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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Ten thousand dead Myanmar cyclone is a portent of disasters to come	Ryan Avent	05 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Asia, climate, climate change impacts, severe weather (all these topics)

Getting distracted	David Roberts	07 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Asia, health, severe weather, World Health Organization (all these topics)

A Black Day With oil prices rising, Asia turns to coal		04 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:44 AM on 04 Jan 2008 You may have heard that oil prices are flirting with $100 a barrel; what's an oil-dependent, energy-hungry globe to do? In Asia, home to a third of the world's proven coal reserves, the answer seems obvious. Across the continent, billions of dollars are being poured into R&D of coal-to-liquid fuel and coal-bed methane extraction. Some tout the new technologies as clean 'n' green -- but coal by any other ...
Topics: Asia, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy, news (all these topics)

Well, At Least We Didn't Have Our Hopes Up Asian countries sign on to vague climate pact		21 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 3:03 PM on 21 Nov 2007 Leaders of 14 Asian countries, along with Australia and New Zealand, have signed onto a climate pact that says -- well, nothing in particular, really. Maybe it's the thought that counts, but setting specific goals for addressing a rather important global crisis would count for a hell of a lot more. In our humble opinion. From the Archives So That's ...
Topics: Asia, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

How Green Was Myanmar's Valley? Myanmar quickly being deforested for world timber trade, quick cash		17 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 17 Oct 2007 Ever wonder what the military government of Myanmar is up to when it's not quashing peaceful, pro-democracy protests? According to environmental groups, the regime has allegedly been profiting from large-scale illegal logging operations that feed sawmills across the border in China. Green group Global Witness estimates that up to 95 percent of Myanmar's timber exp ...
Topics: Asia, deforestation, news (all these topics)

Sustainable math in East Asia East Asian countries could save money shifting to renewables, but aren't gonna	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Asia, energy, Greenpeace, international politics, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

A Jolly Good Rockefeller Rockefeller Foundation offers climate aid to Asia, Africa		10 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
A Jolly Good Rockefeller Rockefeller Foundation offers climate aid to Asia, Africa Comin' on over to the dirty-hippie side, the Rockefeller Foundation has announced an investment of $70 million over the next five years to help communities in Asia and Africa withstand the effects of climate change. The foundation will focus on developing adaptation strategies for affected pop ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, news (all these topics)

Cloudy, With a Chance of Powers As Asian economies grow, increased pollution affecting world's weather		06 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Cloudy, With a Chance of Powers As Asian economies grow, increased pollution affecting world's weather Scientists say smog from Asia is drifting east, seeding storm clouds, and intensifying weather in the Pacific. On a typical spring or summer day, they say, nearly a third of the air high above the U.S. West Coast comes from Asia. And according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academ ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, news, severe weather, United States (all these topics)

Hey, It's the Thought That Counts New energy pact signed by 16 Asian and Pacific nations lacks targets		16 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Hey, It's the Thought That Counts New energy pact signed by 16 Asian and Pacific nations lacks targets Yesterday, the leaders of 16 Asian and Pacific nations bumped into each other on the street, chatted for a few minutes, then promised to "totally get together for lunch some time." At least, that's one interpretation of the signing of a landmark energy pact that reaches from Australia to India. While the agreement p ...
Topics: Asia, climate, energy, news (all these topics)

Borneo to Be Wild Scientists discover 52 new species on the island of Borneo		19 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Borneo to Be Wild Scientists discover 52 new species on the island of Borneo Over the last 17 months, scientists have identified 52 new plant and animal species in the rainforests of Borneo, a Southeast Asian island, the World Wildlife Fund announced yesterday. The finds include 30 unique species of fish, two tree-frog species, three new trees, a plant that grows only a single large leaf, 16 types of ginger, and a partridge in a pear ...
Topics: Asia, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Go for Choke Deliberate forest fires cause choking haze in Southeast Asia		23 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Go for Choke Deliberate forest fires cause choking haze in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia has been suffering through hellish smog over the last few weeks thanks to Indonesian farmers and owners of timber and palm-oil plantations who have set massive fires to clear land. Slash-and-burn practices are illegal in Indonesia, but nonetheless take place every year and rarely result in punishment. This year, th ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, deforestation, Indonesia, news (all these topics)

We've Got a Helsinki'n Feeling Asia-Europe Meeting provides lots of talk, little action		12 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
We've Got a Helsinki'n Feeling Asia-Europe Meeting provides lots of talk, little action A club of 38 European and Asian leaders concluded a two-day summit in Helsinki, Finland, yesterday, saying what they always say and failing to make the concrete plans they always fail to make. The leaders agreed to continue to cut greenhouse gases after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, but didn't set new targets. Predicting that ...
Topics: Asia, climate, European Union, news (all these topics)

See You in the Handbasket Climate-change studies project fun future of droughts, floods, illness		18 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
See You in the Handbasket Climate-change studies project fun future of droughts, floods, illness The latest issue of the journal Nature has three new studies on the likely impacts of climate disruption. Turns out it's gonna be a cakewalk! Ah, sadly, we kid. Millions who depend on mountain snow and glaciers for their water supplies -- especially in Asia and South America -- are expected to face shortages as rising temper ...
Topics: Asia, climate, news, South America (all these topics)

Lucky Stiff Asian men turning to Viagra over traditional animal cures for impotence		12 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Lucky Stiff Asian men turning to Viagra over traditional animal cures for impotence Far East penises are getting an assist from the pharmaceutical industry, and that's good news for the seahorses, green sea turtles, and other critters that have been used for years to get a rise out of reticent Asian members. According to a new study in the journal Environmental Conservation, Viagra may be slowly replacing traditional Chinese cur ...
Topics: animal welfare, Asia, news (all these topics)

Burma Save Logging keeps Asian elephants in business ... for now	Jennifer Hile	13 Sep 2005	Main Dish
At a fork in the road, our guide points to the right. "That's the main road there," he says. "We'll go on this smaller road, deep into the jungle." A glance to the left reveals a narrow, unpaved track, which he tells us is used primarily by logging trucks. It's the dry season in Myanmar, and dead leaves hang like bats above us. The truck's idling motor blends with the cacophony of in ...
Topics: Asia, globalization, logging, wildlife (all these topics)

Downward Freezing Dog Freezing AC is status symbol at some Asian offices		25 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Downward Freezing Dog Freezing AC is status symbol at some Asian offices In some tropical Asian cities, it's become a symbol of luxury to keep offices at an arctic chill. Hong Kong may be the world's coldest city when you're indoors, say researchers, who found the average office temperature is between 70 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit (72 to 78 is considered the optimum human-comfort range indoors). Workers in one office contend ...
Topics: Asia, energy, Hong Kong, news (all these topics)

Pact or Fiction? New Asia-Pacific climate pact is long on PR, short on substance	Amanda Griscom Little	04 Aug 2005	Muckraker
Staunch U.S. allies, enviro activists, and just about everyone else was caught flat-footed last week when the U.S., Australia, and four Asian countries unveiled a new pact intended to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. In the days since, some details about the surprise alliance have trickled out, but its mission and intended impact remain murky. Known as the Asia-Pacific Par ...
Topics: Asia, Australia, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, Muckraker, politics, United States (all these topics)

An Immodest Proposal How a little blue pill could get big results -- in species conservation, we mean	J. D. Smith	22 Mar 2005	Soapbox
Quick: what do sea turtles, black bears, and Philippine fruit bats have in common? Rise up on behalf of the turtles. At first glance, not much. They don't look alike, and they have very different ranges and habitats. In fact, one would be hard-pressed even to find them on any of the same guest lists. But these creatures share one very important trait. Along with sea ...
Topics: Asia, Central America, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Panel Surfing Enviro-justice activists send a dispatch from a panel with The Reapers		03 Mar 2005	Dispatches
Vivian Chang and Manami Kano are executive director and development director, respectively, of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, an environmental-justice organization that builds grassroots leadership in immigrant Asian communities and works in multi-racial and multi-issue alliances to build progressive power for equity, sustainability, and justice. � Thursday, 03 Mar 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. The Asian ...
Topics: Asia, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

How Stella Got Her Mangrove Back Enviros push for green reconstruction in wake of tsunami		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
How Stella Got Her Mangrove Back Enviros push for green reconstruction in wake of tsunami As tsunami relief efforts continue and plans for rebuilding begin, enviros hope sensible ecological practices will be taken into consideration. World Wildlife Fund on Monday called for careful coastal planning as reconstruction efforts get underway, as well as an end to over-logging in the region and protection for local fishe ...
Topics: Asia, Coastal Erosion, land degradation (all these topics)

Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals		10 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals The latest in grim tsunami news comes via Sri Lankan sea-turtle researcher Kithsiri Kannangara, whose turtle hatchery was completely wiped out by the enormous waves, which have produced more tragedies than the ancient Greeks. In addition to a large leatherback turtle, seven rare green turtles, and some $500,000 worth of equipment, Kannangara lost 20,0 ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting		06 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting The tsunami that ravaged coastlines of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and India last week, causing some 150,000 human deaths and countless dollars in property damage, also wreaked havoc on the region's already-fragile environment. Researchers are just beginning to survey the toll on coastal forests, coral reefs, and wetlands, and experts say the news is not g ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, water pollution (all these topics)

We Know, We Know, You're Sick of Hearing About Tajikistan, but ... Former Soviet republic littered with radioactive mine sites		16 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
We Know, We Know, You're Sick of Hearing About Tajikistan, but ... Former Soviet republic littered with radioactive mine sites The former Soviet republic of Tajikistan may be on the brink of environmental disaster as decades-old abandoned uranium mines lie open to the elements and some 55 million tons of nuclear waste contaminate the northern part of the country, left in the wake of Stalin's arms race with the U.S. ...
Topics: Asia, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Death, Be Not Cloud An excerpt from Feeling the Heat sizes up the ominous Asian Cloud	Jim Motavalli	28 Sep 2004	Arts and Minds
This piece is excerpted from Feeling the Heat: Dispatches From the Frontlines of Climate Change. Other contributors to the book include writers Ross Gelbspan, David Helvarg, and Mark Hertsgaard and photographer Gary Braasch. Feeling the Heat: Dispatches From the Frontlines of Climate Change Edited by Jim Motavalli, Routledge, 176 pages, 2004 The Indian city of Mumbai, formerly Bomba ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, energy (all these topics)

Well To-Do Farmers Across Asia Emptying Underground Water Tables		27 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Well To-Do Farmers Across Asia Emptying Underground Water Tables Farmers in India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and northern China are setting themselves up for drought and famine in decades to come by pushing wells deep into the ground, emptying underground reserves at a rate faster than precipitation can replenish them. India's government system of irrigation canals is decrepit, so farmers have sunk some 21 million wells an ...
Topics: Asia, desertification, water pollution (all these topics)

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