11/7/2006

Brazil's Supreme Court denied a petition to be released from jail by one of two men charged with ordering the killing of a U.S. nun in the Amazon rain forest in February last year. Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura doesn't have the ...   

11/7/2006

The WWF environmental group on Tuesday urged the Group of Eight nations (G8) to treat climate change and energy security in one concerted effort, comparable to the post-World War Two Marshall Plan. In a study released ahead of a ...   

11/7/2006

Ethanol is far from a cure-all for the nation''s energy problems. It''s not as environmentally friendly as some supporters claim and would supply only 12 percent of U.S. motoring fuel -- even if every acre of corn were used. A ...   

11/7/2006

THE potential appetite of the country's biggest pulp mill for Tasmanian native forest has been detailed for the first time - and it appears to be gigantic. The proposed $1.5 billion Gunns pulp mill near Launceston would take ...   

11/7/2006

Social contact helped the Ebola virus virtually wipe out a population of gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, French researchers reported on Monday. A 2004 outbreak of the virus, which also kills people, killed 97 ...   

11/7/2006

A LEAKED document shows native forests would be used to supply Gunns' proposed pulp mill, the Wilderness Society says. And woodchip volumes harvested in Tasmania could jump to nearly seven million tonnes if the mill went ahead, ...   

11/7/2006

France's wind power share in electricity consumption could jump to 30 percent by 2030 provided the government removes bureaucratic hurdles, France's wind power association said on Monday. Wind power makes up 0.25 percent of ...   

11/7/2006

Conservation group WWF has said that one of the world's largest paper and pulp companies is failing to live up to pledges to help protect some of Indonesia's most important remaining forests. A new WWF monitoring report showed ...   

11/7/2006

A NASA scientist on Monday warned that the western United States could become more arid and the sea level could rise drastically unless Congress takes prompt action to reduce global warming. James Hansen, head of the NASA ...   

11/7/2006

The International Energy Agency on Monday called for China to revamp its electric power industry, noting that waste and inefficiency contributed to the need for the country to add enough new, mostly coal-fired, power plants every two ...   

11/7/2006

As global warming continues and California's mountain snowpack decreases, the state can expect to see a drastic drop in its drinking and farm water supplies, as well as more frequent winter flooding. These are among the findings ...   

11/7/2006

The link between climate security and energy security cannot be underplayed, according to WWF. A new briefing from the global conservation organization shows how investing in a secure climate future will also bring benefits to a more ...   

11/7/2006

Hundreds of deaths caused by volcanic leaks of carbon dioxide around the world are worrying experts who are researching how to bury industrial emissions of the gas as part of an assault on global warming. The concerns come as ...   

11/7/2006

Gunns Ltd has dismissed a leaked draft of plans for its proposed pulp mill, saying the information is incomplete and outdated. The Wilderness Society yesterday released a document entitled Gunns Ltd Bell Bay Pulp Mill ...   

11/7/2006

A fresh row over nuclear power is poised to flare when the Government will say it has a role to play in generating energy, sparking an outcry from green campaigners and some experts. The long-awaited energy review is due to be ...   

11/7/2006

The Group of Eight leaders of the world's big industrial nations will reaffirm commitments to fight climate change this weekend after agreeing them last year, the head of the European Union's executive arm said on Tuesday. The G8 ...   

11/7/2006

The government Tuesday announced a further ban on the export of rough sawn rubberwood that are finger-jointed, in view of the shortage of the material in the country. Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter ...   

11/7/2006

If you haven't seen it, here's a quick synopsis of An Inconvenient Truth, the global-warming movie that has ignited a firestorm in the U.S. and inexplicably nothing in Canada: Al Gore says that carbon dioxide levels are going through the ...   

11/7/2006

There was good and bad news for Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr . yesterday after he traveled to BP Solar North America's headquarters in Frederick to outline his stance on a range of issues dealing with renewable energy. In ...   

11/7/2006

Don't be fooled by the breathtaking sunsets, top-notch boating and bountiful hauls of shellfish: Puget Sound's health is in danger, members of a special task force said Monday. In a report to Gov. Christine Gregoire, the ...   

11/7/2006

Prime Minister Tony Blair's government today will recommend ways to spur investors to build a new generation of nuclear power plants in the U.K., risking further divisions in the ruling Labour Party. Britain's 23 nuclear ...   

11/7/2006

After dealing with far too much water, southern Louisianans must now cope with far too little: In the century that records have been kept, the region has never been so dry. The drought started in April of last year, and since ...   

11/7/2006

It is decision time - if the UK is going to get on track to meet its long-term carbon targets we must come up with innovative and business-friendly policies that are going to change the way we think about and use energy. The ...   

11/7/2006

Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxics Campaigner Beau Baconguis said: “The countdown to another oceans disaster has begun. The start of the controlled 30-day test run granted to Lafayette by the Department of Environment and Natural ...   

11/7/2006

New Jersey's Meadowlands has become the latest US region to buck the Bush administration by agreeing to greenhouse gas emissions goals outlined by an international pact on global warming. The Meadowlands, a region of swamps near ...