CNN reports here: According to the World Resources Institute, Nigeria is home to 4,715 different types of plant species, and over 550 species of breeding birds and mammals, making it one of the most ecologically vibrant places of the planet. But Africa’s most populous country also has an appalling deforestation record — one [...]
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CNN’s Brian Byrnes reports on one architect’s groundbreaking ideas in urban planning. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Spiegel Online reports here: A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how “peak oil” might change the global economy. The internal draft document — leaked on the Internet — shows for the first time how carefully the German government has considered a potential energy crisis. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AP reports here at Yahoo News: AMSTERDAM – Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world’s largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: The UN’s climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to the organisation’s credibility, a review has concluded. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: The White House oil spill commission on Wednesday will probe U.S. offshore drilling policies and consider pushing the oil industry to accept a self-governing body to help oversee tough safety standards. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; From CNN – Suzanne Pelletier reports on deforestation issues in the Amazon Rainforest region. Earth’s Frontiers travels deep into the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve in the equatorial western Amazon to research endangered species. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: TOKYO – Japan is planning subsidies to boost corporate investment in factories making environment-friendly products, in a fresh economic stimulus package expected next month, a report said Friday. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: JAKARTA – Norway agreed Thursday to advance 30 million dollars to Indonesia in the first installment of a planned billion-dollar scheme to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; German physicist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is one of Angela Merkel’s advisers on climate change. In this Spiegel interview here, he discusses extreme weather events, global warming’s winners and losers, and the effects of the crisis of confidence in climate research. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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