Environment News

German technology cleans up Hanoi turtle's lake - Feature
Hanoi - Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake at the heart of the old city, is stagnant, thick with green algae and choked with sludge. It is also a historical treasure and the heart of Vietnamese nationalism. According to legend, 15th-c...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

Greenpeace accuses Taiwan tolerating overfishing tuna stocks
Taipei - International environment protection group the Greenpeace on Saturday accused the Taiwan government of tolerating illegal fishing and overfishing of tuna by the country's fishermen. At a news conference held in Taipei together with the Envir...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

Australians warned of 'catastrophic' fire danger
Sydney - More than 1,000 of Australia's volunteer firefighters were in action Saturday as crews battled 60 of forest blazes in the sweltering south-east where a decade of drought has left tinderbox conditions. A total ban on open fires was declared i...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Environment ]

ElBaradei: Iran has not totally rejected nuclear fuel plan
Berlin - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally rejected his agency's nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out. The ball is now in Iran's court. I hope they wi...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Heavy rainfalls mean flooding in northern Britain - officer missing
London - Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in Scotland and northern Britain and one police officer is missing following severe flooding after torrential rain, the Environment Agency said Friday. In the worst-hit regions of Cumbr...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

UN offers rescue targets for troubled climate summit in Copenhagen
New York - Faced with prospects of failure in Copenhagen's climate change summit next month, the United Nations on Thursday cited key targets that could improve the chance of success in the talks on reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Environment ]

Not much expected from Copenhagen, Indian environment minister says
New Delhi - Not much was expected from the climate change summit in Copenhagen except for a mandate to continue negotiations, Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday. We need to be proactive, aggressive and ruthless in our domestic o...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Environment ]

New incident at world's largest nuclear plant in Japan
Tokyo - Smoke rose Thursday from a currently closed nuclear power plant in Japan, but the operator said there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The smoke emerged from the brake of the hoisting function of a crane in the turbine room of a ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Japan hunting whales again for 'scientific purposes'
Tokyo - A Japanese whaling fleet left for the Antarctic on Thursday. Greenpeace activists said they displayed a banner in front of the Nisshin Maru factory ship bearing the slogan Yes We Can, from US President Barack Obama's election campaign, and ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

National Geographic Channel focuses on Myanmar elephants
Yangon - The National Geographic Channel is due in Myanmar this month to shoot a documentary on the country's hard-working elephants, sources close to the project said Thursday. They will come here this month to document the state of Myanmar's domes...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

Iraq's January election could be delayed, warns official

Brad Pitt's $6.8m charity donation

Immigrant beaten to death by drunken Moscow policemen

Pizza girl Lady Gaga

Judi Dench's dressy dentist visit

Natalie Portman praises perfect Jake

Justin Timberlake bans marriage talk

HIV stable in Asia but rising among women, gay men

PREVIEW: Namibia votes, but little change in 20 years of democracy

Book by prostitute in Berlusconi case goes on sale in Italy

Bangladesh begins first trial of soldiers for mutiny

Jordan opposition welcomes dissolution of lower house

Van Gaal safe for a while at Bayern as Toni eyes return to Italy

Report says Britain and Pakistan colluded in 'torture' of suspects

Sri Lankan authorities arrest refugees fleeing to Australia

South Africa emerges from recession

Danish climate minister nominated for European Commission - Summary

GM will keep Germany's Bochum plant open, chief says

Britain launches hearings to find 'truth' about Iraq war

German foreign minister: nuclear Iran unacceptable