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Quake Hits South Iran, Injuring 269 People: Agency
Date: 05-Nov-09
Country: IRAN
Author: Andrew Hammond
TEHRAN - An earthquake hit Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Wednesday, injuring 269 people, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Storm Kills 42 In Vietnam, Several Missing
Date: 05-Nov-09
Country: VIETNAM
Author: John Ruwitch
HANOI - Tropical storm Mirinae killed 42 people after plowing into central Vietnam this week and several others are missing, state media reported on Wednesday.
RecycleBank Adds $28M, Joins Up With Kashless
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Josie Garthwaite - Earth2Tech
RecycleBank, which partners with cities to provide incentives for residential recycling, has just put another $28.25 million in the bank, according to a filing with the SEC. Separately this morning, the company announced a new partnership with Kashless.org, the re-commerce company founded by former Imperium Renewables CEO and serial entrepreneur Martin Tobias.
Hotels Come To The Rescue Of Taipei's Pet Dogs
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: TAIWAN
Author: Ralph Jennings
TAIPEI - Taipei's dogs are living it up at hotels, complete with VIP suites and pools, that aim to ease the problem of strays that has plagued the city for decades.
Humane Society Urges New U.S. Rules For Veal Calves
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department should tighten regulations for the transport and slaughter of veal calves to ensure they are not treated cruelly, the Humane Society of the United States said on Monday.
Full Climate Deal Unlikely By Copenhagen: Barroso
Photo: Yves Herman
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON - A full-fledged international climate deal to fight global warming will not be reached next month in Copenhagen but a framework pact is still possible, the head of the European Commission said Tuesday.
UK Energy Regulator Lifts Grid Spend Cap
Photo: Darren Staples
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: UK
Author: Victoria Bryan
LONDON - British electricity network operators should push ahead with extra investments of up to 1 billion pounds ($1.63 billion) to connect renewable energy sources to the grid by 2012, UK energy regulator Ofgem said on Tuesday.
Forest Protection Hinges On 10-Word Phrase
Photo: Paulo Santos
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: SPAIN
Author: Stacy Feldman
BARCELONA - Developing nations could end up being paid billions of dollars to raze rainforests and build palm oil plantations in their place if the current text of the Copenhagen climate treaty sticks, a group of advocates warned at the United Nations climate talks on Tuesday.
Q+A: How Will U.S. Climate Negotiators Approach Copenhagen?
Photo: Yves Herman
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON - When U.S. negotiators show up in Copenhagen next month to work on a deal to tackle global warming, they probably won't have in their pockets what they most wanted: a law enacted by Washington committing the country to carbon pollution reductions.
Senate Climate Bill Boosts Natural Gas Outlook
Photo: Richard Clement
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Tom Doggett - Analysis
WASHINGTON - The natural gas industry looks to be a big winner in U.S. Senate legislation to tackle climate change on expectations it would lead to more gas demand and a new wave of gas-fired power plants.
Angela Merkel Presses U.S. On Climate In Speech To Congress
Photo: BPA/Handout
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Noah Barkin and Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the United States Tuesday to agree to binding climate goals, telling U.S. lawmakers in a speech to Congress there was "no time to lose" in the fight against global warming.
Distiller's Grain Set To Ride Ethanol Coattails
Photo: Mark Blinch
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Michael Hirtzer - Analysis
CHICAGO - Demand for distiller's grain, a byproduct of distilling corn into ethanol, will continue to grow domestically and abroad as livestock producers turn to the feed as a cheaper alternative to corn, analysts said.
Solar Companies Focus On Nuts And Bolts To Cut Costs
Photo: Vincent Kessler
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Laura Isensee - Analysis
LOS ANGELES - Even as solar companies cook up high tech ways to cut costs, the next push to make the renewable energy source more economical could come from workers who bolt panels onto rooftops and mount them across empty fields.
Kilimanjaro's Ice May Disappear By 2033
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: AFRICA
Author: Katrina Manson
DAR ES SALAAM - The ice on Africa's highest mountain could vanish in 13 to 24 years, a fate also awaiting the continent's other glaciers, a study said Monday.
Disney To Give $7 Million To Reforestation Projects
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the Amazon, Congo and United States as part of its effort to reduce emissions, waste and energy use as a corporation.
Ban Ki-Moon Says Detailed Climate Deal Unlikely
Photo: Andrew Winning
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: UK
Author: Peter Griffiths
LONDON - Governments are unlikely to agree on all the details of a new global climate change deal when they meet in Copenhagen next month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.
China's Wen Tells EU To Stick To Current Climate Pact
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: CHINA
Author: Chris Buckley
BEIJING - China will insist key global climate change negotiations next month build on current treaties that limit the obligations of poor countries in controlling greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said.
African Nations End Boycott Of U.N. Climate Talks
Photo: Asmaa Waguih
Date: 04-Nov-09
Country: SPAIN
Author: Reuters
BARCELONA - African nations agreed on Tuesday to resume work on a new U.N. climate pact after a day-long boycott of the 175-nation negotiations, the chair of the talks said.
Climate Worries To Send Nepal Cabinet To Everest Base
Photo: Ang Tshring Sherpa
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: NEPAL
Author: Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU - Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest this month to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's U.N. negotiations on climate change, a minister said on Monday.
Ford Van To Go All-Electric In 2010
Date: 03-Nov-09
Author: John Gartner - Matter Network
Ford is driving closer to its goal of producing an all-electric car with the announcement of an electric van for North America for 2010. The Ford Transit Connect BEV will incorporate a drivetrain from Azure Dynamics and lithium ion batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft.
Putin Adds Conditions For New Climate Deal
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: RUSSIA
Author: Darya Korsunskaya/Guy Faulconbridge
MOSCOW - Russia will only support a new global climate deal if all major industrialized nations sign up to it and if the capacity of Russia's giant forests are taken into account, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
Decision On Cape Wind Project By Year End-Salazar
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON - A decision will be made by the end of 2009 on whether the go ahead will be given to the massive Cape Wind electricity project off the shore of Massachusetts, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Monday.
Palm Oil CO2 Targets Delayed As Planters, NGOs Clash
Photo: Bazuki Muhammad
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: MALAYSIA
Author: Niluksi Koswanage
KUALA LUMPUR - Planned palm oil carbon emission targets will be delayed by at least a year as planters clash with NGOs on calculating the vegetable oil's environmental impact, officials said on Monday.
Maldives Says Carbon Neutral Goal Ahead Of Schedule
Photo: Maldives Government
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: MALDIVES
Author: Maryam Omidi
The Maldives could achieve its aim of becoming carbon neutral well before its 2020 target, the Indian Ocean island nation's president said Monday.
Australia's Emissions Fall As Economy Slows
Photo: Mick Tsikas
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: Michael Perry
SYDNEY - Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fell in the year to June, the first decline since an greenhouse inventory started in 1998, as the economy slowed due to the global financial crisis.
Climate Law Seen Raising Gasoline 13 Cents A Gallon
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: US
Author: Timothy Gardner
NEW YORK - U.S. climate legislation would hike gasoline prices about 13 cents a gallon as oil companies push the price of carbon permits on to consumers, according to report by Point Carbon, an independent consulting company that tracks global carbon and energy markets.
Deforestation Sped Demise Of Nasca In Peru: Study
Photo: REUTERS
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: SPAIN
Author: REUTERS
BARCELONA, Spain - The mysterious people who etched the "Nasca Lines" across deserts in Peru hastened their own demise by clearing forests 1,500 years ago, according to a study on Monday.
Space Hotel Says It's On Schedule To Open In 2012
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: SPAIN
Author: Stuart McDill
BARCELONA - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
Indonesia Wants Funds For Environment Enforcement
Photo: Yusuf Ahmad
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Sunanda Creagh
JAKARTA - Indonesia's new environment minister said on Thursday he needs more funds for law enforcement to stop illegal logging and pollution, in a bid to curb emissions by one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Alaska Oil Explorers Encountering More Polar Bears
Date: 03-Nov-09
Country: ALASKA
Author: Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct 6 - Oil companies scouring the coastline of Alaska's North Slope for new production sites are converging on the same territory as hungry polar bears trying to escape shrinking and thinning sea ice.