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Limiting Palm Oil's Environmental Impact
Singapore :: Singapore | about 2 hours ago
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It is the man-made ecological disaster that most people have never heard of. Although most shoppers don't know it, thousands of products on supermarket shelves contain palm oil -- it is the world's cheapest vegetable oil and appears in items ranging from...
Tags: Singapore, Environment, Vegetable fats and oils, Arecaceae, Palm oil, Cooking oils, Vegetable oils, Biofuels, Orangutan, Forestry
'Green' scheme launched for wine industry
Adelaide :: Australia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Green' scheme launched for wine industry Posted December 7, 2009 08:45:00 Updated December 7, 2009 08:43:00 A national scheme to help buyers choose environmentally-certified wine is being launched in Adelaide. The certification scheme requires wineries...
Tags: wine industry, Australia, Adelaide, Environment, Hospitality Recreation, Wine
Al Gore’s Fierce Competition in Copenhagen!
Copenhagen :: Denmark | about 2 hours ago
Credibility When it comes to being a global warming #####, you now have professional competition. As reported, in part, at nydailynews.com : “Global-warming summiteers have been told it’s uncool to buy hookers, but prostitutes have turned a trick of their own: heating...
Tags: Al Gore, Denmark, Copenhagen, Environment, Climate change, Global warming, Ritt Bjerregaard
European Union uses NGOs to push for endosulfan ban
Brussels :: Belgium | about 2 hours ago
Credibility The campaign to ban endosulfan, which is ten times cheaper than other pesticides, started from 2007, after the EU, the world's largest user, producer and exporter of pesticides, stopped the production of endosulfan in 2006. Between 1955 and 2006, Germany,...
Tags: European Commission, India, large number, Belgium, Brussels, Environment, Agriculture, Pesticide, Teratogens, Soil contamination, Pesticides in New Zealand, Endosulfan
Meet to discuss green building technology
Doha :: Qatar | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Green building technology is among the main topics to be discussed at the �Doha Green Conference� to be held from December 9 to 10 at the Moevenpick Towers and Suites. �The conference falls in line with many topics such as carbon economy, but the main...
Tags: green building, Mark Sutcliffe, Unesco Doha, building technology, Qatar, Doha, Environment, Energy efficiency, Environmentalism, Sustainable building, Building, Building engineering, UNESCO
NGOs to monitor minerals
Kampala :: Uganda | about 2 hours ago
Credibility It will work to ensure rational distribution of mineral wealth through lobbying political authorities to ensure that communities benefit from the proceeds of their countries� resources. It is composed of organisations advocating environmental conservation...
Tags: Uganda, Kampala, Environment, Advocacy
Ugandas 2009 mineral exports up
Kampala :: Uganda | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Uganda expects to earn about $55m from its mineral exports this year, higher than $52.7m in 2008, a government official said. The country�s mining sector is viewed as underexploited with small scale miners mainly involved in gold and cobalt, the leading...
Tags: KAMPALA Uganda, mineral exports, Joshua Tuhumwire, Uganda, Kampala, Environment, Ore, Politics, East Africa, Business Finance
?Poison-fishing? a serious threat to human health F.P. Report
Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility As the winter season started, the use of eating fish also increased and people were seen busy shopping this protein-richd white meat at almost every fish shop in the City. The use to of chemicals for fishing is emerging as a serious threat to both aquatic...
Tags: human health, eating fishing, Pakistan, Peshawar, Environment, Ichthyology, Fish products, Fisheries, Fish, Teratogens, Endosulfan
75 pc believe global warming affects them F.P. Report
Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility Global warming is recognized as a serious threat by a large majority of world citizens. Two thirds in the world perceive that it has a serious impact on the area where they live (66%), according to a survey, released by Gallup International. Moreover,...
Tags: global warming, Pakistan, Peshawar, Environment, Scientific opinion on climate change, Climate change, Global warming controversy
The Week Ahead: Five things that will shape the news in Our Region
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago
Credibility El Dorado has hearing on tax break for seniors What: The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing on a proposed ordinance that would allow senior citizens and people with disabilities who move from other counties to transfer low property...
Tags: Sacramento City Council Chambers, Sacramento Regional Transit, El Dorado County, Sacramento Metro Fire, Sacramento, Environment, Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento Regional Transit District, Sacramento California, Sacramento metropolitan area, Sacramento City Council, Sacramento County California, Sacramento Valley Rail Station
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