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Climate-change diasters kill 300,000 people a year, cause $125 billion in losses
The Gaea news- LONDON – Rising temperatures due to climate change already account for some 300,000 deaths a year around the world and could rise to half a million casualties by the year 2030, estimates published Friday showed.
A report on the human impact of climate change, presented by the Global Humanitarian Forum in London [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Can “Sustainable” Palm Oil Slow Deforestation?
this is the third feature in a three-part series on palm oil development in Indonesia. Read Part 1: Global Palm Oil Demand Fueling Deforestation and Part 2: Oil Palm Industry Takes Land, Promises Livelihood.
Photo courtesy Angela Sevin
(World Watch Institute) Oil palm plantations yield four tons of oil per hectare, on average. Experts predict that higher [...]
Oil Palm Industry Takes Land, Promises Livelihood
This is the second feature in a weekly, three-part series on palm oil development in Indonesia. Read Part 1: Global Palm Oil Demand Fueling Deforestation.
(World Watch Institute)Dispersed among Indonesia’s massive oil palm plantations, small farmers are contributing increasingly to the country’s booming palm oil industry.
The government has provided substantial subsidies for these farmers – known [...]
Global Palm Oil Demand Fueling Deforestation
This is the first feature in a weekly, three-part series on palm oil development in Indonesia.
(World Watch Institute)The benefits of the oil palm are difficult for Indonesia to ignore.
Once planted, the tropical tree can produce fruit for more than 30 years, providing much-needed employment for poor rural communities. And its oil is highly lucrative, due [...]
New gloomy findings on global warming
BY MARTIN KHOR– Last week’s gathering of 2,500 scientists found the climate change situation is much worse than previously reported. They called on politicians to act quickly and decisively.
WITH the world in economic recession, there is a temptation to downgrade or sideline climate change. That would be a great mistake.
However serious the [...]
Most Asean members want nuclear power
Most of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are amenable to tapping nuclear power to promote alternative sources of energy, an official said yesterday.
They expressed support for the idea even as they prepared to sign an agreement today that will allow governments to sell their oil to neighbors at “friendship” prices.
“Nuclear energy [...]
Rethinking biofuel policies
Alternative energy technologies are likely to become a mainstream issue this year. The volatility of oil prices and dwindling reserves adds incentive for the development of renewable energy sources. The abatement of Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) emissions, however, is the most frequently cited argument for the promotion of biofuels.
The use of biofuels has been [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Companies need to be committed to CR plan
The Global Compact Network Malaysia (Malaysia Compact), the local host of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), believes that companies need to be committed when they declare an intention to initiate corporate responsibility (CR).
Malaysia Compact network founder Puvan J. Selvanathan says it is not enough to just say that one has a CR initiative.
“Having a [...]
Nuclear Power Trend In Asia
Concerns about climate change are prompting more Asian nations to explore nuclear power — a trend that could have direct implications for Singapore and benefits for some companies here.
Invensys Process Systems, a London-based firm that has operated in Singapore for 30 years, believes it can tap into the region’s nuclear future.
The potential is huge: The [...]
Economic Slowdown, Recycling Business Downturn
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Norm Steenstra’s budgeting worries mount with each new load of cardboard, aluminum cans and plastics jugs dumped at West Virginia’s largest county recycling center.
Faced with a dramatic slump in the recycling market, the director of the Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority has cut 20 of his 24 employees’ work week to four [...]
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