Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Snaptu: Big-name brands sourcing from polluting China firms

BEIJING (Reuters) - Some of the world's leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, environment group Greenpeace said on Wednesday.


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Snaptu: Exxon prepares to replace ruptured pipeline

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said it had begun preliminary work to replace the pipeline that ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana two weeks ago.


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Snaptu: Al Gore returns with new climate campaign

Climate Reality Project aims to expose reality of global warming crisis and kicks off with a 24-hour live streamed event

It should almost be called Inconvenient Truth 2.0. Five years after Al Gore launched his original documentary project, the…


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Snaptu: Greenpeace report links western firms to Chinese river polluters

Supplier to Nike, Adidas, Puma, H&M and Lacoste accused of discharging dangerous chemicals into Chinese water systems

• Video: The toxic path of electronic waste

• In pictures: China blighted by industrial pollution

A Chinese conglomerate…


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Snaptu: Green-o-meter: Is the government keeping its green promises?

David Cameron's pledge to be the 'greenest government ever' goes on trial with the green-o-meter

• How we set the green-o-meter

Last May, David Cameron promised the coalition would be the "greenest government ever". This year…


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Snaptu: Austrália fixa imposto de US$ 23 por tonelada de emissão de CO2

A primeira-ministra da Austrália, Julia Gillard, anunciou neste domingo um imposto de US$ 23 dólares por emissão de uma tonelada de dióxido de carbono a partir do dia 1º de julho de 2012.

* Austrália prepara plano de US$ 3,2 bi para promover…


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Snaptu: Dinamarqueses vão importar lixo para geração de energia

A produção de biogás e outros produtos a partir de lixo está dando tão certo na Dinamarca que o país deve importar resíduos a partir de 2016. Nesse ano ficará pronta uma nova usina de processamento de lixo da cooperativa Amagerforbrænding, hoje a…


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Snaptu: Comissão Baleeira Internacional discute ameaça do lixo plástico nos oceanos

O lixo plástico na superfície dos oceanos é uma ameaça mortal para as baleias e os golfinhos. Este assunto, porém, ainda não foi explorado pela ciência, diz um estudo a ser apresentado na reunião da CBI (Comissão Baleeira Internacional), que começa…


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