Revitalize Your Old Furniture
Giving old furniture a brand new look maybe even better than actually buying new furniture. There are plenty of reasons to do this, other than for sentimental reasons. Refurbishing furniture is also good for the environment, as there is less need to throw away stuff and crowd the landfills. Here are simple ways to achieve [...]
Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop
By James Regan SYDNEY | Tue Feb 7, 2012 1:03am EST SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen. Australia is the world’s third-largest cotton and sugar exporter, fourth-largest [...]
Nepal’s vulture "restaurants" for endangered birds
By Gopal Sharma PITHAULI, Nepal | Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:12am EST PITHAULI, Nepal (Reuters) – In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down. [...]
Environmental reappraisal required for railway design modifications
China’s railway project builders have been told to reappraise and renew their environmental approvals to account for major design modifications designed to speed up the trains.
Australian floods force thousands from their homes
By Rebekah Kebede PERTH | Sun Feb 5, 2012 11:40pm EST PERTH (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians were forced from their homes on Monday because of floods that have risen to record levels in some areas and killed one person, and authorities issued warnings for more than a dozen rivers in Queensland and New South [...]
Chinese airlines are complying with carbon scheme: EU
BRUSSELS | Mon Feb 6, 2012 6:52am EST BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is confident Chinese airlines will comply with its law forcing them to pay for carbon emissions on flights in and out of EU airports, a Commission spokesman said on Monday. China earlier said it was barring its airlines from participating in [...]
Building a Sustainable Eco-Friendly House
There’s a lot of consideration you have to think of when it comes to building a house and these days, even the very idea of building something sustainable has to also be included in the decisions. It’s one of the most conscientious choices you have to make, in order to live healthy and make the [...]
Romania rescues children as Europe’s freeze deepens
By Ioana Patran BUCHAREST | Fri Feb 3, 2012 6:53pm EST BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west. Temperatures plummeted to [...]
Europe’s cold snap claims more victims, travel hit
By Richard Balmforth and Michael Holden KIEV/LONDON | Sun Feb 5, 2012 6:41am EST KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday and brought widespread disruption to transport services, with warnings that the chilling temperatures would remain into next week. Hundreds have lost their lives in eastern Europe as [...]
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
By Jeffrey Jones and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta | Fri Feb 3, 2012 6:07pm EST CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient. [...]
