Topic: Oceania
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament passed laws that impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.The laws will force Australia's top ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia and the European Union have agreed to start talks to link their carbon emissions trading schemes, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Monday.Gillard said officials would begin discussions on linking the schemes at an appropriate time.Australia aims ...
The US territory of the Marshall Islands has placed a moratorium on the trade and export of shark fins, a report said Friday, the latest in a trend across the Pacific Ocean.More than 70 million sharks are killed each year primarily for ...
There are many great magazines for homesteaders, and those who want to live a simpler, more natural way of life. Dollar Stretcher is stacked with articles by people who have been there, done that, and halved the cost or less. If you ...
Going green for some branded hotels is the request for guests to use less fresh towels and conserve water. Leading the way are many hotels in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim which have been specifically designed to blend into their ...
AUCKLAND (Reuters Life!) - For all the world's environmentally conscious wine drinkers, help is at hand. A New Zealand winery now declares on its label the carbon footprint for each glass you imbibe.The New Zealand Wine Company on Friday started sales of ...
We hear a lot about footprints' now. One robust, globally standardized, methodology is the Ecological Footprint. The Ecological Footprint is a resource accounting tool used to assess sustainability. If we do not know how much of nature's capacity we use or how ...
We've all heard the mantra: Is local food greener? In 2006 New Zealand 's Lincoln University issued a report stating that meat and dairy products shipped to Europe (from New Zealand ) had a smaller environmental impact than the same goods sourced ...
An ecological footprint is a measure of the amount of the earth needed to sustain your presence. The ecological footprint is usually measured in a number of planets there would have to be in order for everyone in the world to live ...
Aluminium is an incredibly useful metal, being lightweight, malleable, and non-corrosive. The countries with especially plentiful supplies include Australia, Vietnam, Guinea and Brazil; although it is common is most tropical and subtropical areas.. It nearly always involves some habitat destruction, soil erosion, ...
