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Indonesia to review forest carbon laws: official

Mar 19, 2010

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has launched a review of laws governing a U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme aimed preserving rainforests, a forestry ministry official said on Friday.

China says drought now affecting 50 million people

Mar 19, 2010

BEIJING (Reuters) - A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said on Friday.

China's urban elite fights trash wars

Mar 19, 2010

BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of China's urban elite took to the streets last year in protest against expanding garbage incinerators, angered by the threat to both their health and the value of their homes, a report launched on Friday said.

Britain's Conservatives propose carbon levy

Mar 19, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - A Conservative British government would impose a carbon tax on electricity generation, to create a clear incentive for long-term investment in renewable energies, the party said on Friday.

Singapore jewelers selling tiger parts: report

Mar 19, 2010

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some jewelry shops in Singapore are illegally selling tiger parts, helping fuel the disappearance of the big cat from Asia, a local animal protection group said on Friday. A three-month investigation by Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) found that 59 out of 134 jewelry and antique shops it visited in the Southeast Asian city-state were allegedly selling tiger parts, including claws, teeth and pieces of skin.

Science justifies California water limits

Mar 19, 2010

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a finding hailed by environmentalists in the state's epic water wars.

Artist places sculptures on melting Arctic iceberg

Mar 19, 2010

UUMMANNAQ, Greenland (Reuters) - A Dutch artist arranged two large sculptures on an iceberg in Greenland on Friday to raise awareness about climate change, and people will be able to monitor it online as the ice melts.

States sue EPA to stop greenhouse gas rules

Mar 19, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 15 U.S. states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency seeking to stop it from issuing rules controlling greenhouse gas emissions until it reexamines whether the pollution harms human health.

Senate climate bill to give free permits: sources

Mar 19, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. power generating companies would get free pollution permits, at least initially, as part of a compromise climate change bill being written in the Senate that also would give the coal industry $10 billion to develop "clean" technology, sources said on Friday.

Deal nearing on Senate climate bill: lawmaker

Mar 18, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, said a top Democratic lawmaker who discussed ideas with industry groups on Wednesday.

South Korea green growth to hurt environment: report

Mar 18, 2010

SEOUL (Reuters) - A massive river restoration project at the center of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's green growth strategy will harm globally threatened bird species and destroy critical habitat, a conservation group's report said.

EPA to begin study on shale gas drilling

Mar 18, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to announce on Thursday that it will begin to take a closer look at the environmental and human health impact of shale gas drilling, according to a U.S. congressman who wants to see more regulation of the practice.

Caviar hunters push sturgeon to "extinction's edge"

Mar 18, 2010

MOSCOW (Reuters) - After more than 200 million years, sturgeon are losing a battle for survival to poachers who have hunted the queens of caviar to the verge of extinction, a leading environmental group said on Thursday.

Storms threaten butterflies' winter rest in Mexico

Mar 18, 2010

LOS SAUCOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Dense clouds of migrating monarch butterflies used to snap branches and cast shadows across the forests of central Mexico, but severe weather is posing a new threat to the annual phenomenon.

Anti-malaria funding must be tripled: campaigners

Mar 18, 2010

PARIS (Reuters) - Funding to combat malaria must be more than tripled if the mosquito-borne disease which kills nearly a million people a year is to be fought effectively, health campaigners said on Thursday.

Bulgaria parliament bans GMO crops to soothe fears

Mar 18, 2010

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament voted on Thursday to tighten a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in response to public fears.

Weyerhaeuser joins push for U.S. climate bill

Mar 18, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weyerhaeuser Co, a timber developer and home builder, has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a group of companies and moderate green groups pushing for a climate bill, the organization said.

EU carbon rises after UK auction

Mar 18, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - European carbon emissions futures rose on Thursday, moving above the 14-day moving average, after the UK government auctioned 4.5 million carbon permits. EU Allowances for December delivery trading on the European Climate Exchange rose above the 14-day moving average to an intra-day high of 13.23 euros ($18.07) following the auction, before easing to 13.15 euros a tonne at 8:30 a.m. EDT.

EU understates emissions from oil: biodiesel lobby

Mar 18, 2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is not taking full account of the environmental impact of oil-based road transport fuels, which could undermine the bloc's renewable energy goals, European biodiesel producers said on Thursday.

Bluefin tuna trade ban fails to pass

Mar 18, 2010

DUBAI (Reuters) - Efforts to protect the Atlantic bluefin tuna suffered a blow Thursday when dozens of countries voted against a trade ban, drawing condemnation from environmental groups.

Czech minister quits over controversial power plant

Mar 18, 2010

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Environment Minister Jan Dusik resigned Thursday from the caretaker cabinet, saying the prime minister had put pressure on him to decide hastily on plans to upgrade a controversial large coal-fired power plant.

Regulators approve Suncor oil sands expansions

Mar 18, 2010

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Regulators have approved three expansion stages at Suncor Energy Inc's Firebag oil sands project that will eventually add output of 188,000 barrels of bitumen a day, Suncor said on Thursday.

Polar bear, bluefin tuna trade bans rejected

Mar 18, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proposed international trade bans on polar bears and Atlantic bluefin tuna failed to pass on Thursday at a 175-nation meeting aimed at protecting endangered species.

North American group outlines carbon trade rules

Mar 18, 2010

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Members of the Western Climate Initiative laid out some of the ground rules on Thursday on the use and timing of carbon-offset credits allowed under its planned emission cap-and-trade system.

Ecuadoreans appeal allowing of Chevron arbitration

Mar 18, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean plaintiffs have appealed a U.S. judge's decision to allow Chevron Corp to seek arbitration of a case of alleged pollution in the Amazon rainforest with a potential $27 billion liability.

Severe drought cracks runway at China airport

Mar 17, 2010

BEIJING (Reuters) - A severe drought in southwestern China has claimed a new victim -- a runway at one of the region's busiest airports.

Eco group files lawsuit to halt REC's U.S. plant

Mar 17, 2010

OSLO (Reuters) - An environmental group has filed a U.S. lawsuit seeking to halt the construction and start-up of Renewable Energy Corporation's (REC) silicon plants in Moses Lake, Washington, the group said in a statement.

U.N. meeting asked to regulate world shark trade

Mar 17, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exploding Asian demand for shark fin soup has slashed worldwide shark populations, and global regulation is the best way to save eight species now under pressure, ocean conservationists reported on Monday.

Alm Brand buys Headwaters for greentech fund

Mar 17, 2010

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Environment and renewable energy are themes in vogue among institutional investors, said Danish fund managers Alm Brand, who recently bought shares in the energy-efficient solutions company Headwaters Inc.

Nestle says drops palm oil supplier after report

Mar 17, 2010

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nestle, the world's biggest food group, said it had stopped buying palm oil from Indonesia's Sinar Mas due to concerns about rainforest destruction, following a similar move by consumer goods firm Unilever.

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