Archive for February, 2008
• Friday, 29 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Politics, World Economics
Tags: China, dynamic domestic markets, exports, foreign trade, hi-tech industries, low-end labour intensive manufacturing, quota policy, rebates, rising yuan
• Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: biofuels, coldest winter in decades, energy crisis, food and commodity price rises, Haiti, inflation, mud cakes, rationing of gas and electricity, Tajikistan, United nations World Food Program
• Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, World Economics
Tags: Global Crop Diversity Trust, important crops, international standards for long term conservation, Longyearbye crop diversity, seed vault, strongest earthquake in Norway, Svalbard
• Monday, 25 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: China, commodity prices, consumer price index, consumer spending, dollar weakness, fiscal stimulus, food prices, fuel subsidies, inflation, International Monetary Fund, monetary policy, oil prices, stagflation, stalling growth, subprime crisis, US, World Bank
• Friday, 22 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, World Economics
Tags: carbon capture technology, developing economies, emissions targets, Interim Report on climate change, low-carbon environment, Professor Ross Garnaut
• Thursday, 21 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Green Issues, Politics, World Economics
Tags: conflict, ENI, fishing interests, geophysical surveys, high oil prices, North Sea, Norway, Oil exploration, police investigation, seismic ships, StatoilHydro
• Thursday, 21 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: Antrarctic, Aurora Australis, Australian Antarctic Division, Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census, Dr Martin Riddle, giant creatures, gigantism, International Polar Year, marine life, Southern Ocean
• Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 •
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Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: Arizona State University, bacteria, biofuel, biohydrogen project, cyanobacteria, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen, Photosynthesis, Professor Willem Vermaas, renewable fuel, Sunlight
Green Icebergs - a look at the world from a different perspective 