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Australia ranked 13 by WWF for ecological footprint
2014-09-30 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australians require a huge ecological footprint in order to sustain their lifestyles, with just 12 nations in the world using up more arable land and carbon-burning generation, according to new figures. WWFs Living Planet Index, which is conducted once every two years, has found that Australia requires 6.25 global hectares per person per year. A global hectare is a unit which averages out what productive land and ocean, such as cropland, forests and fishing grounds, can generate over the course...
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European Union still failing to control illegal timber trade, says WWF
2014-08-07 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: An investigation conducted by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) has concluded that after a year of a supposed crackdown, the EU is still failing to uphold its own law to stop the trade of illegal timber. According to the report, only 11 member states have passed laws effective enough to maintain adequate checks on the importing of illegal timber, normally sourced from environmental conservation zones. The 17 other member nations, who have all either implemented low level sanctions or retain...
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National Grid underestimates threat of coal, says WWF
2014-07-12 12:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Environmental group WWF has criticised the National Grids Future Energy Scenarios report because it underestimates threat of coal. The organisation states that the report assumes that most of the UKs old and inefficient coal power stations will close down by 2023, instead of choosing to extend their lives by complying with new regulation to reduce their air pollution. WWF explains it is concerned that large windfall payments given to coal power plants, through the capacity market, will mean...
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Oil Company, WWF Agreement Could Prevent Drilling In Virunga National Park
2014-06-11 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: An agreement announced Wednesday between a London-based oil company and a wildlife protection group could prevent oil drilling in a national park in Africa where 200 endangered mountain gorillas live. A joint statement by SOCO International PLC and Switzerland-based WWF said there will be no exploratory drilling in Congo's Virunga National Park, which is Africa's oldest, unless the government and the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO agree it would not threaten the park's world heritage status. As...
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Soco abandons drilling plans in Virunga national park after WWF campaign
2014-06-11 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: British oil company Soco has agreed to halt its oil exploration activities in Africas oldest national park, following a year-long campaign from WWF. The company has also pledged to avoid other world heritage sites in the future, with the agreement described as a victory for our planet by environmentalists. The Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is Africas oldest and most diverse national park. It is home to around a quarter of the worlds critically endangered...
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