The Stories That Matter To The Environment
A senior trade official from India warned Thursday about the growing tendency of countries to utilise unreasonable health and environmental standards as a kind of protectionism, which blocks trade that has already been hit by the global recession.
Rahul Khullar, the trade secretary, said that countries are using anything, such as the toxin levels in Indian [...]
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A north-east Indian rainforest could be the habitat of many wildcat species, based on a photo documentary a wildlife biologist did after her two-year survey.
Kashmira Kakati captured more than seven wildcat species, and her camera-trap photos showed that the wildcats are sharing a 500 sq.km. area of rainforest located in the lowlands of Jeypore-Dehing in [...]
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations stated on Thursday that a new food price increase could be triggered by the restart of the demand for agricultural commodities for energy and food use as well as stiffer input cost on top of the rising oil prices.
According to FAO, the prices of food [...]
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European CO2 futures dropped slightly in a trade on Thursday afternoon, but did not appear affected by the departure of UN climate head Yvo de Boer, according to traders. EU Allowances for December delivery fell 0.54 percent or 7 cents at €12.84 ($17.40) per tonne at 1:51 p.m. GMT, after sinking to €12.65 during the [...]
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Many people are aware of the air emission of automobiles—the reason why the car industry continues to promote electric cars all over the world. However, there are other contributors to air pollution aside from transport vehicles. These are engines used by plants for industrial and commercial purposes, and they are generally called Reciprocating Internal Combustion [...]
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