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Canada to follow U.S. lead at Copenhagen
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago
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T he Canadian government says it will be following Barack Obama's lead at next week's Copenhagen climate summit – and propose no more, no less. In a speech to a business audience Friday, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Canada would align its policy...
Tags: Jim Prentice, Canada, environment minister, minister jim, climate change, Ottawa, Environment, Carbon finance, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, Environmental skepticism, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon dioxide, Action on climate change, Emissions trading, Jean Charest, IPCC Third Assessment Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Air pollution, Individual and political action on climate change, Scientific opinion on climate change, Environmental policy of the Harper government, Global warming controversy, Low-carbon economy, John Gerretsen
Crime › Hatoyama's brother received money from mother in fund report scandal
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 days ago
Credibility The political funds scandal involving the family of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has apparently spread to his brother as Kunio Hatoyama, a former internal affairs and communications minister, has been found to have received a large sum of money from...
Tags: Yukio Hatoyama, Kunio Hatoyama, Japanese Trade Union Confederation, minister yukio, prime minister, environment minister, environment tax, Japan, Tōkyō, Environment, Prime Ministers of Japan, Climate change, Business Finance, Politics, Carbon finance, Hatoyama Hall, Naoto Kan, Climate change denial, Energy economics, Gasoline, Fuel tax, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Internal Revenue Service, Kyoto Protocol, Taxation, Democratic Party of Japan, Petroleum products, Fossil fuel, Taro Aso, Finance, Opinion poll
S.W. house under construction collapses
Calgary :: Canada | 12 days ago
Credibility Calgary police are looking for a self-proclaimed white supremacist and a teenager suspected of leaving explosive devices outside an apartment unit that later detonated in a nearby parking lot. Calgary city council rejected adding funding for new transit...
Tags: Calgary-Centre North, Jim Prentice, environment minister, minister jim, Canada, Calgary, Environment, Politics, Climate change, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Oil sands, Carbon finance, Petroleum geology, Global warming, Stephen Harper, Law Crime, Climate change in Australia, Action on climate change
Lucy Lawless has a cheque for the PM
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 18 days ago
Credibility Actress Lucy Lawless and climate scientist Jim Salinger are heading to Parliament with a cheque for Prime Minister John Key. The pair plan to give Mr Key nearly $5,000 and a boarding pass to help to get him to the climate change talks in Copenhagen next...
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, Jim Prentice, environment minister, minister jim, John Key, Jim Salinger, prentice says, Canada, greenhouse gases, Denmark, Civil disobedience, Stop climate chaos, Lawless, Greenpeace, Politics, Contraltos, Lucy Lawless, Environmental organizations, Human Interest, Law Crime, Environment, Carbon finance, Climate change in New Zealand, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, Emissions trading, Environmental economics, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
A waste timebomb that must be defused
Perth :: Australia | 19 days ago
Credibility This is not a problem simply for consumers; it is a challenge that requires national leadership, greater responsibility from industry and a dramatic shift towards treating waste as a resource. Recycling is considered to be one of the most important environmental...
Tags: Australia, environment minister, Perth, Electronic waste, ECycle, Clean Up Australia, Computer recycling, Recycling in the United Kingdom, Recyclable materials, Recycling industry, Recycling, Environment
Ecan review teams announced (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 20 days ago
Credibility Ministers have released details of the review teams who will look into Environment Canterbury's poor performance. Last month, Environment Minister Nick Smith said ECan would be investigated because of slow resource consent processing, poor management...
Tags: local governance, New Zealand, Auckland, Resource consent, Environment minister, Resource Management Act, Canterbury Regional Council, Politics
Mexico might host key climate change conference in 2010: environment minister
Mexico City :: Mexico | 22 days ago
Credibility Mexico might host a conference that could lead to a deal replacing the Kyoto Protocol if December's meeting in Copenhagen fails to do so, Mexico's Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada said Thursday. "If Copenhagen misses the goal and Mexico...
Tags: Mexico Civil Engineering College, environment minister, climate change, Mexico, Mexico City, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse gas, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Environment
Residents 'appalled' at Bligh's Traveston recovery offer
Brisbane :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility The Save the Mary River Coordinating Group says it is appalled Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will not meet residents' requests for further assistance after Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett dumped the Traveston Crossing Dam. Mary Valley residents...
Tags: Queensland, Traveston Crossing Dam, Traveston Dam, Anna Bligh, federal environment, environment minister, queensland premier, Australia, Brisbane, Desalination, Mary River, South East Queensland Water Grid, Water supply, Environment, Paul Lucas, Andrew Fraser, Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Politics, Lawrence Springborg, Water supply and sanitation in Australia
Garrett Rejects $1.8 Billion Traveston Dam
Brisbane :: Australia | 25 days ago
Credibility Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says Queensland's controversial $1.8 billion Traveston Crossing Dam should not go ahead. "After considering the Traveston Dam proposal and the best available scientific evidence and other material ... Traveston...
Tags: Mr Garrett, Peter Garrett, Traveston Dam, environment minister, Mary River, Traveston Crossing Dam, Queensland, federal environment, minister peter, Anna Bligh
New Waste Policy and recycling schemes
Perth :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility The policy includes a landmark scheme for recycling computers and televisions, with householders able to drop off used computers and TVs for recycling free of charge, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced today. "Under the new product stewardship...
Tags: environment minister, Australia, minister peter, Peter Garrett
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