Singapore :: Singapore
| updated Sun Nov 29 20:29:39 -0800 2009
| green-news
The view from America Barack Obama may be judged harshly by history if the US does not show its hand at the talks Elizabeth Kolbert Barack Obama has said that “our generation’s response to this challenge will be judged by...
Singapore :: Singapore
| updated Sun Nov 15 15:43:28 -0800 2009
| green-news
More than 15,000 officials are expected to attend the two-week conference from 7-18 December. Delegates from 192 countries will seek to reach an agreement on what industrialised and developing countries can do to cut emissions. This includes debates on help...
The Obama administration's top climate adviser on Friday called for "comprehensive energy reform" and threw cold water on the idea of a more modest climate package that would apply mandatory reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions only to electric utilities.
Singapore :: Singapore
| updated Sun Nov 15 16:08:57 -0800 2009
| green-news
Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to "brutal" damage from climate change without global action, environmental group WWF warned Thursday. Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions must be curtailed in "mega-cities" where...
WHO says a casino and theme park can't be green? Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) has won an award from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) for integrating sustainable building concepts into the master design of its development. The BCA awarded...
Singapore :: Singapore
| updated Sat Nov 28 22:19:25 -0800 2009
| green-news
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 was measured near an uninhabited island north of New Zealand on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake was recorded at a depth of 10km about 80km east of Raoul Island, the largest...
Some of the highest hopes to curb oil use rest on solutions like the "plug-in hybrid" car, which is supposed to stretch a single gallon of gasoline for more than 200 miles. But that supercar won't be on the road...
Amid the volatility in oil prices, there's been a huge push towards searching for alternative sources for fuel and analysts said this will in turn spearhead innovation in the sector. They were speaking at the Singapore International Energy Week, which...
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is calling for the removal of any restrictions on carbon credit trading and asking for derivative contracts to be allowed under cap-and-trade programs. “You have to allow a secondary market to develop,” David Hone, Shell's climate...
Singapore :: Singapore
| updated Sat Nov 14 15:44:09 -0800 2009
| green-news
Malaysia has called for a coordinated effort in the Asia-Pacific region to tackle emergencies and natural disasters, such as the devastating typhoons which struck Vietnam and the Philippines recently...Kohilan Pillay said Apec could leverage the strengths of multi-sectoral participation,...
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