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Peru's Mineral Wealth and Woes
Published February 10, 2010, 6:37 am, Foreign Relations
LIMA, PERU -- The commodities boom of the last decade fueled growth, but it also poses social and environmental problems. Peru is emblematic of the economic promise and trials facing nations rich in mineral wealth.
Baltic leaders underline pledges to clean up sea
Published February 10, 2010, 5:54 am, AlertNet
Source: Reuters * Baltic one of world's most polluted seas * Rising sea traffic By Brett Young HELSINKI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Regional political leaders on Wednesday underlined their commitment to clean up the ...
China's pollution to peak at earlier stage of growth
Published February 10, 2010, 5:35 am, MalaysiaNews.net
Beijing, Feb 10 (IANS) China might see its pollution levels peak at an earlier stage of economic growth than expected, a media report said Wednesday citing the first national pollution census.
Farmers key water polluters in China
Published February 10, 2010, 5:24 am, The Age
Farmers' fields are a far bigger source of water contamination in China than factory effluent, the Chinese government has revealed in its first census on pollution.
Summit to boost Baltic clean-up promises
Published February 10, 2010, 4:02 am, EurActiv
The Baltic, which organisers call the world's most polluted sea, remains for adjacent countries a major destination for untreated sewage and chemical pollutants, including agricultural waste, which causes blooms of algae that choke marine life. It is also facing rising sea traffic. The Russian port of Ust Luga is being expanded and will eventually handle almost a fifth of Russia's total exports ...
‘Islands of moisture’
Published February 10, 2010, 2:55 am, The Pueblo Chieftain
A new report says Colorado wetlands in danger from pollution or development are without oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Pollution: Farms worse than factories in China
Published February 10, 2010, 12:12 am, Shanghaiist
A farm in Wanzhou, from Ray Devlin China's first national census on pollution was not the bearer of the best news yesterday. It revealed that, toppling China's notorious factories, farms have become the biggest single source of the main water pollutants, countrywide levels of which stood at over twice the original government estimates. The document's release was apparently held up thanks to ...
China considering green tax as extent of pollution is revealed
Published February 9, 2010, 11:13 pm, Daily Telegraph
China is considering implementing green taxes after a comprehensive new government survey revealed the extent of air and water pollution in the country.
China issues first national census of pollution sources national
Published February 9, 2010, 11:11 pm, People's Daily
China on Tuesday issued its first national census of pollution sources, with datas showing that the country's wastewater discharge totalled more than 209 billion tonnes while waste gas emissions topped 63.7 trillion cubic meters in 2007. The result was announced at a press conference held at the State Council Information Office Tuesday morning. "The census of pollution sources for the first time ...
Ecologist warns on foreign genetically-modified seeds
Published February 9, 2010, 11:08 pm, People's Daily
China may lose control of its food supply if it relies on foreign genetically modified (GM) crops, a think-tank and ecologist warned. Through monopoly status, foreign suppliers can raise seed prices and drive hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers bankrupt and trigger social unrest, the China Business News (CBN) reported Monday, citing Jiang Gaoming, an ecologist at the Institute of Botany ...
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