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China ‘for the first time admits' trading in tiger skin

...this report, the Chinese delegate intervened and it was then when this admission came. "It was the first time they admitted officially that this trade exists in China." It is estimated that about 1,60...

11 Jul 2014

China ‘for the first time admits' trading in tiger skin

News / Food & Agriculture

China needs to import more food to ease water, energy shortages: official

...the northwest, shortages threaten to hold back ambitious plans to develop the coal reserves, either by producing synthetic natural gas or delivering power to eastern coastal markets through long-dista...

29 Jul 2014

China needs to import more food to ease water, energy shortages: official

News / Waste

China finds waste is a terrible thing to waste

...that weren't offering the right quality of recycling materials had to adjust their processing method to achieve the right quality," Delacoux says. When the program first started, it hit the Chinese re...

19 Jan 2015

China finds waste is a terrible thing to waste

News / Energy

China helps Pakistan build world’s largest solar farm

...the security arrangements of the entire QASP area. “Through this project the government also wants to send out the message to the outside world that it has the capacity to undertake mega projects and ...

9 Sep 2015

China helps Pakistan build world’s largest solar farm

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Mexico's Riviera Nayarit, joins EarthCheck sustainable leaders program

...tains just ten minutes north of accessible Puerto Vallarta International Airport. The region extends along the entire coast of the Pacific state of Nayarit including the resorts of Nuevo Vallarta, the...

15 Sep 2014

Mexico's Riviera Nayarit, joins EarthCheck sustainable leaders program

News / Carbon & Climate

Ocean algae can evolve fast to tackle climate change: study

...te that many voters believe that natural variations are to blame. The mismatch between scientific and public opinion complicates a plan by almost 200 governments to work out a deal to limit global war...

15 Sep 2014

Ocean algae can evolve fast to tackle climate change: study

News / Energy

China's nuclear power to hit 40 mln kw by 2015

...tly has 17 nuclear power units running with a total installed capacity of 14 million kw. Ye estimated that, if the country has 60 million kw of nuclear power capacity in 2020, it will reduce the emiss...

7 Apr 2014

China's nuclear power to hit 40 mln kw by 2015

News / Energy

Pakistan tax on solar imports threatens clean energy push - experts

...to his company rather than to importers. "If the government retains the taxes on the import (of solar equipment), businessmen will automatically start setting up their manufacturing plants in Pakistan...

17 Nov 2014

Pakistan tax on solar imports threatens clean energy push - experts

News / Water

How big is your water footprint? You may be surprised

...t link the touch of cotton or the aroma of the food to the amount of water that was used to produce them. It might be good idea to start thinking about it. There is more to a cup of coffee than just t...

25 Aug 2014

How big is your water footprint? You may be surprised

News / Waste

Local residents angry at proposals to dump metropolitan waste in landfill sites near rural towns

...t too far from Perth to transport the waste." No effective waste management strategy in place for Perth One thing all parties seem to agree on is that there is not an effective waste management strate...

23 Oct 2013

Local residents angry at proposals to dump metropolitan waste in landfill sites near rural towns

News / Food & Agriculture

Salt invasion in Indo-Gangetic basin has led to 40 per cent increase in human health problems: UN

...tant director at the Institute. "We can't afford not to restore the productivity of salt-affected lands". Zafar Adeel, director of UNU-INWEH, notes the UN Food and Agriculture Organization projects a ...

29 Oct 2014

Salt invasion in Indo-Gangetic basin has led to 40 per cent increase in human health problems: UN

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change policy: the first air grabs are under way

...tically the cost of NOT emitting that tonne, is what matters. If we want to trade carbon assets, we need Governments to create the markets and then step away, leaving independent institutions to run t...

6 Mar 2015

Climate change policy: the first air grabs are under way

News / Transport

Hyundai-Kia beats Honda as 'greenest' automaker

...tor Group, overtook Honda Motor as the "greenest" automaker in the US, according to a report today by the Union of Concerned Scientists. For the first time since UCS began tracking the environmental f...

28 May 2014

Hyundai-Kia beats Honda as 'greenest' automaker

News / Water

Desalination: Ramnad ops raise more doubts

...t has planned for more in water-starved districts such as Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin. A recent TOI article 'Desal plant does little to quench thirst' (Aug 5), however, showed that production at the...

21 Aug 2014

Desalination: Ramnad ops raise more doubts

News / Policy & Finance

Why valuing natural capital is good for business

...t companies can cope with these risks by understanding the economic value of the natural capital that they rely on. Natural capital refers to the products and services that nature provides to society;...

22 Apr 2015

Why valuing natural capital is good for business

News / Food & Agriculture

World Bank suggests hybrid crops, more tech for farm sector

...t so that they don't silt up and then collapse, so that they are able to come back to full use and withstand the storm so that they could still be productive afterwards," she added. "What's important ...

26 May 2014

World Bank suggests hybrid crops, more tech for farm sector

News / Policy & Finance

Battlelines redrawn as Labor stands by ETS

...ter they are introduced in the first week of parliament starting on November 12. "The opposition will move amendments consistent with our pre-election commitments to terminate the carbon tax on the ba...

4 Nov 2013

Battlelines redrawn as Labor stands by ETS

Videos / Manufacturing

Coffee’s cradle to cradle journey in a bottle

...ty care manufacturer was recently awarded for this innovation by Inpex, a United States-based invention show for new products. This article has been updated to reflect additional information about its...

29 Jul 2014

Coffee’s cradle to cradle journey in a bottle

Press Releases / Wind Energy Update

Major investors join over 180 wind energy stakeholders at Dallas 2014

...that ‘if you control the asset effectively, you can get more value and more output, and investors need to be made aware of this potential. The problem with investors is that they tend to outsour...

21 Feb 2014

Major investors join over 180 wind energy stakeholders at Dallas 2014

News / Policy & Finance

Phase out fossil fuels in power by 2100: IPCC

...te policies and institutions. The longer we wait to take action, the more it will cost to adapt to and mitigate climate change." The synthesis report says that although estimates of mitigation costs v...

3 Nov 2014

Phase out fossil fuels in power by 2100: IPCC

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