Full Coverage: Environment

28.12.2006 from AutoblogGreen:
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27.12.2006 OXO non-governmental organization presente, for the night year in a row, the “eco”-calendars and teachers’ manuals that will be distributed to pupils and teachers in pre-school and elementary education institutions in Macedonia.

27.12.2006 The Centre plans to declare 2007 as Water Year — Year of More Crop and Income Per Drop of Water.The Union Ministry of Water Resources has accepted a suggestion to this effect and will soon approach the Union Cabinet for approval.

22.12.2006 A new study by the Washington DC-based think tank Resources for the Future (RFF) has found that the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel for vehicles in Indian capital New Delhi has made the most significant impact on air quality in the city. The study warns that the gains from CNG will be lost if vehicles do not reduce the number of kilometers travelled.

19.12.2006 GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina, Dec 18 (IPS) - With a nativity scene and a big Christmas tree set up on the highway to the nearby bridge leading to Uruguay, residents of the Argentine town of Gualeguaychu plan to continue blocking traffic between the two countries until a pulp plant being built on the other side of the river moves elsewhere.

17.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (OneWorld) - Your car's gas mileage is probably worse than you thought it was.

15.12.2006 A World Bank report - Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization - released on Friday in Indian capital New Delhi warns that globalization could spur faster growth in developing countries but could be accompanied by growing income inequality and potentially severe environmental pressures.

11.12.2006 The second edition of Quotes from the Earth, a three-day environment film festival, was held from November 3-5, 2006. Parvinder Singh, Senior Programme Officer in the Information and Communication unit of Toxics Link, offers an inside view of the reactions it evoked and argues that there is more to environmental films than the size of its audience.

11.12.2006 The second edition of Quotes from the Earth, a three-day environment film festival, was held from November 3-5, 2006. Parvinder Singh, Senior Programme Officer in the Information and Communication unit of Toxics Link, offers an inside view of the reactions it evoked and argues that there is more to environmental films than the size of its audience.

11.12.2006 The EDEN Center, is one of the most active non-governmental organizations in Albania working on issues of environment. To get a deeper insight environment issue in the country, we talked to Merita Mansaku, Executive Directress of EDEN Center.

07.12.2006 The Water and Energy Users’ Federation Nepal (WEUF) said it will file a case in the Supreme Court against the “unconstitutional decision” to allow a foreign company manage the water distribution system in the Kathmandu valley.

06.12.2006 Just two years after a tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean, U.S. scientists say another giant wave could strike off Sumatra within a few decades.

04.12.2006 The availability of safe drinking water is a major concern for communities, particularly in the rural areas. According to World Bank studies, currently only about one out of every 10 Sri Lankan households has water on tap and every fifth person relies on rivers, streams and other unprotected water sources for their drinking water.