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Industry slams carbon Gillard's call

...try that pays electricity has to pay that extra bill, and it goes straight to jobs." The carbon price will apply to the energy sector, transport, industrial emissions and waste. It will not hit the ag...

25 Feb 2011

Industry slams carbon Gillard's call

News / Water

Small-scale waterwheel hydropower generating buzz across Japan

...tion is attracting a great deal of attention as it requires little alteration to local geography to install generators and emits almost no carbon dioxide thanks to its high energy conversion efficienc...

28 Nov 2010

Small-scale waterwheel hydropower generating buzz across Japan

News / Policy & Finance

Shoddy solar water heaters threaten industry reputation: association leader

...t very few of them felt obliged to meet independent certification and accreditation requirements, he said. He cited the case of the China General Certification Center (CGCC), authorized by the State G...

24 Feb 2011

Shoddy solar water heaters threaten industry reputation: association leader

News / Energy

Sinovel Wind to raise up to $1.4 billion in Shanghai IPO

...t the industry's growth has already been slowing due to increasing competition, and Sinovel's growth will also be restricted by the fact that it's already the market leader, so I don't expect to see a...

3 Jan 2011

Sinovel Wind to raise up to $1.4 billion in Shanghai IPO

News / Energy

Malaysia's first solar power plant

...tion and we can immediately connect to the system.” The cost of a solar power plant is estimated at US$4mil per megawatt (MW). For perspective, that makes it roughly six times more costly than putting...

23 Feb 2011

Malaysia's first solar power plant

News / Energy

German states threaten legal action against nuclear extension

...t at Germany's constitutional court against the federal government if it recommends extending the life of the country's nuclear reactors. "We will exercise our right if necessary, at the constitutiona...

27 Aug 2010

German states threaten legal action against nuclear extension

News / Water

'Three River Master Plan' waste water treatment program to give boost to Pasig River clean-up

...t up STPs so that the STPs will receive the water for treatment before discharging water into the river,” he said. Along with the construction of intercepter systems that will collect the waste water,...

15 Dec 2010

'Three River Master Plan' waste water treatment program to give boost to Pasig River clean-up

News / Policy & Finance

Teething problems shadow India solar power dreams

...termined by the electricity tariff that they accept as viable. Such has been the interest, that the government has been flooded investment pledges for the first batch of projects. With about 250-300 c...

24 May 2011

Teething problems shadow India solar power dreams

News / Policy & Finance

Approval for toxic waste shipment lands Danish minister in hot water

...t. Australia's then environment minister, Peter Garrett, approved the shipment on August 18. The hexachlorobenzene, a byproduct of solvents manufactured at Botany until 1991, is to be incinerated at 1...

25 Nov 2010

Approval for toxic waste shipment lands Danish minister in hot water

News / Carbon & Climate

Thought Leadership Series: On slums, good governance and climate change: interview with UN-Habitat undersecretary-general Anna Tibaijuka

...t which looks at the state of the cities, which we hope to promote at this summit. Cities may look great on the surface if you look at their central business districts, but if you scratch beneath the ...

11 Jul 2010

Thought Leadership Series: On slums, good governance and climate change: interview with UN-Habitat undersecretary-general Anna Tibaijuka

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Low-carbon ICT leadership benchmark: which countries lead, which ones follow?

...tainability Initiative (GeSI) is an international strategic partnership of the ICT sector and international organisations committed to creating and promoting technologies and practices that foster eco...

23 May 2011

Low-carbon ICT leadership benchmark: which countries lead, which ones follow?

News / Waste

Tackling nuke waste in Singapore backyard

...t generate waste that is highly radioactive. There are two types of radioactive waste. The first are items such as types of machinery, which emit radiation at levels above the limits set by the Radiat...

21 Apr 2011

Tackling nuke waste in Singapore backyard

News / Carbon & Climate

Forest deal in tatters

...tive forests, and who want wedge-tailed eagles and swift parrots protected," Mr Edwards said. "We say that protection comes at a cost to Tasmania in opportunities lost, so it therefore is a cost that ...

8 Dec 2010

Forest deal in tatters

News / Policy & Finance

Index set to draw socially responsible funds

...to be part of this index, we would certainly like to see our listed companies be able to meet the screening criteria for inclusion into the index. This essentially means that the companies that meet t...

25 Dec 2010

Index set to draw socially responsible funds

News / Policy & Finance

Prolonging nuclear power may stymie investment into renewables

...the old nuclear power plants just keep running, then progress won't be made and little will be invested […] it would actually lead to an investment bottleneck." Noto also pointed out that four of the ...

27 Aug 2010

Prolonging nuclear power may stymie investment into renewables

News / Energy

China owes top global energy spot to barnyard spoils: IEA

...ther sources of energy, meant it would soon claim the top energy consumer spot, if it had not already, said Tanaka. "Maybe if not 2009, then it is 2010, this year, or next year at the latest. But it d...

17 Nov 2010

China owes top global energy spot to barnyard spoils: IEA

News / Transport

China's BYD showcases clean car tech for Buffett

...ted. "This is my first trip to Shenzhen but I promise you it won't be my last," Buffett told the audience at the ceremony. Reuters could not attend the event due to restricted access but obtained a re...

27 Sep 2010

China's BYD showcases clean car tech for Buffett

News / Waste

Recycling in Singapore: 10 years on - Chute, we got it wrong

...tter? For one thing, the chute makes it far too convenient for people to dispose of just about anything that would fit in there. In a recent straw poll of 50 people conducted by The Sunday Times, the ...

12 Dec 2010

Recycling in Singapore: 10 years on - Chute, we got it wrong

News / Policy & Finance

Developing countries could sue for climate action: Study

...tt said. "I'm anticipating that in the next few years we're going to see some really groundbreaking litigation that is not from countries, but from citizens." The U.S. State Department did not return ...

4 Oct 2010

Developing countries could sue for climate action: Study

News / Carbon & Climate

Totoya fights climate change for food security

...that families have been forced to create an outlet inside their homes to channel the water out floodwaters run right through their homes. "The worst thing with Ketei is that most families have generat...

18 Sep 2011

Totoya fights climate change for food security

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