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China takes cautious step towards carbon emissions trading
Reuters* China is battling to balance econ growth with environment * Nationwide trading scheme still a long way off * Country is world's main source of greenhouse gas By David Stanway BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters) - China launched its first pilot carbon...Tags: Government, Beijing (China), China, PetroChina Company Limited, Environmental Pollution
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China takes cautious step toward carbon emissions trading
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China launched its first pilot carbon emissions exchange on Tuesday, though plans for a nationwide rollout and efforts to apply the scheme to some polluting heavy industries could be undermined by a slowdown in the world's No.2...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Beijing (China), Environmental Pollution, China, Culture
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Protesters urge Tribune Co. not to sell newspapers to Koch brothers
Tribune reporterAbout two dozen protesters staged a rally in front of Tribune Tower Wednesday as part of a "national day of action" to dissuade Tribune Co. from selling its newspapers to brothers Charles and David Koch, conservative billionaire industrialists who are...Tags: Activism, Bruce Karsh, Politics, Tribune Company, Los Angeles Times
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Barrick pays $11.6 mln fine for environmental harm in Chile
ReutersSANTIAGO, May 31 (Reuters) - Barrick Gold Corp has paid a discounted $11.6 million fine for serious environmental violations at its suspended Pascua-Lama gold project, a spokesperson for the company said on Friday. Last Friday, Chile's new...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Punishment, Chile, Fines, Environmental Issues
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The climate change guilt trip
A friend recently returned from a camping trip in the Sierra Nevada. His eyes shone as he described the opalescent sky, the vitality of wildlife in spring and the fun he'd had playing with his two young daughters during the mellow evenings. It had been...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Toyota, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Weather, Hybrid Vehicles
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WRAPUP 5-Roiled by mystery GMO wheat, US races to reassure buyers
Reuters* Japan cancels tender to purchase some U.S. wheat * EU preparing to test incoming shipments * Importers to seek details from U.S. government (Adds Oregon researchers in second section) By Julie Ingwersen and Charles Abbott CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, May 30...Tags: Exports, Agricultural Research and Technology, National Government, Philippines, Litigation
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Roiled by mystery GMO wheat, U.S. races to reassure buyers
ReutersCHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials raced to quell global alarm on Thursday over the first-ever discovery of an unapproved strain of genetically modified wheat, working to figure out how the rogue grain escaped from a field trial a decade ago....Tags: Exports, China, Asia, Philippines, Police Investigations
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Review: 'The East' a complex, provocative morality tale
"The East" is a provocative industrial espionage thriller that pits counterculture revolutionaries intent on exposing corporate villainy against the undercover intelligence specialists paid exceedingly well to keep their compromised clientele clean. By...
Tags: FBI, Sundance Film Festival, Another Earth (movie), Values, Entertainment
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Consumer question: When is 'green' logging really green?
SEATTLE — The seal looked appealing, a daisy on a field of green, with the words “Tested Green.” It was issued to more than 120 products as a guarantee of environmental responsibility. The problem, federal trade regulators announced in...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Natural Resource Industry, Forestry and Timber, Federal Trade Commission
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INTERVIEW-Pascua-Lama reactivation to take 1-2 years or more -Chile regulator
Reuters* Water management measures required for re-activation * Pascua-Lama frozen due to "severe" environmental harm * Mega $8.5 bln gold project faces protracted legal battle (Adds details on environment, regulator comments, share price) By Alexandra Ulmer...Tags: Sebastian Pinera, Environmental Pollution, Punishment, Metal and Mineral, Chile
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Cameroon lifts freeze on U.S. company's palm oil venture
ReutersYAOUNDE, June 6 (Reuters) - Cameroon has given the green light to a company owned by New York venture capital firm Herakles Capital to resume work on a giant palm oil plantation, officials said on Thursday, sparking outcries from environmental...Tags: Government, Jim Marshall, World Wildlife Fund, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Conservation groups challenge 'green' forest product certification
SEATTLE -- When an intense storm pounded southwestern Washington in 2007, mud poured down from the mountainsides, logging debris choked streams and the Chehalis River flooded much of the region, causing $57 million in damage. Almost immediately,...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Forestry and Timber, International Paper Company, Forests, Agriculture
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