The Stories That Matter To The Environment
A new study suggests that mammals dwelling on treetops are more likely to have a longer life span than earthbound animals.
Earlier studies have confirmed that flying animals such as bats and birds live longer compared to terrestrial animals of the same size. But scientists Scott Williams and Milena Shattuck, doctorate students of anthropology at the [...]
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Consumer goods firm Unilever has informed dealers to stop sourcing palm oil from planter Duta Palma in Indonesia over concerns regarding the destruction of rainforest, an industry official from Indonesia stated Wednesday.
Unilever, the top buyer of palm oil worldwide, blacklisted the Indonesian planter merely two months following its termination of a $33-million supply contract with [...]
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The Italian solar energy market operators expressed their concern as government officials announced on Wednesday that they will delay the much-awaited launching of a new incentive plan that targets the rising solar energy industry.
According to government authorities, the new schedule for the presentation of the new scheme has yet to be agreed upon.
The plan was [...]
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The carbon market’s slow pace of recovery is making investors upset as trading continues to be sporadic and buyers shift their focus between big volumes of low-quality credits or high-quality ones.
MF Global voluntary carbon chief Grattan MacGiffin told Reuters that “There are deals out there but you have the entire market going after them”. He [...]
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China’s climate envoy warned Wednesday about troubled negotiations ahead this year, saying both first-world and third-world nations have very little hopes of getting over significant disagreements regarding the fight against global warming.
Chinese Special Representative for Climate Change Negotiations, Yu Qingtai, stated that as countries hope for a new global climate change agreement before 2010 ends, [...]
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