-city near Shanghai and claims it will be sustainable not just environmentally, but also socially, economically and culturally, according to a report just shown on BBC World News.
Called Dongtan, and located on the third largest island in China at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city will cover [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ The Thai government cabinet is expected to give the go-ahead later this week for a US$1.74 billion plan to lease-purchase 6,000 buses that will run on natural gas, replacing a similar number of diesel-driven vehicles over an 18-month period.
The plan, which was first mooted in August 2006, calls for the introduction of 3,000 [...]
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