http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&catid=263News Feed for - Environmenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96460085&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-25T23:07:00CLIMATE CHANGE : Obama to Visit Copenhagen with U.S. Targets Matthew Berger WASHINGTON - After weeks of speculation, the White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will stop by the climate Inter Press Servicehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512666&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:09:00The EU aims to cut emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by 2020 President Obama's decision to attend the UN climate talks in Copenhagen has been welcomed by European leaders. Swedish Environment Minister BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96484047&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-25T23:14:00After weeks of rumor, the White House announced on Wednesday that President Barack Obama would indeed attend the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, joining more than 60 other world leaders Timehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515131&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:36:00Newton Jibunoh says he wants the youths to become part of his "crusade" Lagos Nigeria's most celebrated environmental campaigner is about to launch a reality TV show to highlight the dangers of global BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513135&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:13:00I am sure George Monbiot is right that global warming isn't a scam (Comment, 24 November). However, I wonder if he is mistaken in his view of the limited nature of the recent disclosures. He accepts that Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512932&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:12:00Grab a spade and help lock-up greenhouse gas emissions There is an ancient proverb â?? some claim it hails from China, others Africa â?? that says, 'The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago â?? Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437782&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:03:00Conservation groups have criticised a Queensland Government plan that will allow eco-friendly accommodation in some national parks. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced the new eco-tourism plan yesterday, ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514849&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:33:00The Danish haven of Samso is one of the world's first industrialised places to become energy self-sufficient â?? a great boost for a country about to host a summit on climate change. Tony Paterson visits The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514843&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:33:00Organic farming can play an important role in countering climate change, a new report suggests today. Use of organic methods means that the soil takes up much more carbon, which would otherwise be released The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514651&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:31:00The National Farmers Federation says the proposed amendments to the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme are a positive for the agriculture sector. Direct emissions from the sector will be exempted ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514286&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:27:00The president will attend the summit on December 9 before heading to Norway's capital Oslo to accept the Nobel peace prize. Obama's attendance had been in question until now. The conference had originally Times Live South Africahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513795&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:19:00BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese diplomat told reporters Wednesday a substantial content is more important than the title of the outcome of the forthcoming climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark. Xinhua News Agencyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513003&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:41:00I keep coughing after a brief visit to a sizable developing nation - not because of a possible A(H1N1) infection but the continuous exposure to strong smell of fuel and pollutants on roads of the country, CHINAdailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512710&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:10:00Prospects for a global climate deal at the UN Conference in Copenhagen next month strengthened yesterday when the United States put a number on the table and announced a target for cutting US greenhouse The Independenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512019&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:04:00. According to new research by a Nelson science institute, the waterway is heavily fouled with treated sewerage and farm run-off. Health officials fear the water is so dirty it will make swimmers sick. ONE Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96511821&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:01:00China may be the 'champion of fighting against climate change' if government policies can be carried through to reach its energy efficiency goals while promoting renewable and nuclear power, said the CHINAdailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513033&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:06:00Police forces from all of Denmark would ensure no "troublemakers" taint the event on December 7-18.Expatica Spainhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96511525&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:01:00Innovative farmers got a big 'good on you' from the Green Party today. A website featuring sustainable farm practices was launched at Parliament by Jeanette Fitzsimons. "There are great things going on Voxy.co.nzhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515540&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:41:00Waste Managementâ??s curbside garbage and recycling customers will soon be seeing a change to their bills, another result of the downturn in the economy. Since 2003, unincorporated Kitsap County curbside Kitsap Peninsula Business Journalhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515501&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:41:00The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said that Australia's national interest requires the following principles to apply when addressing climate change issues: strike a responsible balance FindLaw Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515339&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:39:00FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. - Global brake pad and brake lining manufacturer FRAS-LE has announced it will introduce FRAS-LE Hybrid Technology (FHT) in the North-American market in early 2010. The new Hybrid After Market Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515258&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:38:00Scientific voices from Latin America sound off in a new report on the diminishing prospects for agreement at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen. "To use a soccer metaphor, which Brazilian politicians Individual.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515183&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:37:00CAIRO (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to hit the water-starved Arab world harder than many other parts of the globe and threatens to slash agricultural output in the area, UN and Arab League officials Jordan Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514200&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:25:00Measures to combat climate change could have appreciable direct as well as indirect benefits for public health, say authors of a series of six papers and four comments in The Lancet Online First. In the OnMedicanethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513980&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2632009-11-26T00:21:00A study by Britain's Forestry Commission found that planting 23,000 hectares of forest every year for the next 40 years would lower the island nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, according Mongabay.com