Seventeen stories in this week’s roundup. 1. Cancún Climate Change Conference expectations: more hot air The United Nations Climate Change Conference is to be held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. What is it supposed to do? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) website, the conference ”Continue reading “The Week’s Environmental Story Roundup”
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This Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Please leave a comment. Convention on Biodiversity meets in Nagoya, Japan Ever since the United Nations’ 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, delegates have met periodicallyContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
This Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Leave a comment. EPA approves more pollution and higher food prices On October 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived the limitation on selling fuel thatContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
The Week’s Environmental News roundup
New species of carnivorous mammal found in Madagascar A mongoose-like creature has been discovered in Madagascar, BBC reports to http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9080000/9080783.stm Leicester Geographers forensically tap pee ancient deposits to learn about desert area’s climatic changes According to the media release, issued by the University of Leicester Press Office, Scientists at the University of Leicester are usingContinue reading “The Week’s Environmental News roundup”
The Week’s Environmental News
The White House will go solar…again It’s déjà vu all over again. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, announced plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House Residence, “a project that demonstrates American solar technologies are available, reliable, and ready for installation in homes throughoutContinue reading “The Week’s Environmental News”
The Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Brazil’s Petrobas raises $70b Brazil’s oil company, Petrobas, raised $70 billion in a sale of it’s stock. According to a report on the Economist website, “The share issue is an important element in Brazil’s plan to exploit the sizeable oilfields it discovered off its coasts in 2007. These ‘pre-salt’ fields (so called because they areContinue reading “The Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
This Week’s Environmental News Roundup
Here’s a list of the previous week’s stories that were interesting (to me at least). Are there any others that you think should be on the list? Leave a comment. Japan releases Chinese fishing boat captain Japan released the last member arrested, the boat’s captain, of a Chinese fishing boat the government of Japan accusedContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News Roundup”
This Week’s Environmental News
Well, this week seemed a bit less crazy than the preceding ones. No hostages taken to promote a green agenda and no Qu’ran burning by wacky mustached guys. Still there some interesting items did pop up. The Nation says Monsanto used Blackwater for “Black Ops” The Nation magazine reports it has obtained documents that itContinue reading “This Week’s Environmental News”
The Weekly Environmental Stories Roundup
What happened of note this week in environmental stories? While others wondered whether some nut job would add to global warming by burning copies of the Qur’an, I’ve been keeping an eye on the environmental stories for you. BP reported their findings on the Deepwater Horizon accident The same week that investigators pulled the 300-tonContinue reading “The Weekly Environmental Stories Roundup”
This week’s environmental stories in the news
1. James Jay Lee takes hostages at the Discovery Channel and is subsequently shot and killed by police. (Time.com report) According to the Washington Post, “Lee, 43, held three men hostage — a security guard and two other Discovery employees — and forced them to lie face down on the floor, Montgomery County Police ChiefContinue reading “This week’s environmental stories in the news”
Nullius in Verba 