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| | | News | | Global: Worldwide: Bangkok Global Climate Talks Off To Slow Start | Apr 30, 2008 | The momentum gained in December 2007 from the adoption of the "Bali Road Map" by Parties to both the Climate Convention and the Kyoto Protocol was not evident at the climate change talks held during the first week in April in Bangkok, Thailand. By David B. Finnegan  |
| Global: Rockefeller kin urge Exxon to think beyond oil | Apr 30, 2008 | Members of the Rockefeller family, descended from the founder of what became Exxon Mobil Corp., challenged the oil giant Wednesday to focus more on renewable sources of energy.  |
| Global: Link Between Ozone Air Pollution And Premature Death Confirmed | Apr 23, 2008 | Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone in many areas is likely to contribute to premature deaths, says a new National Research Council report, which adds that the evidence is strong enough that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should include ozone-related mortality in health-benefit analyses related to future ozone standards.  |
| Global: Sea Salt Worsens Coastal Air Pollution: Study | Apr 09, 2008 | Air pollution in the world's busiest ports and shipping regions may be markedly worse than previously suspected, according to a new study showing that industrial and shipping pollution is exacerbated when it combines with sunshine and salty sea air.  |
| Asia in General: Dust plays huge role in climate change (2008) | Apr 03, 2008 | Tiny particles heat up the atmosphere faster than scientist once believed. The good news is this dust can be cleaned up fairly quickly.
By Robert C. Cowen  |
| Global: Indigenous Peoples Hardest Hit By Climate Change Describe Impacts | Apr 02, 2008 | Biofuel production, renewable energy expansion, other mitigation measures uprooting indigenous peoples in many regions. Indigenous peoples have contributed the least to world greenhouse gas emissions and have the smallest ecological footprints on Earth.  |
| Global: Gore launches $300 million green ad campaign | Apr 01, 2008 | Al Gore is launching one of the biggest public advocacy ad campaigns in history to convince Americans that the government needs to act on climate change.  |
| Global: CO2 tax on cars widespread in West European member states | Mar 28, 2008 | Almost all West-European countries now levy some form of CO2 tax on passenger cars. A survey done by ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, shows that over the past 15 months, France, Spain, Finland and Ireland introduced CO2-related car taxation.  |
| Global: Scientists warn of soot effect on climate | Mar 24, 2008 | Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called "black carbon" could cause up to 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, according to the US researchers, making it an important target for efforts to slow global warming. By James Randerson, Science Correspondent, The Guardian  |
| Global: EU environment chief backs green tax plan: report | Mar 23, 2008 | The European Union's environment chief on Friday backed a Franco-British proposal to cut sales tax on green products to fight climate change, despite opposition from some countries and within the EU executive.  |
| Global: Black carbon pollution emerges as major player in global warming | Mar 23, 2008 | Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to scientists in an upcoming review article in the journal Nature Geoscience.  |
| Global: X Prize dangles $10 mln for fuel-efficient car | Mar 20, 2008 | More than 60 teams from nine countries have lined up to chase a $10 million prize for making a green supercar that smashes records for fuel efficiency, organizers of the competition said on Thursday. By Karey Wutkowski  |
| Global: Arctic Pollution Dates to 1800s | Mar 19, 2008 | Today's Arctic explorers are well-acquainted with the ugly haze that hangs over the North Pole, created by air pollution that drifts up from cities in lower latitudes. But a new study suggests this veil of pollution has been present since the late 1800s. By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Staff Writer  |
| Global: Climate-friendly diesel cars pollute more | Mar 14, 2008 | Although cars running on diesel fuel are considered more energy and climate-friendly than traditional petrol-fueled cars, the result is increased air pollution due to lack of particle filters  |
| Global: Transportation experts issue warming warning | Mar 11, 2008 | Expect flooded roads and runways, twisted railroad tracks and weakened bridges brought on by rising sea levels and more intense storms tied to global warming, leading U.S. experts warned in a report released Tuesday.  |
| Global: Diesel fumes produce stress response in brain, study shows | Mar 11, 2008 | Half an hour of sniffing diesel fumes in a busy city street is enough to induce a "stress response" in the brain, according to scientists who measured volunteers. By James Randerson, Science Correspondent, The Guardian  |
| Global: Transportation experts issue warming warning | Mar 11, 2008 | Expect flooded roads and runways, twisted railroad tracks and weakened bridges brought on by rising sea levels and more intense storms tied to global warming, leading U.S. experts warned in a report released Tuesday.  |
| Global: Green Passport Introduced at Berlin Tourism Fair | Mar 10, 2008 | A Green Passport campaign launched at the Berlin Tourism Fair aims to shrink the environmental footprint of vacation travellers, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP.  |
| Europe and Central Asia: EU leaders to endorse deeper greenhouse gas cuts | Mar 10, 2008 | European Union leaders will call on the EU Commission to draw up a road map for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a summit this week, going beyond a unilateral target agreed in the fight against climate change.  |
| Global: The Gold In Automotive Green | Mar 07, 2008 | For decades Forbes has chronicled the auto industry's efforts to build cleaner machines. By Steve Kichen  |
| Global: Automakers hopeful for new CO2 limit deadline | Mar 05, 2008 | Car makers are becoming more optimistic that European authorities will grant them more time to meet proposed limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from their vehicles -- a major point of contention between them. By Gilles Castonguay  |
| Global: Carbon Dioxide Tied To Air Pollution Mortality | Mar 04, 2008 | Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from burning fossil fuels have been linked to sea level changes, snowmelt, disease, heat stress, severe weather, and ocean acidification.  |
| Global: Carbon Dioxide Tied To Air Pollution Mortality | Mar 04, 2008 | Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from burning fossil fuels have been linked to sea level changes, snowmelt, disease, heat stress, severe weather, and ocean acidification.  |
| Global: Congestion charge 'boosts health' | Feb 28, 2008 | London's congestion charge may have delivered a small, unexpected health boost to the capital, say researchers.  |
| Global: True scale of C02 emissions from shipping revealed | Feb 13, 2008 | The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian. By John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian  |
| India: India Wants Better Public Transport to Cut Emission Levels | Feb 08, 2008 | India is working on a policy that will encourage the biggest cities and towns to build up their public transport systems as an alternative to cars to curb emissions in the nation's polluted urban areas. By Subramaniam Sharma  |
| Global: IPCC chief: Lifestyle changes can curb climate change | Jan 16, 2008 | Don't eat meat, ride a bike, and be a frugal shopper -- that's how you can help brake global warming, the head of the United Nation's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change said Tuesday.  |
| India: The environmental impact of India's Nano car | Jan 11, 2008 | Catherine Brahic, online environment reporter for New Scientist, blogs about India's cheapest car - whether it conforms to European emission standards, its fuel efficiency, and the effect it will have on emisions.  |
| Global: How Green is Your Neighborhood? | Dec 19, 2007 | Technology has gotten us into the climate change mess, and we assume that technology will get us out of it. Hybrid cars, wind turbines, algae biofuel — businesses and policymakers alike are searching for the technological fixes that will decarbonize our lives. By Bryan Walsh  |
| Asia in General: Does building new roads help or hurt global warming? | Dec 05, 2007 | Seeking a place in the vanguard of the battle against global warming, France last month unveiled a package of ambitious pledges that included a particularly bold proposition: An end to new highway construction. By James Kanter  |
| Global: Fuel efficiency and the American driver | Dec 01, 2007 | Congress is poised to finally make cars get better gas mileage. Consumers can expect to pay more for their vehicles but save on their gas bills. By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer  |
| Delhi: Delhi to curb diesel pollution | Dec 01, 2007 | The Delhi government has announced plans to cut diesel emissions in the national capital region in the wake of strong public concerns about rising numbers of diesel vehicles and diesel related pollutants in the city's ambient air. The plan recently approved by the Cabinet proposes an Environment Cess on diesel fuel. The revenue from this cess will be used to create a fund to finance Delhi's clean air action plan. Delhi Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has also written to the Union government to introduce Euro IV diesel fuels and standards in the National Capital Region by 2008-09.  |
| Global: Energy Dept. says greenhouse gases have declined | Nov 28, 2007 | In the past year, greenhouse gases have actually declined. The decline was 1.5 percent nationwide. The energy department did not break down the results by state or by cities. By David Louie, MONEYScope Reporter  |
| India: Look Before Taking the Leap | Nov 22, 2007 | Commentarao - S.L. Rao, The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research  |
| Asia in General: Japan to unveil emissions proposal at ASEAN summit | Nov 19, 2007 | Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plans to unveil a major environmental initiative at a summit in Singapore on Wednesday that will aim for drastic emissions cuts and incentives for developing-nation polluters.  |
| Global: UN report describes risks of inaction on climate change | Nov 17, 2007 | In its final and most powerful report, a United Nations panel of scientists meeting here describes the mounting risks of climate change in language that is both more specific and forceful than its previous assessments, according to scientists here. By Elisabeth Rosenthal  |
| Europe and Central Asia: An environmental warning proposed for cars in Europe | Oct 28, 2007 | The advertising business has jumped on the environmental bandwagon, finding ways to give all sorts of industries a "green" tuneup
and profiting in the process. But is it about to backfire? By Eric Pfanner, International Herald Tribune  |
| Global: Progress comes at a cost, but all is not lost yet | Oct 26, 2007 | Climate change, extinction of species and the challenge of sustaining a fast growing population are among the major factors threatening humanity's survival. By Wang Zhuoqiong, China Daily  |
| Global: California ready to sue EPA to enact greenhouse-gas rules | Oct 19, 2007 | California officials from Sacramento to Washington say that law, history, politics and even the Nobel Peace Prize are on their side in one of the state's signature environmental ventures - claiming the right to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases from cars
and light trucks. By Frank Davies, Mercury News Washington Bureau  |
| Asia in General: OECD Asia ultra low sulphur fuel demand to rise - IEA | Oct 11, 2007 | Demand for ultra-low sulphur oil products will grow next year in OECD Asia Pacific countries due to tighter environmental regulations, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.  |
| Asia in General: Tuk-tuks to be off the streets by 2010 | Sep 27, 2007 | A move to ban tuk-tuks and jumbos in Vientiane is scheduled to take effect in 2010, but drivers have expressed dismay at the proposal, fearing they will lose their livelihood. By Somsack Pongkhao  |
| Global: Roadside Diesel Pollution Poses Heart Danger - Study | Sep 14, 2007 | Air pollution reduces blood flow and interferes with the body's natural ability to break up blood clots, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that may help explain why pollution can cause heart attacks.  |
| Global: Haze of Confusion Over Most-Polluted City List | Sep 14, 2007 | A US group's report naming the Chinese city of Tianjin as one of the world's most polluted places apparently confused the large northern port with a notorious lead-processing town in the country's east.  |
| Global: Shipping Must Act on Air Emissions | Sep 14, 2007 | Aviation has borne the brunt of environmentalists' ire for causing climate change but the global maritime industry could face similar pressure if it can't agree to curbs in greenhouse gases, industry experts warn.  |
| Global: Oil giant agrees to fight greenhouse gases | Sep 13, 2007 | In a settlement with California, ConocoPhillips must spend $10 million on mitigation measures to offset emissions from a proposed expansion of its East Bay refinery. By Tim Reiterman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer  |
| Global-Asia in General: FACTBOX: Germany plans energy savings measures | Aug 27, 2007 | The German government is due to discuss some 30 energy saving measures as it implements a drive by Chancellor Angela Merkel to battle climate change.  |
| Global: Nissan Cars Fuel 'Greener' Drives | Aug 22, 2007 | Reuters: If pushing the pedal makes the environmentalist in you cringe, Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor said on Monday it will equip all new cars with a device that could help improve fuel efficiency.  |
| Southern Africa: Biofuel blamed for rocketing food prices | Aug 21, 2007 | Growing world demand for "environmentally friendly" biofuels is partly to blame for the rocketing price of food in South Africa, analysts at the National Agricultural Marketing Council have warned. By Tony Carnie  |
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