Obama to travel to Copenhagen climate summit - Summary
Washington - US President Barack Obama will be in Copenhagen during the early stages of a major United Nations summit aimed at curtailing global climate change, the White House said Wednesday. The Obama administration also proposed cutting its domest...
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2009-11-25 ] Category : [
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UN agency approves 'groundbreaking' anti-illegal fishing treaty
Rome - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has approved a treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal fishing, the Rome-based UN agency said Wednesday. The treaty, known as the Agreement on Port State M...
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2009-11-25 ] Category : [
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Indonesian police arrest Greenpeace activists in Sumatra
Jakarta - Indonesian police on Wednesday arrested 14 Greenpeace activists for blocking the export facilities of a major pulp mill company in eastern Sumatra. The activists were in police custody in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau in eastern Sumatra, f...
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2009-11-25 ] Category : [
Environment ]
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New Zealand parliament passes new climate change law
Wellington - The New Zealand parliament passed a controversial new climate change law through parliament by a narrow majority on Wednesday, defying its own chief adviser on the environment. The centre-right government fast-tracked legislation setting...
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2009-11-25 ] Category : [
Environment ]
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Hong Kong people dump billions fewer plastic bags
Hong Kong - Four billion fewer plastic bags a year are being thrown out with the rubbish by Hong Kong people as the city's environmental consciousness grows, officials said Wednesday. A government study found there had been a 66.5-per-cent drop in th...
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2009-11-25 ] Category : [
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Powerful quake off Tonga but no tsunami threat
Wellington - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific island state of Tonga early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat ...
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2009-11-24 ] Category : [
Nature (Environment) ]
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EXTRA: US, India agree on partnership for 'green' economy
Washington - US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday pledged their countries will work closely to develop clean forms of energy to help curtail the threat posed by global warming. Obama said a clean energy initiati...
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2009-11-24 ] Category : [
Environment ]
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