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Breaking News: DOE, Veco sign deal to distribute 2M energy-saving lamps in Metro Cebu
Source: Positive News Media

Moa :: Cuba | updated Tue Nov 24 13:58:01 -0800 2009 | green-news

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the distribution of more than two million energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to Veco customers in Metro Cebu. DOE will provide...
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Latest Breaking News: Denmark's climate minister to head climate summit
Source: The Boston Globe

Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | updated Tue Nov 24 14:56:22 -0800 2009 | green-news

Denmark's prime minister says the country's climate minister will leave her Cabinet post to head next month's Copenhagen climate summit. Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard has been named minister in charge of the two-week international...
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Current News: Secret World
Source: Fox News

Santiago :: Chile | updated Tue Nov 24 04:48:55 -0800 2009 | green-news

Researchers with the project have found about 5,600 new species on top of the 230,000 known. They hope to add several thousand more by October 2010, when the census will be done At 2,750 meters deep in the Northern Gulf...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 7 | 10 | 19 | 0
 
Current World News: Sting warns of hydroelectric project in Amazon
Source: Seattle Times

São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 22 19:06:13 -0800 2009 | green-news

Brazil — British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision...
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Latest World News: Expert Knows What Copenhagen Failure Could Mean
Source: Scoop

Havana :: Cuba | updated Sat Nov 21 15:16:52 -0800 2009 | green-news

We can expect more extreme weather events, more water and more drought situations,” said Ms. Wahlström, a Swedish national with over 25 years of experience in disaster management, development and humanitarian issues, and served as UN Special Coordinator for assistance...
Credibility Views: 3 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 2 | 7 | 8 | 0
 
Current Event: £22bn emergency fund aims to cut rate of deforestation
Source: Times Online

Georgetown :: Guyana | updated Thu Nov 19 20:48:14 -0800 2009 | green-news

The aim of the fund, which is backed by 35 countries, is to begin cutting the rate of deforestation immediately, without waiting for the United Nations to complete negotiations on its own scheme for saving rainforests. Payments will be made...
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Latest World Event: $13M Appeal For Flood Victims In El Salvador
Source: Scoop

San Salvador :: El Salvador | updated Wed Nov 18 16:36:26 -0800 2009 | green-news

We are therefore urging donors to respond quickly to this appeal so that assistance can be provided to those affected without delay,” he added of the appeal, launched jointly with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the Government of El Salvador.
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 1 | 7 | 3 | 0
 
Breaking News Event: Brazilian power cut leaves 60 million in the dark
Source: The Guardian

São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 16:11:19 -0800 2009 | green-news

It was a typical Tuesday night in South America's largest nation. In Sao Paulo, maids and security guards made their way home after another day's grind. In Rio, samba musicians began taking to the stage, their faces glazed in sweat...
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Latest News Event: France, Brazil agree on climate policy
Source: Sify News

São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 15:49:22 -0800 2009 | green-news

France and Brazil have agreed on a policy to deal with climate change ahead of a UN summit on the subject in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. 'We want the Copenhagen to be a success, we won't accept an...
Credibility Views: 5 | News Stories: 15 | Blog Posts: 13 | 24 | 10 | 1
 
Breaking World News: Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest
Source: Scoop

Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 15 16:01:20 -0800 2009 | green-news

While land development, human settlement, and logging are the main sources of deforestation , the bedrock of this global ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each newly...
Credibility Views: 26 | News Stories: 9 | Blog Posts: 7 | 30 | 20 | 1

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