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Obama wins; Clinton Stands Firm - both pledge a greener America
The Democratic primary season officially ended Tuesday night as Senator Barack Obama declared victory before a jubilant crowd of some 17,000 at a rally at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul. `This is America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past,` the Illinois senator told cheering supporters. `Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.`Obama acknowledged the accomplishments of his rival, Senator Hillary Clinton as he became the first black candidate ... |
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Japan adopts legislation to combat biodiversity loss
Two days after the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, the National Diet of Japan adopted the Basic Act on Biodiversity. The Act formally recognises biodiversity as a challenge all countries must face and one that needs immediate nonpartisan action. The Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and the New Komeito have been instrumental in putting the issue high on Diet`s agenda. The Act was passed on 28 May, two years before the next Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Nagoya, Japan in 2010. The future host country ... |
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- Environment Committee takes tough line on airline emissions
The EP Environment Committee voted on Tuesday to reintroduce most of the Parliament`s first-reading amendments (previously rejected by the Council) to ...
- A major new study on the economic consequences of ecosystem decline
The initial results of a major new study on the economic impacts of biodiversity loss were presented in Bonn last week, at 9th Conference of the Parties ...
- 80,000 trees to be planted to help forests damaged by southern California wildfires
Toshiba America, Inc. (TAI) has announced a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 80,000 trees in Southern California national forest areas damaged ...
- Improving protection of coastal habitats
Apartment blocks have sprung up across Southern Europe`s coastlines in the last few decades, as tourists and residents alike vie for their patch of the ...
- Funds miss the small farmers caring for marginal but environmentally valuable lands
EU funding programmes that consider farmers only as food producers, neglect the environmental and social benefits they also provide.
This is one of ...
- Tackling EU consumption patterns
`Europe`s citizens represent only 7% of Earth`s total population, but consume 15% of the world`s energy, 15% of the meat production and 24% of the paper ...
- Will tropical forests survive a changing climate?
Most people are familiar with tree-planting as a way to offset carbon emissions. However, while the focus has been on reforestation and preventing deforestation, ...
- EUR 6bn awareness campaign aims to create virtual community of young `changers`
The public awareness raising campaign on climate change launched by the European Commission in May 2006 moves into a final stage tomorrow that will focus ...
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