(July 2, 2010) Michelle Chan at the environmental group Friends of the Earth offers a quick and easy way to scam carbon markets.
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Project’s delay leaves Beijing thirsty
(June 29, 2010) Delays in the controversial South-to-North Water Diversion Project are worsening Beijing’s water crisis, says a recent report from China Daily.
Lessons from controversy (2)
(June 12, 2010) In the conclusion of their two-part analysis of the Clean Development Mechanism, He Gang and Richard Morse reject assertions that China has manipulated tariffs to secure funding and call for reform.
Lessons from controversy (1)
(June 12, 2010) The United Nations’ decision to deny a clutch of Chinese wind farms Clean Development Mechanism status has exposed structural failures in this carbon-cutting device, argue He Gang and Richard Morse.
Beijing’s water shortage worsens as SNWD project delayed
(June 28, 2010) In a bid to relieve Beijing’s water shortage, 200 million cubic meters of water will be transferred from three reservoirs in Hebei province to the metropolis, rednet.cn reported.
Letter to Mekong River Commission by Save the Mekong Coalition
(June 15, 2010) A letter from the Save the Mekong Coalition to the Mekong River Commission.
Passing of an era: Beijing’s water crisis hurting one of the city’s great temples
(June 24, 2010) Beijing’s water crisis is behind the demise of one of city’s most famous and historic temples, say a team of Beijing investigative historians led by China’s prize-winning journalist Dai Qing and Probe International, a Canadian environmental think tank.
Water shortage looms for China, India
(May 31, 2010) Water demand in the next two decades will double in India and rise 32 percent in China, according to the 2030 Water Resources Group, a research collaboration between the World Bank, management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and industrial water users such as Coca-Cola.
Carbon credit fraud makes its way to Liberia
(June 23, 2010) A British company is alleged to have bribed Liberian officials in a carbon credit deal, writes Brady Yauch.
Expert—Hydropower Plant May Have Triggered Deadly Landslide in Sichuan, China
(June 18, 2010) Geologist Fan Xiao says recent landslides in China’s southwestern Sichuan province may have been caused by nearby dams.
Giant dams mess with global sea level rise
(June 18, 2010) Michael Reilly, writing in Discovery News, says massive dams are altering the global sea level.
PNG tax reform, not overseas aid
(June 18, 2010) In the PNG news, there is an article by Isaac Nicholas that quotes the results of a European Union funded geological survey. The survey data apparently revealed potentially large mineral deposits in the PNG Highlands. The minerals mentioned were copper, gold, silver, zinc, chromium and nickel.
Sudden sinkhole outbreak raises fears in China
(June 17, 2010) China is suffering from a sudden rise in sinkholes, writes Li Hui in The Epoch Times.
With cave-ins, China gets a sinking feeling
(June 17, 2010) Rapid development, not true sinkholes, apparently led to a flurry of cave-ins in China in the weeks after a Guatemala City shocker.
Danjiangkou Reservoir: A tale of two watersheds
(June 16, 2010) In the ultimate photo-op this week, Danjiangkou Mayor Zeng Wenhua, with press in tow, ladled a cup of water out of his city’s reservoir and drank it "without hesitation" to demonstrate its purity. The Danjiangkou Reservoir—on the Hanjiang River, a branch of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River—is slated to provide Beijing with water by 2014, once the central channel of the South-North Water Diversion scheme is completed.
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