Environment

Friday, March 20th 2009 - 05:27 UTC
Brazil needs 270 billion USD in ten years to make true its oil dreams

Brazil needs 270 billion US dollars in investment over the next 10 years to develop massive new deepwater oil reserves, energy minister Edison Lobao said on Thursday.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 10:06 UTC
UN calls for higher priority for water on development agenda

Water must be given higher priority on the development agenda, a top United Nations official told a global gathering that opened today in Istanbul, stressing that the problems the world faces with regard to this precious resource are enormous.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 10:04 UTC
UN “State of the World’s forests” dire forecast

The global economic turmoil has resulted in reduced demand for wood, shrinking investments in industries and forest management, according to this year’s United Nations “State of the World’s Forests” report.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC
Prince Charles tells Brazilian hosts: A hundred months to save the planet

Britain's Prince Charles currently in Brazil on a South American tour warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.
Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:13 UTC
Global sea level rising faster than forecasted warn scientists

The global sea level looks set to rise far higher than forecast because of changes in the polar ice-sheets, a team of researchers has suggested. Scientists at a climate change summit in Copenhagen said earlier UN estimates were too low and that sea levels could rise by a metre or more by 2100.
Friday, March 6th 2009 - 10:34 UTC
World Bank 1.3 bn. loan to Brazil for green management

The World Bank approved a 1.3 billion US dollars loan to Brazil for the First Programmatic Development Policy Loan for Sustainable Environmental Management, supporting Brazil’s ongoing efforts to improve its environmental management system.
Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 17:23 UTC
Falklands’ oil company submits green impact report

As was anticipated Desire Petroleum has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Falkland Islands government it was reported in London.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 19:50 UTC
Prince of Wales joins FC in London to revel in brighter future of the albatross

AT a formal reception at Clarence House in London on Monday, HRH the Prince of Wales, who has long been concerned about the dramatic decline of the albatross, heard that 18 of the world’s 22 species threatened with extinction have a brighter future thanks to the efforts of the Albatross Task Force (ATF).
Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Top Chilean General removed for praising Pinochet

The aftermath of General Augusto Pinochet's funeral, and legacy, continue to reverberate in Chilean politics and the Chilean Armed Forces: the General responsible for the Metropolitan Santiago area, one of the country's most important was sacked Friday following statements on support of the 1973 military coup and praise for the dictator.