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Lakes A Big Source Of Climate-Warming Gas: Study
07-Jan-2011
Date: 07-Jan-11
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle

Lakes and rivers emit far more of a powerful greenhouse gas than previously thought, counteracting the overall role of nature in soaking up climate-warming gases, a study showed on Thursday.
A review of 474 freshwater systems indicated they emitted methane equivalent to 25 percent of all carbon dioxide -- the main greenhouse gas blamed for stoking climate change -- absorbed by the world's land areas every year.

 

Perubahan iklim pengaruhi harga cabai
06-Jan-2011
Oleh Rika Novayanti | 06 January 2011

JAKARTA: Perubahan iklim dan bencana alam menjadi pemicu berkurangnya produksi dan pasokan cabai sehingga harga cabai melonjak, sedangkan penyebab lainnya adalah panjangnya jalur distribusi dari produsen hingga ke konsumen.
Meletusnya gunung Merapi mengurangi pasokan cabai asal Jawa Tengah dari 200 ton menjadi 40 ton setiap harinya ke pasar induk Tanah Tinggi Tangerang. Sementara itu, curah hujan yang tinggi juga telah menyebabkan gagal panen di beberapa daerah.

 

Indonesia Divided Over Forest Moratorium
06-Jan-2011
Date: 06-Jan-11
Country: INDONESIA
Author: Olivia Rondonuwu

Indonesia's government is still trying to thrash out the details of a two-year moratorium on forest clearing under a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, leading it to miss a planned January 1 start and continued uncertainty for plantation firms.
The divergence of views between different Indonesian government ministries mirrors the inability of nations to agree a concrete pact to limit global greenhouse gas emissions at U.N. talks in Cancun last month.

 

Analysis: Obama Under Pressure To Delay EPA Carbon Rules
06-Jan-2011
Date: 06-Jan-11
Country: USA
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
The Obama administration is facing intense pressure from all sides to delay its efforts to limit greenhouse gases, but don't expect it to call off its chief enforcer on climate -- the EPA -- without a fight.Congress failed last year to pass a climate change bill and into this vacuum has been thrust the Environmental Protection Agency -- a symbol of government excess for the political right but an institution of last resort for environmentalists.