Environmental Issues And Protection - Environmental Problems and Protection

Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon will have fewer environmental effects than fossil-fuel alternatives and will be cheaper than other renewable energy sources, state media said Sunday.Agencia Brasil cited a study by Federal University of Rio de ...

Energy-starved Cambodia on Wednesday opened the country's largest hydropower dam to date, a multi-million dollar Chinese-funded project that has attracted criticism from environmental groups.Prime Minister Hun Sen said the start of operations of the 194-megawatt hydroelectric dam, which cost more than $280 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five U.S. senators urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to reject Republican efforts to make approval of the Keystone XL pipeline part of a payroll tax cut bill expected to pass through Congress in the next two weeks.Last week ...

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - The European Union's highest court is expected to give its final ruling on December 21 on a European law that would force all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions, an EU source said on Tuesday.The ruling ...

Foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to plant forests in Mozambique, but conservationists fear the investments aren't as good for the environment as they might initially seem.Mozambique has about 400,000 square kilometres (155,000 square miles) of largely untouched forests, an area ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. environmental regulator said on Friday it slashed the cost of proposed pollution rules on industrial boilers by $1.5 billion year by allowing some plants to fine tune existing equipment or burn cleaner fuels.The Environmental Protection Agency, under ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will propose a long-delayed rule this week that aims to slash emissions of mercury, soot and lead from boilers and incinerators, a measure opposed by heavy industry and by Republicans in Congress."EPA ...

The world shipping industry could accept a global levy on carbon emissions from merchant ships under a deal that would also channel proceeds to poor countries, according to an announcement at the UN climate talks on Tuesday.Maritime transport accounts for roughly three ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska (Reuters) - Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial proposed U.S.-to-Canada oil pipeline away from an ecologically-sensitive region in the state, and the governor quickly signed the measure into law.Governor Dave Heineman signed bills to reroute TransCanada ...

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Topic: Environmental Issues And Protection

Brazil's Belo Monte dam better than alternatives: study

Cambodia opens controversial mega-dam

Exclusive: Keep pipeline out of tax cuts, senators tell Reid

EU court to rule on airline CO2 cap on Dec. 21: EU source

Mozambique's new forests may not be as green as they seem

U.S. proposes less costly pollution rule on boilers

U.S. moves ahead with rule to cut boiler emissions

Shipping sector may accept price on CO2 emissions

Shipping industry sees price on carbon emissions

Nebraska lawmakers vote to reroute pipeline

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