Environmental News
Wednesday 10 March 2010
High Court bid to stop felling of pohutukawa
Tree-lovers are taking their fight to save an old pohutakawa to the High Court today.The Tree Council is taking legal action after the Auckland City Council decided the fate of two large Avondale trees without public consultation.The...
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Possums go to waste as demand grows
New Zealand possums are dying and going to waste even as demand for their fur increases, says an industry body.Textiles New Zealand has entered discussions with the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Animal Health Board to boost...
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Ecologists become hunters to rid island of every rat
The world's biggest rat-hunt is being mounted to rid a South Atlantic island of the rodents eating their way through millions of endangered seabirds.The first phase of the eradication programme will start next February on South...
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Wednesday 10 March 2010
Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.
Wednesday 10 March 2010
U.S. "cap and trade" rebranded "pollution reduction"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets."
Wednesday 10 March 2010
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States.