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Green economy could save planet: expertsNew York (AFP) March 25, 2010 The planet is overheated, under-resourced, and almost out of time, but technical innovation and green economics could still save the day, experts and leaders told an international conference here. Video-linked panels from Beijing, London, Mexico City, Monaco, Nairobi and New Delhi painted an alarming picture of environmental degradation and mass poverty at Thursday's conference in New York. They called on the United States and other rich countries to show leadership, for example by investing in ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 25, 2010Foreign firms in China, rattled by the trial of Rio Tinto staff and Google's woes, are finding it harder to do business in the country due to mounting red tape and a murky legal system, experts say. Thirty years after Beijing opened up to foreign investment, international companies face onerous rules, preferential treatment for local firms and growing nationalism - making some reconsider th ... more 
Doha (AFP) March 25, 2010Commerce beat out conservation at a UN wildlife trade forum on Thursday, with Japan, China and pro-fisheries interests scoring a clean sweep in defeating proposals to protect high-value marine species. At its final session in Doha, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) reversed the only decision it had taken in 13 days to list an endangered ocean animal of c ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2010China has surpassed the United States as the top investor in clean energy with the rising Asian power becoming a "powerhouse" in the emerging field, a study by environmentalists said. The report said that China has shown determination to be on the frontline of green technology, while US investors have been put off by uncertainties amid the legislative battle on climate change. Chinese in ... more |
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Worlds Most Usefull Tree Provides Low-Cost Water PurificationWashington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 A low-cost water purification technique published in Current Protocols in Microbiology could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The procedure, which uses seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree, can produce a 90.00% to 99.99% bacterial reduction in previously untreated water, and has been made free to download as part of access programs under John Wiley and Sons' Corporate Citizenship Initiative. A billion people across Asia, Africa, and Latin A ... read more |
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