Environment
Low extinction rate disguises pending Amazon catastrophe
By By Simon Levey | 19 Jul 2012
Opposition's pledge to junk carbon tax fails to enthuse Australian businesses
07 Jul 2012
Fewer than a quarter of the biggest heavy greenhouse gas-emitting companies in Australia, support opposition leader Tony Abbott's pledge to repeal the controversial carbon tax
Researchers explain how dye-based nanotubes can help harvest light’s energy
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 07 Jul 2012
Gamesa expanding wind energy business to Myanmar
05 Jul 2012
Australia launches controversial carbon tax
02 Jul 2012
The carbon pricing in Australia applies to nearly 300 of the country’s largest entities that emit more than 25,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases annually
CII, World Bank join forces to save the tiger
27 Jun 2012
The World Bank and Confederation of Indian Industry have joined forces to establish 'India Wildlife Business Council' to save the tiger from becoming extinct
CII, World Bank join forces to save the tiger
27 Jun 2012
The World Bank and Confederation of Indian Industry have joined forces to establish 'India Wildlife Business Council' to save the tiger from becoming extinct
Lead from gasoline discovered in Indian Ocean
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 27 Jun 2012
New online tool helps governments go green
27 Jun 2012
Farming and biodiversity can coexist, say Stanford researchers
By Rajiv Shankar | 26 Jun 2012
Swan assures support to households on carbon tax
25 Jun 2012
Modelling biofuel fiteness for the sea
21 Jun 2012
Carbon capture and storage likely to cause earthquakes
20 Jun 2012
Geophysicists say earthquakes triggered by underground CO2 storage, while probably too small to cause major damage, could release stored CO2 into the atmosphere
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