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Gates agriculture grants focus on seeds, climate

...flooding, disease, or pests more effectively than conventional breeding alone," Jeff Raikes, chief executive of the foundation started by the billionaire founder of software giant Microsoft, said in a...

14 Oct 2010

Gates agriculture grants focus on seeds, climate

News / Carbon & Climate

Illegal timber trade concern of all nations: SBY

...floods and mudslides that not only cause economic losses but loss of life.” The calls for a crackdown on illegal logging came just weeks after Yudhoyono issued a much-criticized decree on a two-year m...

8 Jun 2011

Illegal timber trade concern of all nations: SBY

News / Food & Agriculture

Coastal commune goes green

...floods in 1999 that Ru Cha forest acted as a shield to safeguard them from natural calamities. He said Thuan Hoa village had set a rule forbidding every deforestation activity and asked everyone to pr...

27 Jul 2011

Coastal commune goes green

News / Waste

Queensland budget supports recycling

...Flooding in December and January, followed by Cyclone Yasi in February, are estimated to have together detracted 2¼ percentage points, or around $6 billion, from gross state product (GSP) in Queenslan...

21 Jun 2011

Queensland budget supports recycling

News / Policy & Finance

Cost shadow falls on solar savings plan for federal parliament

...flood levy and we are looking at a trial program of possible savings of $9500 a year,” she said. “Energy would have to increase absolutely astronomically to get some return on your investment.”

21 Feb 2011

Cost shadow falls on solar savings plan for federal parliament

News / Energy

Malaysia has no need for nuke plants, says EPSM

...floods, he said the idea of having nuclear power plants in the country should be rejected. “We don’t even need it as there is surplus energy supply in Malaysia,” he said when contacted yesterday. In ...

14 Mar 2011

Malaysia has no need for nuke plants, says EPSM

News / Water

Desalting of Marina Reservoir almost complete: Minister

...floods and creating a new lifestyle attraction. Desalting of the reservoir began in April 2009 and has steadily progressed through natural replacement by rainwater.

11 Jan 2011

Desalting of Marina Reservoir almost complete: Minister

News / Energy

Silex to close only Australian solar panel factory

...flood of Chinese products into the local market was "trampling over Australian local manufacturing” in June this year. Silex’s solar panels can be found on the roof of the Senate wing and the garde...

17 Aug 2011

Silex to close only Australian solar panel factory

News / Food & Agriculture

Growing pressure on water supplies affecting one in five global businesses

...flooding, and rising prices. Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/12/water-supplies-global-businesses

12 Nov 2010

Growing pressure on water supplies affecting one in five global businesses

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: Climate impasse could kill carbon offset investment

...floods and drought and threatening the existence of many small island nations. Many developing countries like the Kyoto pact, because its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows companies in rich cou...

31 Oct 2011

Analysis: Climate impasse could kill carbon offset investment

News / Policy & Finance

ASEAN nations reconsider the nuclear option

...floods in the region seem to be occurring more often these days,' said John Wong, a professorial fellow and academic adviser at Singapore's East Asian Institute. 'All governments need to be on constan...

11 Jul 2011

ASEAN nations reconsider the nuclear option

News / Policy & Finance

Recent rains bolster hydroelectric plants, but China braces for summer power shortages

...flooding along the tributaries of the Yangtze River. But Mr. Liu went on to warn, “We are facing unprecedented difficulties to meet electricity demand.” Hydroelectric dams represent 22 percent of Chin...

22 Jun 2011

Recent rains bolster hydroelectric plants, but China braces for summer power shortages

News / Policy & Finance

U.S. seeks exemption to EU aviation CO2 plan

...floods and rising sea levels. The European Commission said there were no plans to back down, echoing statements by President Jose Manuel Barroso earlier this month. "The Commission is ready to consult...

22 Jun 2011

U.S. seeks exemption to EU aviation CO2 plan

News / Energy

WB lends $330 mln for northern hydropower project

...flood control and irrigation benefits to rural and poor communities in the northern province. Electricity consumption in Vietnam has been growing at 15 percent annually for the past several years and ...

28 Apr 2011

WB lends $330 mln for northern hydropower project

News / Energy

China to spend 5 trillion yuan on new energy in next decade

...flood into China’s new energy industry, including the nuclear energy, in the next 10 years, according to a report by Economic Information, a newspaper under the national Xinhua news agency on Wedne...

16 Mar 2011

China to spend 5 trillion yuan on new energy in next decade

News / Energy

Swan takes axe to failed green schemes

...flood reconstruction package.

11 May 2011

Swan takes axe to failed green schemes

Press Releases / Eco-Business

From around the world, lessons in 'climate smart' agriculture

...flooded, draining them mid-season, or irrigating only intermittently can decrease methane emissions. Similarly, while adding organic fertilizers like manure to water-filled paddies stimulates methane ...

4 Nov 2010

From around the world, lessons in 'climate smart' agriculture

News / Water

More delays possible for desal plant

...flooded," he said. AdelaideAqua is expected to make almost $500 million from the plant, while consumers face a 50 per cent rise in the cost of water to pay for the plant.

28 May 2011

More delays possible for desal plant

News / Water

Eco-Business.com exclusive: Jakarta’s Water Woes

...flood canals that would divert water coming from higher elevations around the city’s heart and out to the sea. The city completed the West Flood Canal in 1920, but land acquisition issues that involve...

10 Aug 2010

Eco-Business.com exclusive: Jakarta’s Water Woes

News / Energy

S. Korea's oldest reactor safe to operate: gov't

...flooding by tsunamis that destroyed power infrastructure in Japan, with mobile power generators to be acquired so they can be sent to power plants if all backups fail. The agency added that so-called ...

6 May 2011

S. Korea's oldest reactor safe to operate: gov't

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