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Melbourne water users slapped with 'desal tax' despite recent floods

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20 Jan 2011

Melbourne water users slapped with 'desal tax' despite recent floods

News / Policy & Finance

Province lobbies hard for damming of Poyang Lake

...flood season." Those who question the project said the water project could have a negative impact, as building a dam on the lake will cut off its link with the Yangtze, threaten the ecological system ...

13 Mar 2012

Province lobbies hard for damming of Poyang Lake

News / Water

New data boosts groundwater knowledge

...flood events. Senior hydrogeologist Rob Brownbill says the data is particularly important in the wake of the recent drought. "The research was done to give us a better understanding of the process of ...

21 Jul 2011

New data boosts groundwater knowledge

News / Carbon & Climate

Global study reveals climate picture of peril for millions of poor

...flood susceptibility, yields of different crops as well as poverty indicators such as child malnutrition to give a global view. "When you put these maps together they reveal places around the world wh...

3 Jun 2011

Global study reveals climate picture of peril for millions of poor

News / Cities

Rethinking cities of the future: Insight from Steffen Lehmann

...flooding. New technologies are essential, but technology alone will not be enough; they have to be put into a societal framework. EB: Where are current consumption patterns taking us? SL: To fully und...

27 Nov 2012

Rethinking cities of the future: Insight from Steffen Lehmann

News / Carbon & Climate

Airlines warn of trade row over EU carbon plan

...flooding. It aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 20 percent below 1990 levels over the next decade.

19 Sep 2011

Airlines warn of trade row over EU carbon plan

News / Carbon & Climate

Factbox: The Green Climate Fund

...floods that could trigger crop failures, damage to infrastructure and disrupt water supplies. They blame the major industrialized nations for pumping large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning...

1 Dec 2011

Factbox: The Green Climate Fund

News / Energy

Tepco fails to get assurance on restarting second Fukushima nuclear plant

...flooded the station, knocking out cooling systems. Its second plant in the prefecture was safely shut down in the disaster and accounts for about 7 percent of Tepco’s capacity. The central government ...

22 Apr 2011

Tepco fails to get assurance on restarting second Fukushima nuclear plant

News / Water

S'pore water research gets $140m boost

...floods across the island recently, which have caused traffic snarls and damage to properties worth millions of dollars. A panel of experts has since been set up to review Singapore’s drainage system a...

5 Jul 2011

S'pore water research gets $140m boost

News / Carbon & Climate

Global warming effects on Singapore

...floods to earthquakes, rose sharply from an annual average of 100 in the 1980s to 300 since the turn of the millennium. A study released on Jan 4 by re-insurance giant Munich Re, a leading player in t...

23 Jan 2011

Global warming effects on Singapore

News / Water

Hydro-electric plants lack safety controls

...flooding also washed away two houses. On May 24 of this year, the An Khe Hydroelectric Plant in Gia Lai unexpectedly released a large volume of water that destroyed dozens of hectares of farmland and ...

23 Jun 2011

Hydro-electric plants lack safety controls

News / Water

Hydropower plants warned over reckless water discharges

...floods, and to work with local flood and storm prevention and control committees to ensure the safety of local people during flood discharges. He asked local industry and trade departments to increase...

6 Nov 2010

Hydropower plants warned over reckless water discharges

News / Carbon & Climate

Warming could exceed safe levels in this lifetime

...floods, droughts and rising seas, while some experts said a 1.5 degree limit would be safer. It is widely agreed among scientists that global pledges so far for curbing greenhouse gas emissions are no...

23 Oct 2011

Warming could exceed safe levels in this lifetime

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change threatens drop in grain harvest

...flooding increased from 5 million hectares per year in the 1970s to 10 million hectares per year in the 2000s, CAAS statistics showed. Also, the annual grain harvest loss due to pests and plant diseas...

9 Nov 2011

Climate change threatens drop in grain harvest

News / Policy & Finance

'N-plants can withstand disasters'

...floods and dam breaks. The government informed Parliament that after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) had set up six taskforces to review safety fea...

4 Aug 2011

'N-plants can withstand disasters'

News / Transport

2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Driving green cars

...flooding in Thailand, were immediately sensed. Japan was once dominant in the automotive industry but appears to be facing a bleak future. FOURIN, a global automotive market research and publishing co...

12 Dec 2011

2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Driving green cars

News / Policy & Finance

China calls for talks over shelved Myanmar dam

...flooded an area about the size of Singapore, creating a 766-square-km (296-square-mile) reservoir, mainly to serve growing energy needs in neighboring China, which would have imported about 90 percent...

1 Oct 2011

China calls for talks over shelved Myanmar dam

News / Carbon & Climate

EU warns time running out for climate deal

...floods, increase crop failures and raise sea levels to the point where several island states are threatened with extinction. South African President Jacob Zuma has said Durban will be a failure if a G...

9 Dec 2011

EU warns time running out for climate deal

News / Energy

A new Three Gorges Dam in Jiangxi?

...flood prevention, combating drought, electricity generation and shipping, resembling the Three Gorges Dam in function. The dam will be the most expensive hydropower project in Jiangxi's history. Exper...

6 Jun 2011

A new Three Gorges Dam in Jiangxi?

News / Energy

Two rivers: The chance to export power divides Southeast Asia

...flood control in the wet season, and benefit irrigation during the dry season. But a hydropower operator's first priority is to produce electricity, not to prevent floods or irrigate dry season crops....

25 Oct 2011

Two rivers: The chance to export power divides Southeast Asia

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