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Chinas Environment Ministry Approves Huge Hydro Dam
BEIJING -- China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 meters (1,030 feet), will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project on the Dadu River in southwestern Sichuan province. To be built over ...
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Worlds tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials
approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species.The 314 metre-high dam (1,030ft) will serve the ...
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Where to park your bike The question often missing from the cycling debate
In the recent flurry of local authority initiatives to promote cycling, the focus has been on junctions, cycle lanes, lorries and training. One question seems be almost totally neglected: "Where could I keep a bike?" For many people, a lack of secure storage rules out cycling completely. What if you live at the top of a block of flats and aren't strong enough to carry a bike up ...
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Environmental journalism campaign launched
/enpproperty--> A major environmental journalism campaign was launched in Beijing on Friday. Combating air pollution was one of the main aims of the campaign, Chen Changzhi, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, announced. Protecting water sources and promoting renewable energy will also be highlighted. Lu Hao, chairman of the Environment Protection and ...
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Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for May 14th to May 16th 2013
A panel of seismic experts from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has determined that a fault running directly beneath Japan Atomic Power Company's (JAPC) Tsuruga power plant in Fukui Prefecture is active, which means that the reactor will almost certainly never go online again. It is the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster that a reactor has been declared unsafe ...
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Greenpeace activists take solar power to Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf
Delhi's Power Minister Haroon Yusuf was in for a shock on the morning of May 15 when Greenpeace activists decided to deliver a powerful message to him. To make their point that clean energy can solve Delhi's energy deficit, they wheeled in a set of solar panels in front of the Minister's residence and then chained themselves to ...
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Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge for the world is to get everyone out of extreme poverty and get the richest people to use less fossil fuels so that everyone can share their energy levels, he ...
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Wildfire in Californias Los Padres National Forest chars 3800 acres of dry thick trees
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a breather from a wildfire that has blackened hills near Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. The fire that broke out Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest charred 3,800 acres of dry, thick trees in torrid conditions. But despite a 20-degree dip in heat and a heavy aerial effort to beat back flames ...
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Systemic pesticides are penetrating deep into plants tissues destroying beetles trees bees and human hormones
(NaturalNews) Over the last 30 years, the use of pesticides has spiked around the world. People now pour 2.5 million tons of these chemicals into the environment annually, contributing to a $35 billion industry run by global corporations. To make matters worse, the more people use pesticides, the more ineffective they ...
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Conservationists to count breeding birds after puffin wreck winter
the Farne Islands as they embark on an epic census on Friday to discover whether puffin numbers have plummeted after a year of extreme weather.The 10 National Trust rangers living on the islands must dangle their bare fingers down 60,000 puffin burrows in the next two months to determine whether breeding pairs have fallen after the worst puffin "wreck" for 66 ...
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A puffin lays an egg - video
National Trust footage of a puffin laying an egg in its burrow on the Farne Islands. Puffins are being counted over the next two months to assess whether extreme weather has affected breeding numbers. For the first time, nest cameras have been used to record the birds' behaviour in intimate ...
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Singapore Brunei to exchange ideas on environmental issues
Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources on Thursday said they are scheduled to have the 7th Brunei-Singapore Annual Exchange of Visits during the following two days, mainly focusing on idea exchanges and bilateral collaboration on environmental ...
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Why we are happy but not celebrating the Indonesian forest moratorium
And it's encouraging that the President of Indonesia, known as SBY, is renewing his commitment to protect forests - and cut my country's massive carbon emissions. If the powerful palm oil lobby here in Indonesia had got their way for instance, the forest moratorium would have been scrapped and there would be a free for all to clear land for pulp and paper, palm oil and mining ...
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CORRECTED-China gives environmental approval to countrys biggest hydro dam
Fri May 17, 2013 1:00am EDT (Corrects name of Huangdeng project developer to Huaneng, not Huadian, in final paragraph) BEIJING May 15 (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 metres ...
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Beijing to hold environment summit and tech expo
/enpproperty--> Two major events, the Environment and Development Summit, and the China International Ecological Environment Technology and Equipment Expo, will be held in Beijing on Oct 21 to Oct 23. The development summit is a high-level forum that focuses on research and discussions of frontier environmental theories. Organized by the All-China Environment Federation, an environmental ...
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Youth need a fair environment
/enpproperty--> It's important that we provide young people with a fair environment to pursue their dreams, says an article in China Youth Daily (excerpts below). Many of the post-80 generation are struggling with work pressures of trying to pay high housing costs rather than enjoy a creative output. There are reasons to feel sympathy toward their plight but it must also be ...
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Greenpeace gets dead birds ad on ABC as commercial networks balk
Channel 7 and SBS have followed Channel 9’s lead and refused to air a controversial Greenpeace recycling advert despite clearance and classification by Free TV. Greenpeace would have to be happy with the outcome of the advert’s difficulty finding paid for slots on commercial television, however, with it having been viewed more than 870,000 times on YouTube in its first week. The ...
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Asda regains trust of customers after horsemeat scandal
horsemeat scandal , when horse DNA and the veterinary drug bute was found in its products.He said: "It's fair to say trust was dented. There was some marginal sales impact initially, but we've seen that recover. We are back to where we were."His comments came as the UK's second biggest supermarket revealed that sales in the 14 weeks to April 12 were up 1.3%. The figures ...
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Movie Review Elemental an Environmental Documentary
The back-to-basics title of ...
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Create conducive environment for artisans Fashola urges FG
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged the Federal Government to focus on creating conducive environment for tradesmen and artisans in the ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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