Provides the latest RSS feeds for Environment News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?cat/9d3b36ac41649d93/ en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 16:58:50 -0400 Fri, 18 May 2012 16:58:50 -0400 30 BEIJING - China Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its solar power equipment with the Chinese manufacturers warning that possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205939310/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:41:01 -0400 Africa Leader http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205939310/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) (NASDAQ:WPRT), the global leader in natural gas engines, today announced that Volvo Trucks today unveiled its plans to launch a 13 liter ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205938387/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:36 -0400 CNW Group http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205938387/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 ROME, May 13, 2012 (IPS) - The European Union has been using all means necessary to fill the multi- billion-euro fund for climate change, including the controversial mobilisation of public ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205935952/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 14:02:41 -0400 IPS http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205935952/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Torrance Coste, an activist with the Wilderness Committee on Canada's Vancouver Island, surveys the stump of an 800-year-old red cedar that poachers cut up and hauled out of Carmanah Walbran ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205936002/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:15:28 -0400 MSNBC http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205936002/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Speaking to mediapersons recently, Amarnath Singh, a member of the task force highlighted its significance."There are lot of forests and forest mafias in Purvanchal. The area is connected with ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933597/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:40:35 -0400 New Kerala http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933597/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Germany . However, the court said it was ultimately up to the federal justice ministry to decide whether or not to send him to Costa Rica.Sea Shepherd's spokesman, Peter Hammarstedt, told the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933596/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:34:20 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933596/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites in coastal British ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933598/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:19:32 -0400 CNW Group http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205933598/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Many in the business community think recent graduates are faced with a tough battle this year in securing a job. Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of 67 respondents to a recent Dayton Business Journal ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205931418/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:59:51 -0400 Business Journal http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205931418/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. State of Nuclear Politics ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205931417/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:36:24 -0400 Greenpeace http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205931417/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The Institute of Advanced Motoring's poll on cyclists jumping red lights was flawed and dangerous, says Ipsos Mori pollster Steven Hope. Photograph: Graeme ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205929545/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:48:33 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205929545/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 says his intention is "to depict them as individuals , not as nameless statistics". He adds: "Coming from disparate parts of the world, their faces show us their linked vulnerability ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205929546/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:48:32 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205929546/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 renewable energy technologies are more suited to different parts of the world. It wants different parts of the world to exploit their natural advantage in biomass or solar, wind, and hydro power, and ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205927785/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:30:57 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205927785/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 cycling as a desirable lifestyle choice, I am always keen to hear about exciting new ladies' bikes. Five years ago, the choice for a female commuter like me was limited to uninspiring hybrids or ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205927786/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:30:51 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205927786/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Haridwar, May 18: A spiritual group based here has launched a massive green drive in the country and has already planted 35 lakh trees and saplings, a spokesperson said ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926270/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 07:20:59 -0400 New Kerala http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926270/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 In the Sahel region of west Africa drought and conflict have left millions of people facing severe shortages of food and water. The situation is critical near the border between Mali and Burkina ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926269/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 07:14:59 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926269/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Before the end of the year, if Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University gets his way, the world's first test-tube burger will be flame-grilled by Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck in Bray ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926268/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 07:14:57 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205926268/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 that was plugged on Wednesday was a massive financial blow for its operator Total, it appears the incident had little impact on the environment in terms of global warming and local marine life.The ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205925151/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 05:35:23 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205925151/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Image Caption: Geneva hopes to host the secretariat of the Green Climate Fund, which will help vulnerable island states like the Maldives adapt to climate change ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205923941/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 04:58:31 -0400 Swiss Info http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205923941/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 No-one thinks slashing the carbon emissions driving climate change, while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price, is easy. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205922706/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 03:37:29 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205922706/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fascination of Plants Day is a chance to celebrate plant scientists working to feed the world, improve health and develop sustainable energy ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205922685/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 03:37:27 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205922685/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 fishing crews they are observing, a Guardian investigation has discovered.More than 20 former and current observers on Portuguese and Spanish ships said that they had experienced tactics such as ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921658/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 02:26:56 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921658/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Within the M25, there are 110,000 hectares of green belt land. Even if we built on a third of it, we could provide more than 1 million new and affordable homes. First-time buyers could have a chance ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921659/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 02:26:54 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921659/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 A water-based paint developed in Jacksonville has reduced volatile organic compounds emissions by more than 10.5 million pounds across the state and nation.For its work, Century Industrial Coatings ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921661/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 01:55:17 -0400 Tyler Morning Telegraph http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921661/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 The work in the field of industrial health and safety and prevention of occupational injuries in the Company is performed in compliance with the corporate regulations and standards. The updated ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921660/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Fri, 18 May 2012 01:51:41 -0400 Neftegaz http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205921660/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official on Thursday said the country will create a more "business- and innovation-friendly environment" for the purpose of attracting Chinese ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205917871/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:48:30 -0400 Global Times http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205917871/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 AnaeCo shareholders have backed handing control of nearly 50 per cent of the waste treatment company to former federal environment minister Ian Campbell in exchange for a loan of up to $10 million.An ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205916602/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 21:41:27 -0400 West Australian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205916602/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 FORT WAYNE – An award-winning conservationist and attorney who died last fall left substantial bequests that will allow two conservation groups continue work well into the future.Jim Barrett ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205916601/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 21:31:10 -0400 Journal Gazette http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205916601/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Hercules has lost a $1.8 million wetlands-restoration grant in the wake of a scathing audit by the state controller of the city's handling of state and federal funds.The grant, totaling ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205914845/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:47:46 -0400 Oakland Tribune http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205914845/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 TIM HEARDEN Capital PressMONTAGUE, Calif. - An environmental group has followed through on its threat to sue a water district over the operation of a roughly 90-year-old dam in Siskiyou County it ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912811/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:50:25 -0400 Capital Press http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912811/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Panel members will decide who will be allowed to appear at future environmental reviews on a "case-by-case, project-by-project" basis, a sub-committee looking into the government's ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912809/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:41:57 -0400 CBC News http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912809/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Sandy Rosenthal, founder of levees.org, stands near a section of the old Lower 9th Ward levee wall, left, and the new levee wall at one of the breach sites from Hurricane Katrina in New ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912808/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:39:04 -0400 MSNBC http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912808/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 MurdaniUsman/CIFOR A teak forest in central Java BANGKOK, – The world's largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island of Java, has again been awarded ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912810/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:19:18 -0400 API http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205912810/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 ROANOKE, Va. -- The U.S. Forest Service has closed portions of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia because of heavy rain and flooding. The Forest Service said Thursday ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910592/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:47:27 -0400 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910592/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Greenpeace landed a giant iPod at Apple HQ on Tuesday to protest Apple's use of coal power. (Photo: Greenpeace) Apple is cleaning up its energy act. The computer company says that by early ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910591/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:34 -0400 Wired News http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910591/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 -; How species diversity is maintained is a fundamental question in biology. In a new study, a team of Indiana University biologists has shown for the first time that diversity is influenced on a ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910590/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:49:43 -0400 Science Daily http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205910590/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 TWO Newcastle harbour trees are suspected to have been poisoned in order to improve views for residents in the prestigious Breakwater Apartments.The "environmental vandalism" drew a strong ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905846/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:02:52 -0400 Newcastle Herald http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905846/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 City Details Tree Plan (.pdf) ';It obviously makes the park look not as nice. However, maybe it’s something that needs to be done,'; said tourist Guy Baker, as he took a stroll ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905844/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:38:40 -0400 WBZ http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905844/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 WAM DUBAI: The UAE is taking part in the 5th conference of environment ministers of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Kazakhstan. Minister of Environment and Water ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905845/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:56:43 -0400 WAM http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205905845/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Becket Adams ) If you’re the owner of an ice cream stand in Massachusetts and you make building improvements without asking the state for permission, you may find yourself on the receiving end ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903311/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:39 -0400 NewsTalk Radio 810 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903311/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Canada's foreign minister John Baird said taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for a body that has produced 10 reports promoting a carbon tax. Photograph: Sean ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903310/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:59 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903310/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 two-year investigation by Greenpeace shows how trees are being burned to make charcoal, used in the production of 'pig iron'. This pig iron is exported to the US and converted into ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903133/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:57 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903133/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Mammals in Britain's cities: a spotter's guide - in pictures The mammals that live in Britain's cities - from foxes to squirrels to bats - can be elusive, but that makes spotting ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903309/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:57 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903309/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 May 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Biognie, a division of EnGlobe Corp., global leader in organic waste management, as well as contaminated site assessment and remediation, unveils today a new model that ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903312/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:08:57 -0400 CNW Group http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903312/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 This image shows extensive damage to pine trees from Mount Fraser near the B.C. and Alberta border. Red trees are either dead or dying from mountain pine beetle infestation. (Wikimedia ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903308/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:06:46 -0400 CBC News http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903308/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main, North Carolina data center entirely with renewable energy sources by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903307/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:22 -0400 MSNBC http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205903307/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Several environmental groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in an effort to halt Shell's drilling plans in the Chuchki Sea offshore Alaska. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205900836/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:13:00 -0400 Rigzone http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205900836/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Lowering consumption in the developed world, renewables, ending land grabs, a price for natural resources, private sector investment - what's the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898555/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:26 -0400 The Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898555/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 US Department of Labour have indicated that charcoal used by many pig iron suppliers in the Amazonian state of Par was obtained through forced labour and illegal logging of protected and indigenous ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898523/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:26 -0400 Guardian http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898523/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization appellate panel on Wednesday said U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna labeling rules unfairly discriminate against Mexico, raising the possibility of ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898756/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:29:29 -0400 MSNBC http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205898756/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Health News: London, New evidence that has emerged has suggested, chemicals routinely found in the environment could be damaging fertility in some ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205896691/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93 Thu, 17 May 2012 09:35:06 -0400 KeralaNext http://www.africaleader.com/index.php?sid/205896691/scat/9d3b36ac41649d93