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Climate change Australia's greatest economic risk: survey
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 hour ago
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They say Australian businesses will struggle to cope with the flow-on effects of climate change including water scarcity, droughts and bushfires. The leaders were asked to consider 47 key risk areas and rate them according to how likely they are to happen...
Tags: Australia, climate change, Sydney, Environment, Environmental economics, Global warming, Action on climate change
China's boom restructures world
Guangzhou :: China | about 1 hour ago
Credibility The first reports came from Taiwan in 2003 and later London, where it was dubbed the "Great Drain Robbery." Chicago had to replace at least 150 manhole lids or grates in 2005. Thieves were selling them to shady scrap metal dealers, who were cashing in...
Tags: China Mobile Ltd., U.S, economic growth, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Environment, Business Finance, Global warming, Climate change in China, Environment of China, Environment of the People's Republic of China, Telecommunications industry in China, Industry of China
Lack of rain affects summer plantings
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 hour ago
Credibility But rice plantings are expected to more than double from 8,000 hectares to 18,600 hectares due to the increased availability of irrigation water. Cotton crop plantings are also expected to increase by 24 per cent to 203,000 hectares, even though irrigation...
Tags: winter crop, Australia, Sydney, Environment, Agriculture, Weather, Rice, Cotton, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Cellulose, Crops
Spring a mixed bag - Niwa
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 2 hours ago
Credibility In its review of the past three months, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said rainfall was at record lows or near-record lows in these parts. In contrast, conditions were very wet in southern Hawke's Bay, the Tararua district,...
Tags: Niwa, New Zealand, Wellington, Environment, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Weather, Subdivisions of New Zealand, Territorial authorities of New Zealand, Regions of New Zealand, Counties in New Zealand
Africa: Without basic literacy a billion of the poorest will struggle to adapt to a changing environment, warns ActionAid
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Without basic literacy a billion of the poorest will struggle to adapt to a changing environment, warns ActionAid 7 December 2009 press release Without basic literacy almost a billion of the poorest people on earth will struggle to adapt to a changing...
Tags: basic literacy, changing environment, warns actionaid, Brazil, São Paulo, Environment, ActionAid, Africa, Charities, Stop climate chaos
CDC: Pet frogs source of salmonella outbreak
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Pet frogs are being blamed for a national salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 48 people. The illnesses occurred from June through November, with reports coming in from 25 states. Health officials investigating the illnesses found that many of the...
Tags: Seattle, Environment, Frog, African dwarf frog, Zoonoses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonellosis, Bacterial diseases, Microbiology, Disaster Accident, Salmonella, Human Interest
Search on for missing Hash member
Sandakan :: Malaysia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility A search is on for 70-year-old man who went missing in the Trig hill forest here late Sunday. Lo Yin San, a member of the Man Woo Hash group, had gone into the forest to place markers for the group�s weekly run. Firemen, police and personnel from the...
Tags: Malaysia, Sandakan, Environment, Rescue, Hash function, Search algorithms, Hash, Cryptographic hash function, Search and rescue
Reusable transit cards for NSE from today
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility The toll plazas to implement the pilot project will be the Hutan Kampung, Alor Setar (North and South), Pendang, Gurun, Sungai Petani (North and South), Bertam and Sungai Dua toll plazas. Expressways Bhd chief operating officer Nik Airina Nik Jaffar said....
Tags: transit cards, toll plazas, reusable transit, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Environment, North-South Expressway Northern Route, SmartTAG, Toll rates of the North-South Expressway, North-South Expressway Malaysia, Electronic toll collection, Transport in Malaysia
PM to lead Malaysia’s voice in Copenhagen
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next week. Najib, who will be accompanied by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas, will leave for the Danish...
Tags: climate, united nations climate change conference, environment, copenhagen, climate change, developing countries, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malay styles and titles, Najib, Politics, Malaysian Muslims, Abdul Razak, Malay Malaysians, Najib Tun Razak, Premiership of Najib Tun Razak, Prime Ministers of Malaysia
New CARP law covers 34,000 hectares in Davao
Davao :: Philippines | about 2 hours ago
Credibility He said they would like to know their conditions and if there are issues that need to be acted upon. June 2009 at 225,000 hectares, about 59,000 were in Region XI with 20 to 30 percent of this figure covered by banana farms. On the other hand, Mama said...
Tags: Davao Oriental, Davao City, Davao DAVAO CITY, davao del, banana farming, Datu Yusoph Mama, Philippines, Davao, Environment, Provinces of the Philippines, Santa Cruz Davao del Sur, Compostela Valley, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Tagum City, Davao del Norte
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