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Zambia Seeks CITES Support To Sell Ivory Stockpile
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: AFRICA
Author: Chris Mfula
LUSAKA - Zambia is lobbying for support to sell its ivory stockpile to Japan and China and use the funds towards conservation, an industry official said on Tuesday.
Obama Aide Urges Listing Of Gas-Drilling Chemicals
Photo: Jon Hurdle/Files
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Jon Hurdle
President Barack Obama's top environmental adviser urged the natural gas industry on Tuesday to disclose the chemicals it uses in drilling, warning that the development of massive U.S. shale gas reserves could be held back otherwise.
Slovenia Allows Hunters To Kill Bears, Wolves
Photo: Srdjan Zivulovic
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: SLOVENIA
Author: Srdjan Zivulovic
Slovenia will this year allow hunters to kill 75 brown bears and 12 wolves to limit the damage they do to crops and livestock and prevent numbers growing, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
EU Confirms Support For Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban
Photo: Tony Gentile
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: BELGIUM
Author: Charlie Dunmore and Pete Harrison
European Union ambassadors agreed to propose protecting bluefin tuna as an endangered species on Wednesday, the EU presidency said, a move that would effectively ban international trade in the species.
Canada Parliament Eats Seal To Defy "Ignorant" EU
Photo: Chris Wattie
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: CANADA
Author: Chris Wattie
Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
UN Launches Review Of Criticized Climate Panel
Photo: Ints Kalnins
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: UNITED NATIONS
Author: Louis Charbonneau
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.
China Unsure On Warming Cause, To Stick With CO2 Cuts
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Emma Graham-Harrison
China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Chavez Trusts God And Nature In Power Crisis
Photo: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: VENEZUELA
Author: Andrew Cawthorne
President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.
Sun Won't Stop Global Warming If Dims As In 1600s
Photo: Reuters/Marcos Brindicci/Files
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
Shale Gas Could Supply 100 Years Of Consumption
Photo: Jason Cohn
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Reuters
The natural gas shale boom in North America has more than doubled discovered gas resources and can supply more than a century of consumption at current rates, an IHS CERA study released Wednesday said.
Time For Next Stage Of Sustainable Business
Photo: Lucas Jackson
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Scott Malone
Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S. investor group argues in a new report.
Chilean Fishermen Brave Tsunami Fears, Dream Of Sea
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: CHILE
Author: Alonso Soto
Undeterred by terrifying memories of a roaring tsunami that nearly killed him, Chilean fisherman Herne Pezo hammers away at his tiny boat, yearning to return to sea as soon as it's fixed.
German Fishing Boat Flies Giant Kite To Save Fuel
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: THE NETHERLANDS
Author: Catherine Hornby
Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel consumption by up to a third.
Egypt's Mediterranean Coast Protected In Reserve
Photo: Goran Tomasevic
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: EGYPT
Author: Dina Zayed
Egypt wants visitors to discover its Mediterranean coast at a marine reserve being established near the border with Libya, the government said Tuesday.
EU Climate Chief Wants Europe To "Lead By Example"
Photo: Thierry Roge
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: BELGIUM
Author: Pete Harrison
Europe's new climate chief sought to reinvigorate international climate talks on Tuesday, laying out a strategy for the EU to lead the world by example.
South Korea Transport Goes Green On Recharging Road
Photo: Jun Su-young/Yonhap
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: SOUTH KOREA
Author: Jon Herskovitz
South Korea is trying a new way to turn public transport green by using a technology popular in electric toothbrushes and razors to power buses and cars.
Voluntary Carbon Offset Buying Still Stagnant
Photo: Andrew Winning
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: UK
Author: Nina Chestney
LONDON - Buying activity in the voluntary carbon market remains slow due to seasonally weak demand in the first quarter.
China And India Endorse Copenhagen Climate Deal
Photo: David Gray
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: INDIA
Author: Matthias Williams
China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States.
U.S. "Cap And Trade" Rebranded "Pollution Reduction"
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Richard Cowan
Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets."
Obama To Push Climate Change In White House Meeting
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan
President Barack Obama inserted himself into Senate efforts to pass a climate change bill on Tuesday, gathering Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the White House to jumpstart efforts to overhaul U.S. energy policy.
Seal Meat To Be On Menu At Canadian Parliament
Photo: Andy Clark
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: CANADA
Author: David Ljunggren
Residents Flee Angolan Village Invaded By Elephants
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: ANGOLA
Author: Henrique Almeida
Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.
Chocolate-Powered Racecar Makes Sustainability Sexy
Photo: Adam Hunger
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Ros Krasny
BOSTON - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
Chanel Muses On Global Cooling With Iceberg Show
Photo: Benoit Tessier
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: FRANCE
Author: Sophie Hardach and Mathilde Gardin
PARIS - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.
Big Bang Experiment May Reveal Dark Universe: CERN
Photo: REUTERS/NASA
Date: 10-Mar-10
Country: SWITZERLAND
Author: Robert Evans
Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday.
Renewable Energy Swings To FY Profit
Date: 09-Mar-10
Country: BANGALORE
Author: Anirban Sen
British wind-farm developer Renewable Energy Holdings swung to a full-year profit, helped by the sale of its CETO wave energy technology, and said it was confident about the future despite the difficult economic conditions.
EU Carbon Prices Higher As Cold Snap Boosts Demand
Date: 09-Mar-10
Country: UK
Author: Nina Chestney
European carbon emissions futures were slightly higher on Monday, extending Friday's late gains as the return of very cold weather gave a boost to energy prices, traders said. EU Allowances for December delivery gained 10 cents or 0.75 percent at 13.40 euros ($18.34) a tonne at 0757 GMT, with light volume at 485 lots.
Sydinvest
Date: 09-Mar-10
Country: COPENHAGEN
Author: Peter Starck
U.S. and Chinese economic stimulus measures are likely to focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy, according to fund manager Sydinvest, which took a stake in a U.S. alternative fuel components company last month.
Sarkozy Seeks Funding, Training For Nuclear Energy
Date: 09-Mar-10
Country: FRANCE
Author: Marie Maitre and Crispian Balmer
International development banks must finance civilian nuclear projects to help emerging nations build energy plants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday, laying out ambitious plans to develop the industry.
Europe Supergrid Hopefuls Form Club To Push Project
Photo: Bob Strong
Date: 09-Mar-10
Country: UK
Author: Daniel Fineren
Ten companies pushing to build a pan-European offshore power network that could help cut carbon emissions and cost customers over 20 billion euros got together in London on Monday.