http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with environmental news that matters. Cover ecology, climate change and news affecting the world's environment en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296348,obama-to-travel-to-copenhagen-climate-summit--summary.html Washington - US President Barack Obama will be in Copenhagen during the early stages of a major United Nations summit aimed at curtailing global climate change, the White House said Wednesday. The Obama administration also proposed cutting its domest... Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296348,obama-to-travel-to-copenhagen-climate-summit--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296347,elbaradei-sceptical-about-irans-nuclear-counterproposals--summary.html Vienna/Tehran - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei reacted sceptically to Iran's counterproposals on a multinational nuclear fuel deal on Wednesday and indicated he does not see a need to change th... Energy,Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296347,elbaradei-sceptical-about-irans-nuclear-counterproposals--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296341,extra-elbaradei-sceptical-about-iranian-nuclear-deal-ideas.html Vienna - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei reacted sceptically to Iranian counterproposals to a multinational nuclear fuel deal on Wednesday and indicated he does not see a need to change the agreement drafted by the IAEA. Re... Energy,Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296341,extra-elbaradei-sceptical-about-iranian-nuclear-deal-ideas.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296273,un-seeks-6-million-dollars-for-madagascar-as-cyclone-season-looms.html Johannesburg - The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for 6 million dollars in donations for the island of Madagascar ahead of the annual cyclone season. Each year, between January and March, the impoverished Indian Ocean island of around 13 millio... Nature,Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:40:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296273,un-seeks-6-million-dollars-for-madagascar-as-cyclone-season-looms.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296260,unagency-approves-groundbreaking-anti-illegal-fishing-treaty.html Rome - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has approved a treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal fishing, the Rome-based UN agency said Wednesday. The treaty, known as the Agreement on Port State M... Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:28:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296260,unagency-approves-groundbreaking-anti-illegal-fishing-treaty.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296247,indonesian-police-arrest-greenpeace-activists-in-sumatra.html Jakarta - Indonesian police on Wednesday arrested 14 Greenpeace activists for blocking the export facilities of a major pulp mill company in eastern Sumatra. The activists were in police custody in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau in eastern Sumatra, f... Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:16:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296247,indonesian-police-arrest-greenpeace-activists-in-sumatra.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296224,new-zealand-parliament-passes-new-climate-change-law.html Wellington - The New Zealand parliament passed a controversial new climate change law through parliament by a narrow majority on Wednesday, defying its own chief adviser on the environment. The centre-right government fast-tracked legislation setting... Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:04:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296224,new-zealand-parliament-passes-new-climate-change-law.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296217,more-than-16000-evacuated-as-malaysian-floods-worsen.html Kuala Lumpur - More than 16,000 Malaysians have evacuated their homes as flood waters continued to rise following incessant rainfall in six states, news reports said Wednesday. The onslaught of the annual year-end monsoon season, which typically last... Nature,Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:29 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296217,more-than-16000-evacuated-as-malaysian-floods-worsen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296210,hong-kong-people-dump-billions-fewer-plastic-bags.html Hong Kong - Four billion fewer plastic bags a year are being thrown out with the rubbish by Hong Kong people as the city's environmental consciousness grows, officials said Wednesday. A government study found there had been a 66.5-per-cent drop in th... Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:52:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296210,hong-kong-people-dump-billions-fewer-plastic-bags.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296176,powerful-quake-off-tonga-but-no-tsunami-threat.html Wellington - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific island state of Tonga early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat ... Nature,Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296176,powerful-quake-off-tonga-but-no-tsunami-threat.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296169,extra-us-india-agree-on-partnership-for-green-economy.html Washington - US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday pledged their countries will work closely to develop clean forms of energy to help curtail the threat posed by global warming. Obama said a clean energy initiati... Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:58:29 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296169,extra-us-india-agree-on-partnership-for-green-economy.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296168,world-powers-seek-iaea-resolution-on-iranian-nuclear-site--summary.html Vienna - Six world powers aim to put pressure on Iran with a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would censure Tehran over its new nuclear site and would involve the UN Security Council, diplomats said Tuesday. The IAEA's... Energy,Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:52:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296168,world-powers-seek-iaea-resolution-on-iranian-nuclear-site--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296161,darwin-first-edition-ends-shelf-life-with-sale-at-london-auction.html London - A first edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species was sold for more than 100,000 pounds (165,800 dollars) at auction Tuesday after languishing on a lavatory bookshelf for 50 years. Christie's auction house in L... Nature,Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:22:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296161,darwin-first-edition-ends-shelf-life-with-sale-at-london-auction.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296154,world-powers-seek-iaea-resolution-voicing-serious-concern-iran.html Vienna - Six world powers have drafted a resolution to censure Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over a new nuclear facility and to involve the UN Security Council, several diplomats said Tuesday. The IAEA's governing board is set... Energy,Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:46:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296154,world-powers-seek-iaea-resolution-voicing-serious-concern-iran.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296138,norwegian-group-hopes-to-use-osmosis-to-produce-power.html Oslo - Oil and gas rich Norway on Tuesday inaugurated a prototype power plant to produce energy based on the principle of osmosis. This new technology generates electricity simply by mixing water, said Bard Mikkelsen, the chief executive of Statkraf... Energy,Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296138,norwegian-group-hopes-to-use-osmosis-to-produce-power.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296137,2010-world-cup-to-have-elephantine-carbon-footprint.html Johannesburg - The 2010 football World Cup in South Africa will have an elephantine carbon footprint compared to the 2006 Cup in Germany, the South African government said Tuesday. Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica told parliament that a... Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:40:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296137,2010-world-cup-to-have-elephantine-carbon-footprint.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296120,taiwan-seeks-official-representation-at-copenhagen-climate-summit.html Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday expressed the wish that Taiwan can have official representation at the Copenhagen climate summit. Taiwan now can only be represented by civic groups and non- governmental organizations (NGO) at next ... Environment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:40:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296120,taiwan-seeks-official-representation-at-copenhagen-climate-summit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295923,study-climate-change-to-have-irreversible-consequences-by-2050.html Berlin - A lack of determined action on climate change means that by 2050 global warming of more than the targeted 2 degrees celsius will have taken place, a study released in Berlin Monday said. In its Tipping Points report, environmental advocacy... Environment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:40:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295923,study-climate-change-to-have-irreversible-consequences-by-2050.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295900,danish-premier-to-discuss-climate-change-with-commonwealth-leaders.html Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen is to discuss climate change at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting later this week, his office said Monday. Rasmussen has been engaged in efforts to secure support for a politically bi... Environment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:58:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295900,danish-premier-to-discuss-climate-change-with-commonwealth-leaders.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295888,ukraine-gas-company-chief-no-cut-offs-for-new-year.html Kiev - Russian natural gas supplies will flow uninterrupted to European consumers at the beginning of 2010, a senior Ukrainian official said on Monday, according to an Interfax news agency report. This year we are going to meet the New Year at home,... Energy,Environment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:58:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295888,ukraine-gas-company-chief-no-cut-offs-for-new-year.html