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Tumpang Tindih Lahan Pertambangan Batu Bara Dengan Kawasan Hutan
11-Nov-2010; 06:46
Kamis, 11 November 2010 04:57 WIB
Jambi (ANTARA News) - Dinas Pertambangan provinsi Jambi berharap Komisi VII Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dapat menjembatani pengurusan izin pinjam pakai kawasan hutan ke Menteri Kehutanan.
Langkah ini perlu guna menjamin kepastian hukum bagi investor akibat tumpang tindihnya lahan pertambangan batu bara dengan kawasan hutan, kata Kepala Dinas Pertambangan Provinsi Jambi, Irmansysah Rachman, Rabu.
India: Cancun Will Test Climate Talks' Credibility
11-Nov-2010; 07:37
Date: 11-Nov-10
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Author: Matthias Williams
U.N. climate talks in Cancun will be the last chance for nations to agree on thorny issues such as technology transfers and will test the dialogue's credibility, India's environment minister said on Wednesday.Nations must reach a consensus on sharing green technology between rich and developing countries and resist the temptation to cling to old positions "like a mantra," Jairam Ramesh told a news conference after a two-day climate meeting in New Delhi.
EU Reports Biggest Ever Fall In Car Emissions In 2009
11-Nov-2010; 07:47
Date: 11-Nov-10
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Author: Pete Harrison
Average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union dropped by 5 percent last year, the biggest annual fall ever recorded, European climate chief Connie Hedegaard said on Wednesday.The EU, home to 500 million people, has set a target for cutting average emissions from new cars to 130 grams of CO2 per km by 2015.
Brazil Opens Fund To Cut Agriculture Deforestation
11-Nov-2010; 07:49
Date: 11-Nov-10
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Author: Brian Ellsworth
Brazil's state development bank BNDES on Wednesday said it opened a fund worth 1 billion reais ($588 million) that will finance projects to reduce deforestation associated with the nation's booming agricultural sector.The fund will provide low interest loans for rural businesses and cooperatives to invest in recovering degraded land or creating links between existing forests and land used for agriculture, the bank said in a statement.
Climate Talks Seek Complex, Interlocked Deal: U.N
11-Nov-2010; 07:50
Date: 11-Nov-10
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Author: Alister Doyle
U.N. climate talks starting in Mexico this month will seek a complex set of interlocking deals to slow global warming but will fall well short of a new treaty, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday.Christiana Figueres said that governments had lowered their sights for the November 29-December 10 talks in Cancun, Mexico, after the Copenhagen summit in December 2009 failed to reach a sweeping new U.N. pact to slow climate change.
EPA To Push Efficiency On Big Carbon Emitters
11-Nov-2010; 07:52
Date: 11-Nov-10
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Author: Timothy Gardner
U.S. environmental regulators said on Wednesday they will not force coal plants and manufacturers to adopt specific technologies to cut greenhouse gas output, but will push them to become more energy efficient in order to comply with looming climate rules.The move by the Environmental Protection agency, or EPA, helped relieve some fears in the industries that the agency would require emitters to quickly invest in expensive, unproven technologies to cut output of gases blamed for global warming. But industry groups did complain they would not have enough time to comply with the rules.
