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/2012/02/07/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/2012/02/06/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/2012/02/05/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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/romania-rescues-children-as-europes-freeze-deepens/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:14:59 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/europes-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 [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/05/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/canada-alberta-seek-to-assuage-oil-sands-critics/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/canada-alberta-seek-to-assuage-oil-sands-critics/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:13:31 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/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. [...]

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/canada-alberta-seek-to-assuage-oil-sands-critics/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/bill-would-block-export-of-keystone-fuels/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/bill-would-block-export-of-keystone-fuels/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:48 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/02/04/bill-would-block-export-of-keystone-fuels/ By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON | Fri Feb 3, 2012 5:02pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats unveiled legislation on Friday that would block export of any oil transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, as they challenged claims that the delayed project would boost U.S. energy security. TransCanada’s $7 billion Keystone pipeline has become a political lightning [...]

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