Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka
Source: Asian Tribune
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-19 19:16:03 -0700 | green-news
04 editor Our good friend Dr. Kingsley Mariadasan was an 8 year old boy when his father found work in Europe in the 1970s...The end of the war has made his visits more frequent and he was once again...
Living on the edge: Fascinating pictures of Russian Arctic guillemots as they cling precariously to ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-17 07:03:04 -0700 | green-news
The guillemots swoop onto tiny ledges no more than a few inches wide to make their nest away from the harsh Arctic winds that lash Franz Josef Land, off the coast of Russia. It is estimated 55,000 birds breed on...
Wanted: Loud polar bear scarer to protect Norwegian scientists
Source: The independent
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-16 10:03:29 -0700 | green-news
If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. The governor's office on the remote northern islands of Svalbard is seeking a polar bear spotter to warn researchers conducting projects...
Indonesia extends forest-clearing ban for 2 years
Source: Boston.com
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-15 22:42:35 -0700 | green-news
Indonesia (AP) Indonesia has extended a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands for another two years, a move greeted by environmentalists with praise and skepticism. YOH'-noh) signed the decree to continue the 2011 moratorium, which barred new logging...
Statoil gives key drilling contract to Noble Corp
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-14 07:30:22 -0700 | green-news
Norway Statoil says it has given Noble Corp. the contract to drill the Mariner oil field in a deal estimated at $655 million over four years. The Norwegian energy company says a new type of rig will enable it to...
Warming to the idea of Arctic exploration
Source: China News
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-24 06:56:39 -0700 | green-news
Oslo ( China Daily) But cold comfort for those who expect results in the short term in tough terrain The Arctic is no virgin. As early as 1920, the first onshore oil wells were dug in Canada's Mackenzie River valley....
Indonesia to extend forest clearing ban
Source: News 24
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-10 12:04:40 -0700 | green-news
The president of Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and a powerful palm oil industry, has agreed to extend a ban on forest clearing, a government official said on Friday. Southeast Asia's largest economy is under international pressure...
Global Warming Thy Name is a Manufactured Crisis
Source: Canadian Free Press
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-09 11:32:09 -0700 | green-news
Aside from the fact that thousands of scientists across the globe have debunked global warming, consider this proponents of global warming manufacture or delete data to fit their agenda. University of East Anglia admitted, after being caught, to have deleted...
UNDP report shows Indonesia is struggling to combat deforestation
Source: The Jakarta Post
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-07 19:44:32 -0700 | green-news
Indonesia, the country with the third largest tropical forest coverage in the world, is not doing enough to protect its forests. The study assessed and indexed the Indonesian government's effort to protect its forests and showed the country had only...
Acidification threatens Arctic ecosystem
Source: News 24
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-06 14:56:46 -0700 | green-news
The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts, faces another potential threat in the form of rapid acidification of the ocean, according to an international study published on Monday. Acidification, blamed on the transformation of rising levels of...
Norway opens oil-spill response center
Source: United Press International
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-05-01 04:26:30 -0700 | green-news
Norway opened a base of operations to serve as a staging point for equipment used to respond to an offshore oil spill, Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe said. International consortium Oil Spill Response Ltd. will administer the well-capping system from...
Wanted: Polar bear spotter on Norwegian islands
Source: Fox News
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-04-30 07:34:19 -0700 | green-news
Norway Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. The governor's office on the remote northern islands of...
Aceh performs worst in forestry protection: UNDP
Source: The Jakarta Post
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-04-29 19:51:30 -0700 | green-news
Indonesia found that the local administration in Aceh is the worst performer when it comes to protecting the country's remaining forests...Norway allocated up to US$1 billion over seven or eight years to finance Indonesia's emission reduction programs.
Oslo Journal: Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy
Source: International Herald Tribune
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-04-29 18:51:14 -0700 | green-news
Brian Cliff Olguin for The New York Times A trash incinerator. Roughly half of Oslo and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage. I'd like to take some from the United States, said Pal Mikkelsen, in his office...
Plants slow climate change with sunshade
Source: News 24
Oslo :: Norway | updated 2013-04-28 13:24:53 -0700 | green-news
Plants help to slow climate change by emitting gases as temperatures rise that lead to the formation of a sunshade of clouds over the planet, scientists said on Sunday. The tiny sun-dimming effect could offset about one percent of warming...
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