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  • China aims to increase hydropower 50 per cent by 2015 info@ecologicalinternet.org (Business Green: none given)
    Business Green: The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power capacity 50 per cent by 2015 as it continues to accelerate efforts to boost its low-carbon energy supplies. According to local reports, officials said they were aiming to increase hydropower capacity from 200 million kilowatts currently to 300 million kW by 2015. The announcement came as China's largest hydropower station, the Xiaowan dam in Yunnan province, came online. State-backed news ...

  • Fast growing salmon cleared as fit for human consumption in US info@ecologicalinternet.org (Independent: Guy Adam)
    Independent: A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as normal is completely safe for human consumption and poses little risk to the environment according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The regulatory body's verdict paves the way for GM animals to be produced commercially for food for the first time. The creature, dubbed "Frankenfish" by critics, looks likely to be approved for human consumption later this month. Its developers, a Boston-based company called ...

  • Energy-harvesting technology lets the train take the strain info@ecologicalinternet.org (Business Green: none given)
    Business Green: One of the oldest rail lines in the US will soon become home to a cutting-edge energy-harvesting technology that promises to recover the energy lost by braking trains and feed it into the grid. Philadelphia-based smart grid firm Viridity Energy and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) announced last week that they have been awarded a $900,000 (£583,000) grant by the State of Pennsylvania that will allow them to complete an ambitious pilot ...

  • Diverse water sources key to food security: report info@ecologicalinternet.org (Reuters: none given)
    Reuters: Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage. In a report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), experts said Africa and Asia were likely to be hardest hit by unpredictable rainfall, and urged policymakers and farmers to try to find ways of diversifying sources of water. The IWMI research estimates that up ...

  • A carbon border tax can curb climate change info@ecologicalinternet.org (Financial Times: Dieter Helm)
    Financial Times: As global growth picks up after the economic crisis, carbon emissions are going back up too. With China and India back on track to double their gross domestic product every decade, and with coal providing nearly 30 per cent of global energy, the chances of stabilising and reducing emissions are low. Indeed, little progress has been made in the last two decades. Only recessions lower emissions – and then only for a short time. This is partly due to the failed strategy for carbon ...

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»China aims to increase hydropower 50 per cent by 2015
Business Green: The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power ca ...
»Fast growing salmon cleared as fit for human consumption in US
Independent: A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as normal is completely safe fo ...
»Energy-harvesting technology lets the train take the strain
Business Green: One of the oldest rail lines in the US will soon become home to a cutting-edge energ ...
»Diverse water sources key to food security: report
Reuters: Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to foo ...
»A carbon border tax can curb climate change
Financial Times: As global growth picks up after the economic crisis, carbon emissions are going bac ...

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»City electricity rates may rise again
Hydro Ottawa has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to increase its rates by 1.1 per cent as of Jan ...
»Watson, Doucet pledges kick off mayoral race
Jim Watson promised fiscal responsibility and Clive Doucet promised to put off plans for an LRT tunn ...
»Ottawa building cleared after gas leak
Two people were taken to hospital in Ottawa and a Natural Resources Canada building was evacuated af ...
»Home-grown hops to flavour Quebec microbrew
The first batch of beer, made from Pontiac farmer Tim Wickens' hops crop, will be on tap later this ...
»Suspicious envelopes prompt scare at Carleton
A building was evacuated at Carleton University after staff discovered two suspicious envelopes, one ...

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»Five ways to cut oil use in Ontario
»Ontario's new Orange Drop program to reduce waste
»New carbon forest takes root in Ontario
»Ecosystems at risk in Far North
»Highway Extension Violates Greenbelt Protection

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