http://mobile.reuters.com Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:00:51 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/images/small/logo.png http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/CECO?src=RSS-ECO http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSN2845009620080828?src=RSS-ECO INUVIK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) - Canada, criticized by environmentalists for not adequately protecting polar bears from the effects of climate change, said on Thursday it will take more time study its next step. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:12:59 +0000 2008-08-28T231259Z_01_N28450096_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARTIC-BEARS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR12033320080828?src=RSS-ECO GENEVA (Reuters) - Sumatra's endangered elephants and tigers should get a boost from an Indonesian government move to expand one of their last havens, a four-year-old national park on the island, conservation body WWF said on Thursday. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:04:16 +0000 2008-08-28T070416Z_01_LR120333_RTRUKOC_0_US-ELEPHANTS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSSP4419020080829?src=RSS-ECO CANBERRA (Reuters) - Environment groups demanded on Friday that Australia ignore the "greenhouse mafia" as major energy and mining companies met the government to demand greater compensation for a coming emissions trading regime. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:54:05 +0000 2008-08-29T035405Z_01_SP44190_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-CARBON.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLS41843220080828?src=RSS-ECO BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's response to global warming could be watered down to cut the impact on heavy industry and ensure the bloc takes a cautious approach to tougher goals, a document seen by Reuters shows. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:52:22 +0000 2008-08-28T165222Z_01_LS418432_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE-EU-AMENDMENTS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLS61282420080828?src=RSS-ECO LONDON (Reuters) - E.ON UK is to appeal against a local government refusal to grant planning permission for a wind farm at Auchencorth Moss in Scotland, the German-owned utility said on Thursday. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:30:28 +0000 2008-08-28T143028Z_01_LS612824_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRITAIN-POWER-WIND.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLS51543420080828?src=RSS-ECO LONDON (Reuters) - The battle against climate change must not take precedence over the need to guarantee energy security, British industry minister John Hutton was quoted on Thursday as saying in an apparent policy change. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:41 +0000 2008-08-28T130341Z_01_LS515434_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE-BRITAIN-ENERGY.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSN2745499020080827?src=RSS-ECO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arctic sea ice shrank to its second-lowest level ever, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday, with particular melting in the Chukchi Sea, where polar bears were recently seen swimming far off the Alaskan coast. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:57:03 +0000 2008-08-27T195703Z_01_N27454990_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARCTIC-ICE-POLARBEARS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR72490620080827?src=RSS-ECO ACCRA (Reuters) - The world has made progress on ways to save tropical forests as part of a planned new U.N. pact to slow global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said at 160-nation talks in Ghana ending on Wednesday. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:57 +0000 2008-08-27T184957Z_01_LR724906_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSHAN30810020080828?src=RSS-ECO HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will spend nearly 2.4 trillion dong ($145 million) between now and 2010 to build dykes and relocate thousands of rice farmers because of heavy seasonal flooding in its fertile Mekong river delta, the government said. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:38:47 +0000 2008-08-28T063847Z_01_HAN308100_RTRUKOC_0_US-VIETNAM-FLOODS-RELOCATION.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSN2645452820080827?src=RSS-ECO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To keep coral reefs from being eaten away by increasingly acidic oceans, humans need to limit the amount of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, a panel of marine scientists said on Wednesday. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:21:18 +0000 2008-08-27T052118Z_01_N26454528_RTRUKOC_0_US-CORAL-GREENHOUSE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSSP11210320080829?src=RSS-ECO CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government is seeking to introduce one of the world's most inclusive carbon trading schemes by 2010 but needs the support of big business, which fears emissions trading will make them less competitive. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:53:42 +0000 2008-08-29T035405Z_01_SP44190_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-CARBON.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLS45248220080828?src=RSS-ECO BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should allow industry to offset a quarter of the cuts in greenhouse gases they have to make under emissions caps from 2013-20, EU lawmakers say in draft proposals seen by Reuters on Thursday. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:14 +0000 2008-08-28T162814Z_01_LS452482_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE-EU.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSN2552181320080828?src=RSS-ECO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vast swaths of U.S. Pacific Ocean waters could be protected as marine sanctuaries or monuments, the White House said on Monday, drawing praise from environmental groups. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:53:28 +0000 2008-08-28T145328Z_01_N25521813_RTRUKOC_0_US-PACIFIC.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLS64442520080828?src=RSS-ECO ACCRA (Reuters) - Rich countries are pushing developing nations with the strongest economies to do far more to combat climate change, opening a faultline between rich and poor in U.N. talks on global warming. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:13 +0000 2008-08-28T150013Z_01_LS644425_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE-RICH.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR70527320080827?src=RSS-ECO ACCRA (Reuters) - Rich nations will need to provide about $130 billion a year by 2030 to help developing countries cope with climate change, or about five times current flows, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:52 +0000 2008-08-27T184957Z_01_LR724906_RTRUKOC_0_US-CLIMATE.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR7370520080827?src=RSS-ECO MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fuel-guzzling trucks and sports utility vehicles took centre stage at the Moscow car show, flaunting the indifference of Russian buyers to fuel economy and climate change as they project growing wealth through their cars. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:38:49 +0000 2008-08-27T163849Z_01_LR73705_RTRUKOC_0_US-RUSSIA-CARS-BIG.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR6168720080827?src=RSS-ECO ISTANBUL (Reuters) - French wind power producer Perfect Wind will invest 210 million euros ($306 million) in Turkey for a 150 megawatt wind power station, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:26:07 +0000 2008-08-27T142607Z_01_LR61687_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-WIND-INVESTMENT.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR9325920080827?src=RSS-ECO PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech power group CEZ plans to build a 1.1 billion euro ($1.62 billion) wind park in Romania, the largest of its kind in Europe, in a move to offset emissions from dirtier coal-fired power plants. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:33:56 +0000 2008-08-27T133356Z_01_LR93259_RTRUKOC_0_US-CEZ-ROMANIA.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSLR48012320080827?src=RSS-ECO LONDON (Reuters) - European carbon emissions prices hit a 1-month high on Wednesday on the back of rising oil prices and concerns over the Norwegian gas pipeline, traders said. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:02 +0000 2008-08-27T101702Z_01_LR480123_RTRUKOC_0_US-CARBON-MARKETS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CECO/nenvironmentNews_uUSSYD19429820080827?src=RSS-ECO CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Australia, an area the size of India, remains untouched by humans, making the country as critical to the world's environment as the Amazon rainforests, a study said on Wednesday. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:42:57 +0000 2008-08-27T034257Z_01_SYD194298_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-ENVIRONMENT.xml