State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Australia generators condemn greenhouse document
Victorian power generators said yesterday they would not sign a government agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions because it contained draconian penalties. Loy Yang Power spokesman
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News about warming
If you are trying to decide whether to be an optimist or a pessimist on global warming, recent news is enough to leave yo dizzy. An icebreaker found open water at the North Pole, prompting a new wave
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Presidential Green
This month scientists spotted a patch of open ocean about two kilometers wide at the North Pole, where the ice is normally two or three meters deep. This remarkable discovery followed close on the
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Warning on pain in Kyoto targets
Australia would suffer some economic pain in trying to meet greenhouse targets under the Kyoto protocol, the national environment ambassador told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday.Ralph Hillman told
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Stricter laws may hit land clearing
Land clearing and road construction could soon be subject to stricter Australian government's environment controls focusing on their potential to produce greenhouse gases. Greenhouse-impact tests
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Jupiter moon has ocean beneath ice
Jupiter's moon Europa has a salt-water ocean beneath its icy surface which may harbour life, according to an analysis of the data sent back to earth by the Galileo spacecraft and reported in the
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India-UK joint study on global warming
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests and the United Kingdom's Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR) have joined forces on a three-year study into the potential effects
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Japan plans stricter diesel emission rules by 2005
Japan's Environmental Agency said on Friday it plans to introduce by 2005 new rules aimed at sharply cutting pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles. "The issue of pollutants emitted from diesel
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World Bank announces new biodiversity hotspot fund
A new $150 million fund aimed at conserving the world's top biodiversity hotspots, containing 60% of terrestrial species, has been announced by the World Bank.The new Critical Ecosystem Partnership
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Texas to explore emissions cut
Texas three natural resource commissioners, all appointees of Governor George Bush, say that global warming is a serious problem and that the state will explore ways to cut its emissions of