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Tepco under state control as government gets shares for cash

...11, 2011 quake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear station, causing three meltdowns and radiation leaks that forced about 160,000 people to evacuate. “We are sorry and take very seriou...

31 Jul 2012

Tepco under state control as government gets shares for cash

News / Waste

Charities to receive carbon tax help: Wong

...1. "We have put in place a fund for charities to help them with the transition to the carbon price," she told ABC Radio on Wednesday. Opposition climate change spokesman Greg Hunt said it was absurd t...

11 Apr 2012

Charities to receive carbon tax help: Wong

News / Energy

Suntech jumps on Japan subsidies as elong gains

...18 percent in 2011. AsiaInfo-Linkage, which sells telecommunication software to China’s biggest wireless carriers, slipped 2.3 percent to $12.50 a day after gaining 15 percent after Reuters said the c...

19 Jun 2012

Suntech jumps on Japan subsidies as elong gains

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Recycling systems operational in South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

...11 and the official operations in January 2012. Due to the adoption of the Basel Ban Amendment and the trend of separate individual regulations by each country on the export of hazardous waste, there ...

11 Jul 2012

Recycling systems operational in South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

News / Energy

Energy crisis fuels trade deficit

...1 billion to generate power from solar, he said. Imports of petroleum products have also increased each consecutive year due to power outages. “It is estimated that fuel imports will touch Rs 100 bill...

31 May 2012

Energy crisis fuels trade deficit

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change bill of $1b for suburbs

...11 to almost $20 million by 2100. The annual cost of flooding in Elwood would rise from about $2.5 million in 2011 to $15 million by the end of the century, according to the report, which is based on ...

21 Oct 2012

Climate change bill of $1b for suburbs

News / Policy & Finance

Norway, Indonesia $1 billion forest pact broken, group says

...1997 Kyoto Protocol. That’s the linchpin of efforts to limit fossil-fuel emissions blamed for damaging the atmosphere. Forest destruction is responsible for about 17 percent of global emissions and th...

30 Nov 2011

Norway, Indonesia $1 billion forest pact broken, group says

News / Corporate Responsibility

Sustainability needs to be in a company's DNA: interview with Martin Blake

...12 to 8 per cent, saving 230 million pounds a year. We had the biggest road fleet and each year, 16 customers were killed in road accidents. People get drunk and stumble in front of our lorries at 3am...

28 Aug 2013

Sustainability needs to be in a company's DNA: interview with Martin Blake

News / Policy & Finance

China wants 5 mn hybrid electric vehicles on the road by 2020

...159, including those for government pilot programmes for e-taxis and e-buses, official data showed. China saw sales of 14.5 million cars in 2011. The country's car market declined 1.3 percent in the f...

18 Apr 2012

China wants 5 mn hybrid electric vehicles on the road by 2020

News / Energy

PLN’s geothermal plants likely to miss deadline

...10. All of the geothermal power plant projects are intended to fulfill the second phase of the government’s electrification acceleration program known as the 10,000 megawatt (MW) fast-track program th...

26 Jul 2012

PLN’s geothermal plants likely to miss deadline

News / Policy & Finance

China's plan to clean up air in cities will doom the climate, scientists say

...11, humans had added 531 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading global body for assessing climate science. Tha...

14 Feb 2014

China's plan to clean up air in cities will doom the climate, scientists say

News / Green Buildings

A green flair for Singapore hospitality

...11 of its Southeast Asian hotels from 1 October. Hilton’s Southeast Asian vice president of operations, William Costley, said in a statement on Monday that organizations were becoming increasingly con...

4 Oct 2012

A green flair for Singapore hospitality

News / Energy

More turbines for South Australia's Snowtown wind farm

...10 per cent of South Australia's current electricity consumption; further cementing the state's lead in wind power generation. Stage 1 of Snowtown Wind Farm was completed in 2008 and is comprised of 4...

29 May 2012

More turbines for South Australia's Snowtown wind farm

News / Green Buildings

City’s green makeover from the top

...11. “It looked all feasible back in 2002 when roof gardens were not so common. But we started having problems with the water leaking from the top and the roots coming through the concrete roof and wal...

15 Jun 2012

City’s green makeover from the top

News / Energy

India Inc wants policy support to bet on wind, solar energy

...15 per cent of its power needs, or 80,000 mw, from renewable sources by 2020 with an investment of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. This has boosted investment in the sector by 54 per cent in just one year, and sol...

5 Jun 2012

India Inc wants policy support to bet on wind, solar energy

News / Energy

Malaysians set to boost renewable energy five-fold

...1 December. SEDA Malaysia too has also received a directive of only allowing the Small Renewable Energy Projects in Sabah which achieved commercial operation on 1 December 2011 to enjoy the premium ta...

9 Jan 2012

Malaysians set to boost renewable energy five-fold

News / Green Buildings

The future of New Zealand's office buildings

...1. Creemers'company was behind the Iron Bank building on K road, which received a 5 Green Star rating from NZGBC. He says that going green usually means 10 per cent added building costs, but those are...

27 Aug 2012

The future of New Zealand's office buildings

News / Green Buildings

Sustainability Leaders Series: Autodesk’s Jake Layes

...11, Autodesk’s Singapore headquarters became its first green office in Asia Pacific. Can you share more about Autodesk's own sustainability initiatives? How far have you progressed and how is this mea...

7 May 2013

Sustainability Leaders Series: Autodesk’s Jake Layes

News / Food & Agriculture

More farmers plant genetically-modified crops

...160 million ha in 2011. In total, 16.7 million farmers, up 1.3 million or 8 per cent from 2010, engaged in biotech crop cultivation last year. Dr Clive James, Founder and Chair of the International Se...

25 Feb 2012

More farmers plant genetically-modified crops

News / Policy & Finance

PM Julia Gillard seeks overhaul of Australia’s electricity supply market

...1, resulted in a 0.2 inflation rate for July and 1.5 per cent for the year. It is based on a 14.9 per cent electricity rate hike and 10.3 per cent increase for other fuel prices on account of the carb...

7 Aug 2012

PM Julia Gillard seeks overhaul of Australia’s electricity supply market

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