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Breaking News: Enough posturing politics. Time to let the experts lead | Jeffrey Sachs
Source: The Guardian

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Wed Dec 02 13:52:25 -0800 2009 | green-news

Time to let the experts lead Copenhagen must mark the end of politician-dominated negotiation. The technical stuff has to come out of the shadows We can only marvel at the disarray. Here we are, 17 years after the signing of...
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Latest Breaking News: Middle East coastline faces devastation if climate warms by a single degree
Source: The Daily Star

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Wed Nov 25 09:27:19 -0800 2009 | green-news

It added that not enough was being done by regional governments to tackle the threats posed by sea level rise and pollution.  Garabed Kazanjian, Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace in Lebanon, said that climate change posed a risk to marine life...
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Source: NOW Lebanon

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Mon Nov 30 08:05:24 -0800 2009 | green-news

The National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday that the Electricité du Liban’s (EDL) Halba branch restored power in the Akkar villages following an earlier incident on Monday, when residents broke into local electricity plants, cutting off power in all...
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Source: NOW Lebanon

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Mon Dec 07 11:58:44 -0800 2009 | green-news

Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Monday that the state should assume responsibility and take harsh deterrent measures against any Lebanese citizen, regardless of his political affiliation or importance, violating the traffic laws.
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Source: The Daily Star

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Mon Nov 30 13:49:33 -0800 2009 | green-news

Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal met with the Norwegian ambassador to Lebanon Aud Lise Norheim on Monday to discuss Norway’s help in fighting environmental hazards. Rahhal thanked Norway for its help in cleaning the Lebanese beach from oil spills and asked...
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Source: NOW Lebanon

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Sun Nov 29 06:45:22 -0800 2009 | green-news

Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal said on Sunday that Prime Minsiter Saad Hariri will head the Lebanese delegation participating in December’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, where representatives from almost every country in the world will meet to address ways...
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Source: The Daily Star

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Wed Nov 25 13:59:31 -0800 2009 | green-news

COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen, which starts on December 7.  “I am categorically optimistic...It praised individual green initiatives in the Gulf and North Africa, including the Masdar zero carbon city in Abu Dhabi, the energy studies program at King...
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Source: The Daily Star

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Tue Nov 24 13:48:02 -0800 2009 | green-news

There are many problems with fossil fuels. They are expensive and a source of political and supply volatility. As consumption rises globally, the costs associated with them will probably rise sharply. Worst of all, they carry large and unsustainable costs...
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Source: Jerusalem Post

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Sat Nov 21 08:03:23 -0800 2009 | green-news

Global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce, a regional report warned Thursday ahead of next month's Copenhagen environment summit. Some of the most feared effects include depletion of agricultural land, spread of...
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Source: The Daily Star

Beirut :: Lebanon | updated Wed Nov 18 17:11:04 -0800 2009 | green-news

The Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries. The report’s editors, Mostafa Kamal Tolba and Najib Saab, urged those attending the conference to take the issue of climate change seriously.  In findings revealed to The Daily Star, the report suggested...
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