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Entries Tagged as 'Climate Change'

UNFCCC announced on rising carbon emission

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Two weeks before climate change conference in Poznan, Poland; United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) anounced green gas emition produced by industrial countries are rising. UNFCCC data shows 40 industrial countries which include in Annex I had 5 % decreased green gas emission under 1990 level, but rebound more than 2,3% average during the [...]

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Energy or Food

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Gigil Varghese, Berlin
In a large green expanse of 5000 square meters one hundred tones of maize (corn) - over half a million medium-sized loaves of bread - are being converted into 48 mega watts of energy every day. Agri-Capital, the biogas energy company in Konnern has 30 such biogas plants in Germany.
Europe and America in [...]

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Background Books for Environmental Journalists

October 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

By Kieran Cooke
A journalist usually has very little time to put together a story. Deadlines draw ever closer, editors become anxious and in the midst of the rush you’re trying to make sense of what might be complex issues - and endeavouring to explain them in as clear and simple a way as possible. Journalists [...]

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Another Zim record

October 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It’s been a while since i have been back home and actually this is my first contribution to this blog. I am not much of a writer when it comes to human issues because my focus has been financial reporting for a while now so I guess i will not feel ok without writing about [...]

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Tags: Climate Change · Economic Reporting · Online Journalism · Sneak In

A Wet Summer in much of Europe

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

By Kieran Cooke
Rain in Ireland in early August. Then, while teaching a course at InWent in Berlin in the middle of the month, more rain. The skies continued to pour down water in Ireland for the rest of the August and then, returning to England, it did little but rain for most of September. It [...]

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