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- 01/04 China City Dwellers to Breathe Unhealthy Air for Another 20-30 Years
- 01/04 Lost World Dominated by Yeti Crabs Discovered in the Antarctic Deep
- 01/04 Government Plans to Produce Panama Disease-free Banana Seedlings Soon
- 01/04 Agri-Pinoy: Government Agricultural Strategy for 2011-2016
- 01/04 Agricultural Salt Distribution to Boost Coconut Production in the Province
- 12/29 Giant Alien Tiger Prawns Invade Gulf, Threaten Shrimp Population
- 12/19 Environment Group Lauds Senate Bill on Industries’ Toxic Chemicals’ Use
- 12/19 Green Activists Give Energy Firm Final Exit Call
- 12/19 Coal Mega-mines a ‘Global Threat’
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China City Dwellers to Breathe Unhealthy Air for Another 20-30 Years
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Lost World Dominated by Yeti Crabs Discovered in the Antarctic Deep
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Government Plans to Produce Panama Disease-free Banana Seedlings Soon
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Agri-Pinoy: Government Agricultural Strategy for 2011-2016
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Agricultural Salt Distribution to Boost Coconut Production in the Province
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Giant Alien Tiger Prawns Invade Gulf, Threaten Shrimp Population
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Environment Group Lauds Senate Bill on Industries’ Toxic Chemicals’ Use
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Green Activists Give Energy Firm Final Exit Call
AGRICULTURE
Government Plans to Produce Panama Disease-free Banana Seedlings Soon
The government will produce in four years a totally Panama disease-free banana seedlings that will eradicate the disease and bail out one of Philippines’ largest farm export crop with foreign… Read more
Agri-Pinoy: Government Agricultural Strategy for 2011-2016
Agrikulturang Pilipino (Agri-Pinoy) is the overall strategic framework for the agricultural services and programs of the national government for 2011-2016. The four guiding principles of Agri-Pinoy are sustainable agriculture, food… Read more
Agricultural Salt Distribution to Boost Coconut Production in the Province
For utilization in the production of coconut trees in the province, the office of the provincial agriculture is scheduled to distribute agricultural salt to coconut farmers this month. Provincial Agriculturist… Read more
CARBON TRADING
Gulf Orders Piling Up For Fuel-Efficient 787 Dreamliners
From January next year, all airlines wishing to land and take off in Europe will have to buy permits under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to help cover the… Read more
Chinese Airlines Plan to Sue EU Over Air Pollution Law
Air China Ltd. and three other major Chinese carriers are planning to jointly sue the European Union for its plan to charge airlines for carbon emissions, a senior official with… Read more
Australian Senate Passes Carbon Tax
The Gillard government declared victory for a “historic economic reform” today after the Senate finally passed a carbon tax – laws that have created political havoc for four years and… Read more
POLICIES
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Environment Group Lauds Senate Bill on Industries’ Toxic Chemicals’ Use
Environmental group Greenpeace Sunday lauded the filing of Senate Bill 3087, authored by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, seeking to establish a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register in the country. “Pollution… Read more
- France, China, Japan Hammer Canada Over Kyoto
- China Looks Into U.S. Energy Trade Policies
ENERGY
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Green Activists Give Energy Firm Final Exit Call
GREEN Alert Negros (GAN) and its partner, Countdown Movement, gave Sunday a final exit call for the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). “No matter how EDC tries its luck to convince… Read more
- Coal Mega-mines a 'Global Threat'
- Clean Energy Military Engagement A Positive Action
POLLUTION
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China City Dwellers to Breathe Unhealthy Air for Another 20-30 Years
Millions of city dwellers in China will be breathing unhealthy air for at least another 20 years despite recent moves to tighten controls on the most harmful form of pollution,… Read more
- Mountains Limited Spread of Fallout From Fukushima
- Beijing Under Pressure to Tighten Air Monitoring
ECOSYSTEMS
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Lost World Dominated by Yeti Crabs Discovered in the Antarctic Deep
Scientists have discovered a deep sea ecosystem dominated by hairy pale crabs off of Antarctica. The new species of “Yeti crabs” survive alongside many other likely new species, including a… Read more
- Giant Alien Tiger Prawns Invade Gulf, Threaten Shrimp Population
- Agreement to Boost Mangrove Resources
GREEN TECH
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Green Cement Company Calera Raises $10M
Calera, a company that captures carbon dioxide to make building materials, has raised another $10 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the Security Exchange Commission. The basic… Read more
- HyperSolar’s Green Process Lowers Cost of Natural Gas Production
- Cars Go Green, Online
JOBS
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Solar Jobs Report Shows 6.8% Growth over 2010
The Solar Foundation released its National Jobs Census last week at Solar Power International (SPI) in Dallas, Texas. The good news is that the solar power industry added almost ten… Read more
- “How Obama’s Green Energy Agenda Is Killing Jobs”
- USEP’s Geology Course Aims to Meet Growing Job Demand