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EDUCATION: UOG student documentary to be presented at Ecuador conference
Guayaquil :: Ecuador | about 3 hours ago
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A University of Guam student documentary, "Sway," has been accepted by the 6th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability to be held in Ecuador in early January. The 30-minute documentary is the outcome of...
Tags: Ecuador, Guayaquil, Education, Sustainable development, Social sustainability, Entertainment Culture, Sustainability
84 months and counting … | Andrew Simms
London :: United Kingdom | about 12 hours ago
Credibility So a few million wind turbines and solar plants shouldn't be a problem On the eve of the Copenhagen climate summit we seem to be poised between the possibility of new directions for the world, and meek capitulation to environmental upheaval. Dr Rajendra...
Tags: Dr Rajendra Pachauri, United Kingdom, London, Environment, Energy policy, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Ecological footprint, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Energy development, Sustainability, Low-carbon economy
Prince Albert II of Monaco Focuses On Environment At National Press Club
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Albert will discuss sustainable practices undertaken by the Principality of Monaco and address the need to draw global attention to protect the marine environment. The Prince is founder and chairman of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation , which...
Tags: The National Press Club, prince albert, Albert II, Los Angeles, Environment, Albert II Prince of Monaco, Outline of Monaco, Philatelists, House of Grimaldi, Albert, Monaco, Regents, Sustainability
Act now, before Mumbai, Kolkata drown!
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 20 hours ago
Credibility If we want to play in the big league we must stop seeing ecological solutions as impositions, say Vikram Sood and Nandita Sood-Perret. T he world's leaders will be meeting in Copenhagen in a few days in what was to be a global effort to save the planet...
Tags: climate change, India, global warming, Brahmaputra, Copenhagen Protocol, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Environment, Scientific opinion on climate change, Carbon finance, Effects of global warming, Sustainability, Greenhouse gas
Senate passes ETS ammendments
Brisbane :: Australia | about 24 hours ago
Credibility The Upper House is currently considering a series of 12 amendments from the Australian Greens which are aimed at ensuring permits for emitting carbon dioxide are auctioned rather than handed out free. Greens senator Christine Milne said this was a critical...
Tags: Senate, senator passed, Australia, Brisbane, Environment, Greenwashing, Australian Senate, Australian Greens, Emissions trading, Politics, Carbon finance, Westminster system, United States Senate, Sustainability
Countries must unwind stimulus: McKibbin
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 1 day ago
Credibility Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board member Warwick McKibbin, who will be taking part in a bank meeting on Tuesday to discuss domestic monetary policy, said historically low rates were creating a "big problem" for major economies whose currencies were...
Tags: Dr McKibbin, monetary policy, Copenhagen, purchasing power, Denmark, Financial crisis, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Central bank, Warwick McKibbin, Sustainability
Wellington Company Recognized for Sustainability
Wellington :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce is a strong promoter of the importance of sustainable business. “Smart business and environmental sustainability go hand in hand as more and more companies are discovering. “We hope that more companies follow...
Tags: New Zealand, Wellington, Business Finance, Sustainable development, Sustainability
PM's Support for 'Big Australia' Confusing-Labor MP
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility Kevin Rudd's support for population growth and a "big Australia" is harder to understand than an episode of the enigmatic TV drama Lost, a federal Labor backbencher says. Victorian MP Kelvin Thomson argues Australia needs to stabilise its population at...
Tags: Australia, New Zealand, Auckland, Environment, Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Sustainable Population Australia, Kelvin Thomson, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Ecological footprint, Carbon footprint, Kevin Rudd, Sustainability
Senator Christopher Dodd: U.N. Facilitator
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Sustainable Development, Livable Communities Act Senator Christopher Dodd: U.N...To give meaning to this grandiose definition, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development adopted Agenda 21 , signed by 179 nations, including the United...
Tags: sustainability development, U.N., urban boundary, comprehensive plans, livable communities, million acres, senator christopher, New York City, Urban planning, Environmentalism, Sustainable community, Sustainable development, Christopher Dodd, Sustainability
Britain's oil business just manages to keep trickling along
Lincoln :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility But, whereas hope springs eternal in the minds of the oil men, Peak Oil came to Britain almost 10 years ago and many of the oil majors have come and gone. Production – largely from the North Sea rather than onshore – reached 4.5m barrels a day (b/d) in...
Tags: Britain, Oilexco North Sea, tax breaks, United Kingdom, Lincoln, Futurology, Peak oil, Petroleum, Business Finance, Petroleum politics, Oil well, Sustainability
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