Elimination of food waste could lift 1bn out of hunger, say campaigners

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Excessive consumption in rich countries 'takes food out of mouths of poor' by inflating food prices on global market Adam Vaughan, g...

US firm in China solar mega-deal

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BBC News 8 Sep 09; US energy group First Solar has signed a preliminary deal to build the world's biggest solar power plant in China. T...

World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway

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Yahoo News 8 Sep 09; OSLO (AFP) – The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off...

Venice in danger because of new port

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Venice is in danger of crumbling into the sea because of plans to build a major shipping port alongside the fragile floating city, according...

Cities Trap More Carbon Than Rain Forests, Study Says

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Mason Inman, National Geographic News 8 Sep 09; There may be something more to the phrase "urban jungle." Compared with tropical ...

Manure, HD TVs Among Greenhouse Gas Sources to Watch

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John Roach, National Geographic News 8 Sep 09; In the fight against global warming, most innovations have been targeting the greenhouse gas...

Global climate deal only 50:50 chance: Flannery

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James Thornhill, Reuters 8 Sep 09; SYDNEY (Reuters) - The chances of a global agreement to fight climate change at U.N. talks in Copenhagen...

Best of our wild blogs: 8 Sep 09

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Project Mending Sky: YOU from AsiaIsGreen 21-23 Oct (Wed-Fri): ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2009 Registration closes 18 Sep; only 30 pla...

Cukup Rudiyanto: Of mangroves and monkeys

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Toto Dartoyo, The Jakarta Post 8 Aug 09; Back in the 1980s, thousands of monkeys were living in the mangrove forests in Pabean Ilir village...

Changi motorsports hub bidders reveal proposals

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938LIVE Channel NewsAsia 7 Sep 09; SINGAPORE: The three groups bidding to design, build and manage the Changi Motorsports Hub made their pr...

More investments in rice research needed to avoid panic over rice shortage

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Gladys Ow, Channel NewsAsia 7 Sep 09; SINGAPORE: More investments in rice research is needed to ensure adequate rice supply in the long ter...

Singapore getting more energy efficient

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Less electricity used last year to generate each dollar of GDP Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 8 Sep 09; THE Singapore economy became mor...