Cabinet moves to secure Gauteng water supply
Cabinet has approved construction of the second phase of the multi-billion rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project.   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:52:26 +0200

After 50 hours Greenpeace activists leave coal stack and head for Poznan
Having spent two days atop the 150 metre chimney stack of the Patnów power plant to highlight the catastrophic impact that coal-fired power stations are having on the climate, the 11 Greenpeace climbers came down today and are heading for the UN climate ta...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:52:42 GMT

Bangladesh targets 10 per cent green energy by 2020
Dhaka - Bangladesh's interim government has set an ambitious target of meeting 10 per cent of its total electricity production from renewable sources by 2020, media reports said Thursday....   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:00:41 GMT

Something fishy on the Wild Coast?
Visitors and residents are worried that fish pirates are using the cover of darkness to rape local marine life on the Wild Coast.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:53:33 +0200

SPCA wants probe of cheetahs' escape
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has also called for ''an end to keeping wild animals in captivity''.   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:11:47 +0200

Low-energy houses help Austrians to stop sending money up in smoke
Vienna - Temperatures may be falling and energy prices are still high, but an increasing number of Austrians living in low-energy houses have little to worry about this winter. Martin Mueller, 40, his wife Barbara, 35, and his children have been livi...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:47 GMT

Peruvian city to be moved due to mining damage
Lima - Extreme environmental damage caused by mining has prompted the residents in the Peruvian city of Carro Pasco to move the entire town. The move was approved in a meeting of residents, national media reported Wednesday. The city is the provincia...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:31 GMT

2008 Hurricane Season, One of the Worst on Record, is Over
The 2008 hurricane season?one of the most active, destructive and costly on record?officially ended on Sunday, November 30. The damage caused by Atlantic hurricanes in 2008 totaled $54 billion, according...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:31 GMT

Flying vs Driving: Which is Better for the Environment?
There's an ongoing debate over whether flying or driving is better for the environment, a question that has special relevance during the holidays when many people travel to spend time...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:31 GMT

Why Stop Using Plastic Bags?
Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags every year, and only 1 percent to 3 percent are ever recycled, leaving the rest to clog streams, foul landscapes, and kill...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:31 GMT

Rule Change Makes It Easier To Dump Mining Waste
The Environmental Protection agency approved Tuesday new rules that make it easier for mining companies to dump waste near rivers and streams. Environmentalists argue that dumping the rubble fouls the waters, kills fish and causes flooding in nearby commun...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38:00 -0500

Greenpeace continues protests against coal ship in Denmark
Greenpeace activists are blocking the ship Hanjin Imabari, carrying coal from Richards Bay, South Africa to the Danish coal plant Enstedværket, in Aabenraa, from offloading its many tonnes of coal. Activists have blocked a crane used to unload the coal, wh...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:21:30 GMT

High Court Hears Argument On Power Plants
Utilities want the Supreme Court to reinstate a Bush administration regulation that was overturned by lower courts. The regulation allowed utilities to consider the cost of the cleanest technology and not install it if fails a cost-benefit analysis.   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:44:00 -0500

Hunting Buffalo In Alaska
The American buffalo at one time swarmed the plains from Texas to Canada, but by 1911 they were near extinction. Steven Rinella, author of American Buffalo, talks about his experience hunting buffalo in Alaska and about his book.   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:35:00 -0500

Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity, study finds
Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. The study reveals that it would take at least 75 years f...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:24:00 EST

China Advised To Follow Hybrid Route
Asia Pacific Automotive Insights, December 1, 2008 - China's Ministry of Science and Technology is veering away from its previous preference for clean diesel as an alternative fuel of choice and is moving towards hybrids, according to Automotive News. An a...   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:07:00 EST

Obama Embraces 'Green Path' in Stimulus Plan to Aid Environment
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President-electBarack Obama is considering a stimulus package that will include a heavy dose of spending on environmentally friendly projects aimed at creating ''green-collar jobs'' and saving energy. ...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:48:00 EST

Confronting coal in Europe
As politicians gather to discuss the future of our climate Greenpeace took dramatic action on land and at sea to kick start an energy revolution. In Poland activists carrying a banner reading ''Quit Coal, Save the Climate'' have scaled the 150 metre-high c...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

''Quit Coal'' says Greenpeace from the top of a Polish coal plant
Early this morning, 11 Greenpeace activists scaled a 150-metre high chimney at the Patnów power plant in Poland to hang a banner reading ''Quit coal, save the climate''. Greenpeace is calling on the Polish government to stop undermining the European Union ...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

UN climate negotiations begin in Poznan
It has been a year since governments in Bali pledged to nail down an agreement to save the climate by December 2009. That means they have one year left to agree on how to stop the climate crisis. This year's UN meeting on Climate Change has just started in...   RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT