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  Environmental and Health News

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  56 days ago in Global Issues Web News: News, Commentary, and Analysis on World Issues · Authority: 5

  Oliver Tickell: Ed Miliband must act on emissions cuts Oliver Tickell: Ed Miliband has got good advice from the Climate Change Committee on cutting emissions. Now he must act on it Climate watchdog’s tough carbon target welcomed Politicians, business leaders, scientists and campaigners welcome the report, but the electricity producers call the target “ambitious” and stress the need for a new generation of nuclear power plants Eco soundings: October 8 2008 A bridge too far | Reclaim the beach | Woman of the week | Too much hot air | Bypass blues The presidential hopefuls get a challenge from the green movement: come to Poland Environmental group urges McCain and Obama to commit to December’s UN climate talks EUROPE: Failing to Step Up Medical Support to Africa BRUSSELS, Sep 25 (IPS) - Almost two years after the European Union resolved to step up its efforts to address the shortage of doctors and nurses in poor countries, its progress has been found unsatisfactory by the bloc’s own officials. ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Click Here to Plant a Tree RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 7 (Tierramérica) - It has become fashionable in Latin America to pursue initiatives towards "zero carbon", neutralising the climate-changing greenhouse gases produced by industry, commercial aviation and even the football World Cup — and along with it, atoning for the environmental sins of polluters. Q&A: "The Notion that Water Is Forever Is Wrong" SAN DIEGO, California, Sep 17 (IPS) - Venality, greed, corruption — the documentary film "Flow: For Love of Water" could just as easily be subtitled "The Evil That Men Do." DEVELOPMENT: IBSA Summit - Will South-South Cooperation Regain Clout? RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 23 (IPS) - The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum will hold its third annual summit on Oct. 15 in New Delhi, India, the first such meeting after this trilateral body of countries of the developing South met with a serious setback at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations. DEVELOPMENT: Presidents Boost Maternal and Child Health UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - As world leaders gather at the United Nations to discuss progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Presidents Michelle Bachelet of Chile, Tarja Halonen of Finland, and Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania are calling for more attention to be paid to maternal and child health. Deep ocean video reveals swarming fishes Video taken under the Pacific ocean shows for the first time fish thriving at 7,700m, the deepest cameras have gone Conservation: Key project aims to cultivate healing value of plants Conservation is as much about protecting people’s lives as plant diversity, according to a new global strategy at Kew Gardens says Juliette Jowit ENVIRONMENT: Twisted As Unnaturally as the Banks BARCELONA, Oct 6 (IPS/Terraviva) - The financial meltdown in most of the industrialised world presents an opportunity for a new economic model that would end short-sighted search for high returns, according to leading economists attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress here.
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  European parliament votes for carbon emissions standards for electricity generation

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/07/carboncapt...
  56 days ago in Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk · Authority: 2

  European vote hits coal power plans MEPs back tough regulations that would force firms to fit expensive equipment to trap emissions End fossil fuel use in 20 years, UK warned Explainer: Global carbon reduction targets

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