Environmental News
Thursday 20 November 2008
Crocodile no match for poisonous cane toad
In a contest between a toad and a crocodile, it seems obvious the croc will win. Not, though, if its adversary is a cane toad - the poisonous pest laying waste to Australian wildlife. Researchers have found that, in some waterways...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
NZ fares badly in emissions report
Figures released by the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Oslo today showed only five countries did worse than New Zealand in the growth of emissions by industrialised nations between 1990 and 2006. Only Turkey, Spain, Portugal,...
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Tuesday 18 November 2008
Modified emissions trading scheme looking likely
A modified emissions trading scheme (ETS) is seen as the most likely outcome of a special select committee review of climate change policy. The review, and associated deferment of the emissions trading scheme passed into law in...
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Thursday 20 November 2008
Malaria and dengue the sting in climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Southeast Asia and South Pacific island nations face a growing threat from malaria and dengue fever as climate change spreads mosquitoes that carry the diseases and climate-change refugees start to migrate.
Thursday 20 November 2008
China may use existing tax, not new fuel tax: source
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese policy makers may decide to increase a refined oil consumption tax rather than impose a new fuel tax, as some market participants are expecting, a source familiar with the issue told Reuters.
Thursday 20 November 2008
Obama climate pledge "very positive": U.N. official
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Barack Obama's pledge to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020 is a "huge signal" of encouragement to countries negotiating a new climate pact, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Wednesday.