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/295570,elbaradei-iran-has-not-totally-rejected-nuclear-fuel-plan.html Berlin - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally rejected his agency's nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out. The ball is now in Iran's court. I hope they wi... Energy,Environment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295570,elbaradei-iran-has-not-totally-rejected-nuclear-fuel-plan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295546,heavy-rainfalls-mean-flooding-in-northern-britain--officer-missing.html London - Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in Scotland and northern Britain and one police officer is missing following severe flooding after torrential rain, the Environment Agency said Friday. In the worst-hit regions of Cumbr... Nature,Environment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:16:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295546,heavy-rainfalls-mean-flooding-in-northern-britain--officer-missing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295506,un-offers-rescue-targets-for-troubled-climate-summit-in-copenhagen.html New York - Faced with prospects of failure in Copenhagen's climate change summit next month, the United Nations on Thursday cited key targets that could improve the chance of success in the talks on reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global... Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295506,un-offers-rescue-targets-for-troubled-climate-summit-in-copenhagen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295417,not-much-expected-from-copenhagen-indian-environment-minister-says.html New Delhi - Not much was expected from the climate change summit in Copenhagen except for a mandate to continue negotiations, Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday. We need to be proactive, aggressive and ruthless in our domestic o... Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295417,not-much-expected-from-copenhagen-indian-environment-minister-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html Tokyo - Smoke rose Thursday from a currently closed nuclear power plant in Japan, but the operator said there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The smoke emerged from the brake of the hoisting function of a crane in the turbine room of a ... Energy,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295375,japan-hunting-whales-again-for-scientific-purposes.html Tokyo - A Japanese whaling fleet left for the Antarctic on Thursday. Greenpeace activists said they displayed a banner in front of the Nisshin Maru factory ship bearing the slogan Yes We Can, from US President Barack Obama's election campaign, and ... Nature,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:34:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295375,japan-hunting-whales-again-for-scientific-purposes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295362,national-geographic-channel-focuses-on-myanmar-elephants.html Yangon - The National Geographic Channel is due in Myanmar this month to shoot a documentary on the country's hard-working elephants, sources close to the project said Thursday. They will come here this month to document the state of Myanmar's domes... Nature,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:22:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295362,national-geographic-channel-focuses-on-myanmar-elephants.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295356,hong-kong-shivers-in-coldest-november-in-more-than-120-years.html Hong Kong - Hong Kong recorded its coldest November 18 in 120 years as a winter monsoon continued to send temperatures falling, weather experts said Thursday. Temperatures fell to 9.7 degrees Celsius in the sub-tropical city on Wednesday morning - th... Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:34:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295356,hong-kong-shivers-in-coldest-november-in-more-than-120-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295257,world-population-report-links-birth-control-to-climate-change.html London - A slowdown in global population growth through contraception could help alleviate the rapid pace of climate change, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report Wednesday. The 94-page State of the World Population Report 2009,... Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:22:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295257,world-population-report-links-birth-control-to-climate-change.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295246,india-revises-air-quality-standards-after-15-years.html New Delhi - In a move to check air pollution in the country, India on Wednesday revised its national ambient air quality standards after 15 years, a news report said. We have notified the ambient air quality standards in India which are equivalent t... Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:46:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295246,india-revises-air-quality-standards-after-15-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295242,extrarussia-announces-strengthened-2020-climate-goals.html Stockholm - Russia has decided to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 20-25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, diplomats at a summit with the European Union in Stockholm said Wednesday. Moscow's announcement of its goal should make it easier for the EU ... Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295242,extrarussia-announces-strengthened-2020-climate-goals.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295235,iran-will-not-send-enriched-uranium-abroad.html Tehran - Iran will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday. Talking to ISNA news agency, Mottaki added that Iran would, however, consider a nuclear fuel swap inside the c... Energy,Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295235,iran-will-not-send-enriched-uranium-abroad.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295232,viennas-favourite-panda-flown-to-china.html Vienna - Panda Fu Long, the two-year-old star of the Vienna Zoo, left Austria and was flown to China on Wednesday, the zoo confirmed. The two-year-old male panda had become an attraction not only because o... Nature,Environment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:16:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295232,viennas-favourite-panda-flown-to-china.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295152,san-diego-panda-named-yun-zi--son-of-cloud.html Los Angeles dpa) - A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo will be named Yun Zi, Chinese for Son of Cloud, the zoo announced Tuesday. The name was selected from over 6,300 recommendations from the public. Zoo officials whittled them down to five, with... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295152,san-diego-panda-named-yun-zi--son-of-cloud.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295129,magnitude-65-earthquake-off-canadas-west-coast.html New York - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday morning off Canada's western coast, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The quake took place in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, at a depth of 13 kilometres, and about 260 kilomet... Nature,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:52:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295129,magnitude-65-earthquake-off-canadas-west-coast.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295122,denmark-seeks-firm-commitments-at-copenhagen-summit--summary.html Copenhagen - Environment ministers from some 40 countries Tuesday ended a meeting ahead of a key UN climate change summit next month with hopes that the US will announce goals for emission cuts. The moment the United States can bring specific figure... Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295122,denmark-seeks-firm-commitments-at-copenhagen-summit--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295090,us-china-pledge-to-rescue-copenhagen-climate-talks--summary.html Beijing - US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Tuesday promised a vigorous response to climate change and said they would cooperate to rescue key global talks on reductions of carbon emissions in Copenhagen early nex... Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295090,us-china-pledge-to-rescue-copenhagen-climate-talks--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295083,denmark-seeks-firm-commitments-at-copenhagen-climate-summit.html Copenhagen - Denmark, host of next month's United Nations climate change conference, is seeking a political deal with firm commitments, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Tuesday. Rasmussen said the politically-binding treaty that was en... Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:28:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295083,denmark-seeks-firm-commitments-at-copenhagen-climate-summit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295079,us-china-pledge-to-rescue-copenhagen-climate-talks.html Beijing - US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Tuesday promised a vigorous response to climate change and said they would cooperate to rescue key global talks on reductions of carbon emissions in Copenhagen early nex... Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:46:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295079,us-china-pledge-to-rescue-copenhagen-climate-talks.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295078,china-us-firm-sign-deal-for-worlds-largest-solar-plant.html Beijing - US firm First Solar Inc said it signed a framework agreement with the Chinese government Tuesday to build what could become the world's largest solar power plant in China's Inner Mongolia region. Arizona-based First Solar said Tuesday's dea... Energy,Environment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295078,china-us-firm-sign-deal-for-worlds-largest-solar-plant.html