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With fires wreaking havoc across Indo, Malaysian state targets greener palm oil
2015-11-08 17:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Malaysian state of Sabah on Wednesday announced it is pressing forward with a plan to certify 100 percent of its palm oil production under criteria set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by 2025. The initiative aims to differentiate Sabah's palm oil from other producers, while addressing environmental problems and boosting productivity of existing plantations. Officials say the program will better position Sabah as other states and regions enter the palm oil business. With...
China top officials outline greener 5 year plan
2015-10-30 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: China is likely to adopt tougher environmental targets in its 13th five year plan (FYP), based on a Communist Party plenum held this week. Although the content will not be finalised until early next year, the outcomes of the plenum will set the direction for Chinas economic and environmental policy making over the next five years. The meeting, which was held in secret and ended on Thursday, discussed how to green the country`s growth. Besides a stronger push to solve China`s environmental...
For climate talks, Paris site must be greener than green
2015-10-30 00:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The organisers of the COP21 climate conference starting in Paris in a month's time are faced with an unenviable task as they prepare for an event that it is hoped will produce a new roadmap to stop the Earth warming. They must welcome tens of thousands of participants to a site near the French capital, house them, feed and transport them, and do so in the greenest conditions possible, with the world's media dissecting every aspect of the event's organisation. With US President Barack Obama...
Towards a Greener, Growing Chicago
2015-10-22 01:00:00| Transmission & Distribution World
A Growing Alliance of Supporters Theres an interest in being fundamentally transformative as we look at street lighting and transitioning to a much more efficient lighting type. read more
Carbon emissions make Earth greener but are also drying it out
2015-10-19 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The carbon dioxide we`ve been pumping into the atmosphere is fertilising plants and making them grow faster - but now those plants are sucking our streams dry. Australia is already a parched country and will only become drier as the planet warms and rainfall decreases. But now it turns out that Australia has lost about a quarter of its streamflow over the past 30 years as plants given an extra boost by our carbon emissions grow faster and use more water. Global greening is happening for...
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