http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:04:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/bp-squares-up-for-oil-spill-lawsuits/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/bp-squares-up-for-oil-spill-lawsuits/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:47 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/bp-squares-up-for-oil-spill-lawsuits/ By Tom Bergin LONDON | Tue Feb 7, 2012 11:22am EST LONDON (Reuters) – BP ratcheted up the rhetoric around multi-billion dollar claims from the Gulf oil spill by warning it would “vigorously” contest lawsuits over one of the world’s worst environmental disasters. While reiterating BP’s “bias for settling” at hearings scheduled later this month, [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/bp-squares-up-for-oil-spill-lawsuits/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/iran-says-to-go-green-as-oil-sanctions-tighten/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/iran-says-to-go-green-as-oil-sanctions-tighten/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:30 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/iran-says-to-go-green-as-oil-sanctions-tighten/ DUBAI | Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:13am EST DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran should invest in renewable energy to preserve its hydrocarbon reserves, Iranian energy minister Rostam Qasemi said Wednesday, as tightening sanctions make it increasingly difficult for Tehran to sell oil. With Iran’s biggest buyers cutting imports of its crude and looking for other suppliers, [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/iran-says-to-go-green-as-oil-sanctions-tighten/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/revitalize-your-old-furniture/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/revitalize-your-old-furniture/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:36 +0000 Lira http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9742 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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/08/revitalize-your-old-furniture/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/australia-floods-fail-to-dampen-big-cotton-crop/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/australia-floods-fail-to-dampen-big-cotton-crop/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:13 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/australia-floods-fail-to-dampen-big-cotton-crop/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/nepals-vulture-restaurants-for-endangered-birds/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/nepals-vulture-restaurants-for-endangered-birds/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:01 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/nepals-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. [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/nepals-vulture-restaurants-for-endangered-birds/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/environmental-reappraisal-required-for-railway-design-modifications/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/environmental-reappraisal-required-for-railway-design-modifications/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:58 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9739 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.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/07/environmental-reappraisal-required-for-railway-design-modifications/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/australian-floods-force-thousands-from-their-homes/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/australian-floods-force-thousands-from-their-homes/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:17:02 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/australian-floods-force-thousands-from-their-homes/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/chinese-airlines-are-complying-with-carbon-scheme-eu/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/chinese-airlines-are-complying-with-carbon-scheme-eu/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:16:49 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/chinese-airlines-are-complying-with-carbon-scheme-eu/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/building-a-sustainable-eco-friendly-house/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/building-a-sustainable-eco-friendly-house/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:26:53 +0000 Lira http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9727 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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/06/building-a-sustainable-eco-friendly-house/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/romania-rescues-children-as-europes-freeze-deepens/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/romania-rescues-children-as-europes-freeze-deepens/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:15:57 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/romania-rescues-children-as-europes-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 [...]

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