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Asia responding to future of climate change
Posted by Associated Press: Elaine Kurtenbach on April 1st, 2014
Associated Press: Challenges such as extreme weather, rising seas and worsening scarcity of drinking water are forcing many Asian governments to confront the changes being wrought by a warming planet even as some point to rich Western nations as major culprits. Millions of people in the region have already been displaced by floods and droughts thought related to global warming, a United Nations scientific panel said in a report meant to guide policymakers and form the foundation for a new climate treaty due next...
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Costs of climate change steep but tough to tally
Posted by Associated Press: Elaine Kurtenbach on March 31st, 2014
Associated Press: The economic and financial impact of global warming is complex and not well understood. In some scenarios there would be economic benefits for countries that get warmer and wetter and consequently more fertile agriculturally. Drier weather in some regions would result in sharply lower crop yields.
Overall, changes in climate are expected to cause significant disruptions that also exact an economic toll. Advisers to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change say that the world economy may suffer...
China solar company pledges toxic waste cleanup
Posted by Associated Press: Elaine Kurtenbach on September 20th, 2011
Associated Press: A solar panel maker targeted by violent protests over pollution from one of its factories in eastern China has apologized and says it will do what's necessary to clean it up.
Jinko Solar Holding Co., parent company of the factory in Haining city west of Shanghai, said in a statement Monday that initial tests showed pollutants may have spilled into a nearby river due to "improper storage of waste."
Police detained at least 20 people after hundreds of villagers protested last week, some storming...