2008年9月5日
北京区政府就垃圾场污染公开道歉
《路透社》报道，北京朝阳区政府就垃圾场臭味扰民已向居民公开道歉。几百周边居民对该区内高安屯垃圾卫生填埋场产生的臭味带来的影响表示愤怒，并上街游行表示反抗。
更多 ...September 05, 2008
Government apologises for stinking garbage plant
Beijing made a public apology for a malodorous garbage-processing plant that had prompted angry residents to stage a street protest, Reuters reported.
more ...Pollution threat feared from WWII tanker wrecks
A sunken Japanese oil tanker from the second world war, one of 52 wrecks on the bottom of Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon, is releasing streams of diesel bubbles. The resulting oil slick is now at least five kilometres long.
more ...Asian soot could affect warming in Europe and US
Pollution from power plants, cooking and heating in Asia could create summer "hot spots" in the United States and Europe by mid-century, according to a new study by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
more ...September 04, 2008
Germany to launch clean coal pilot
In a landmark for the development of clean energy, a pilot project for carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be formally commissioned next week in northern Germany, the BBC has reported.
more ...Seawater greenhouses could bring life to desert
Greenhouses using seawater to grow crops could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, the Guardian reports an ambitious design as proposing.
more ...Warmer oceans "make strongest storms stronger"
As temperatures rise in the world's oceans, the strongest tropical storms are strenthening, Reuters reported climate scientists as warning. "If the seas continue to warm, we can expect to see stronger storms in the future," James Elsner, of Florida State University, was reported saying.
more ...September 03, 2008
Indonesia cracks down on tiger traffickers in Sumatra
A raid on illegal tiger traders has resulted in four arrests in Sumatra, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) report. Tigers are critically endangered in Indonesia due to habitat loss and poaching for their parts, which are used in traditional medicine and sold as souvenirs.
more ...Australian food-bowl drought worsens
The record drought gripping Australia's main food-growing region, the Murray-Darling river system, has worsened. Water inflows were at an all-time low over the past two years, Reuters reported a top water official as saying.
more ...2008年9月2日
季候风肆虐南亚，造成巨大损害
东北部印度的暴雨和洪水在迫使几十万人逃离家园，此外很多大象和犀牛也因此到处逃窜。在印度比哈尔邦，绝望的洪灾难民在抢夺食物供给；而在孟加拉国，河水上涨到了危险的地步，并淹没了很多未开发的地区。
更多 ...September 02, 2008
Monsoon misery spreads in south Asia
Heavy rains and rising floodwaters in northeast India have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and sent elephants and rhinos fleeing. In the eastern state of Bihar, desperate flood victims looted food supplies, while in Bangladesh rivers rose to danger levels and fresh parts of the country were submerged.
more ...North Pole can be circumnavigated for the first time
Scientists have warned that the Arctic icecap is entering a "death spiral" as open water is seen stretching all the way round the Arctic for the first time in at least 125,000 years, the Independent on Sunday reported.
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