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Dubai announces US$54 billion gardens project
An AED200 billion (US$54.4 billion) parks project initiative to preserve the environment and increase green landscape has been launched in Dubai.
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DHL switches to eco-friendly courier bags across MENA operations
Express delivery company DHL Express will replace its regular plastic bags with new environmentally-friendly bags that are not only stronger but are also fully reusable and recyclable and can degrade in as little as two years.
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Haze Could Worsen This Year say ASEAN Ministers
Smog from forest fires, which costs Southeast Asian economies billions in lost tourist dollars, could worsen as changing weather patterns cause an unusually dry spell, the region's environment ministers have warned.
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Biofuel, wind and solar investment waves could be over
We've passed the peaks of recent ethanol, European wind and solar thin film investing, according to one group of analysts.
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Biofuels |
Money doesn't grow on trees, but gasoline might
American researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.
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Solar Energy |
Expert foresees 10 more years of R&D to make solar energy competitive
Despite oil prices that hover around US$100 a barrel, it may take at least 10 or more years of intensive research and development to reduce the cost of solar energy to levels competitive with petroleum, according to an authority on the topic.
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Iberdrola becomes world’s leading generator
Spanish utility Iberdrola has become the world’s largest owner of wind power capacity, according to the latest rankings from analysis firm Emerging Energy Research (EER).
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Clean Coal |
Coal goal elusive in the face of massive cost hurdles
Governments and the private sector are balking at the expense of kick-starting a technology to bury greenhouse gases underground, casting doubts on "clean coal" plans seen as vital in the fight against climate change.
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US says Opec to earn almost US$1 trillion this year from oil
OPEC member nations are expected to rake in almost US$1 trillion this year from their oil exports due to record crude prices, according to the US government's top energy forecasting agency.
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For Other News
The First International Scientific and Business
Congress
on Protecting the Climate
- A World Joint Strategy-
Under the auspice of Dr R K Pachauri, Nobel Peace Prize winner
22-23rd April 2008, City Hall/Frankfurt am Main, Germany
For registration/information please visit:
www.euroakadem.com/climate/ |
