Syndicate content
Pollution
Is the US natural gas industry safe?
12/01/2012 - International report

Is the US natural gas industry safe?

In the United States, the state of New York is considering allowing gas companies to supply natural gas to the area.

03/10/2011 - France

Alstom in deal to cut CO2 emissions in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and US

French engineering group, Alstom, has won contracts worth billions of euros to supply equipment to reduce CO2 emissions at power plants in the US, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.

 

13/09/2011 - Australia

Carbon companies must pay to pollute, says PM Gillard

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has presented a bill for a new pollution tax aimed at reducing carbon emission by 80 per cent of 2000 levels by 2050.

23/08/2011 - China

Toxic vinegar kills at least eleven in Xinjiang province

Eleven people in China have died and about 140 have fallen ill after consuming contaminated vinegar.

12/08/2011 - China

US oil giant admits to massive China oil spill

A huge oil spill off China’s north-east coast was far more extensive than first thought, said the US oil giant behind it, ConocoPhillips, in a statement Friday.

 

05/08/2011

African press review 5 August 2011

Reactions in the Nigerian press to a UN report on oil pollution in Nigeria’s Ogoniland region dominate our review of the African press.

10/07/2011 - Australia

Australia's carbon pollution tax to battle climate change

Australia is to introduce a tax on carbon pollution aimed at fighting climate change in a move that will create the region’s largest emissions trading scheme similar to one adopted by ...

18/04/2011 - France

Protesters call for shale oil drilling ban

Thousands of people demonstrated across France over the weekend to protest against shale oil drilling - the controversial natural gas and oil extraction process that is currently subject to a ...

02/03/2011 - Peru

Two miners die in Peru protest

Two miners were shot dead and 36 people were wounded on Tuesday during a protest by gold miners against the destruction of dredges in southern Peru.

24/02/2011 - France

French press review 24 February 2011

While North Africa continues its revolution, Catholic La Croix is leading with French farmers and ecologists.

Close