China vows 'iron fist' in restive Xinjiang Jul 5th, 2012 - 09:10h (CET +01.00) China vowed to strike with an "iron fist" at separatist forces in its restive Xinjiang region, as it rolled out a heavy security presence for the third anniversary on Thursday of deadly ethnic riots. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, vows, 'iron, fist', restive, xinjiang, Top Keywords

Climate change no longer tops US environment worries Jul 3rd, 2012 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) Americans no longer see climate change as the world's number-one environmental issue, according to a public opinion poll released Tuesday amid an ongoing heat wave in much of the United States. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : climate, change, longer, tops, environment, worries, Top Keywords

Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit Jun 23rd, 2012 - 09:40h (CET +01.00) Nobody is happy in Rio. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rio+20, unhappy, environmental, summit, environment, worries, Top Keywords

UN summit approves strategy on poverty, environment Jun 23rd, 2012 - 06:00h (CET +01.00) The biggest UN summit on sustainable development in a decade approved a strategy to haul more than a billion people out poverty and cure the sickness of the biosphere. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : summit, approves, strategy, poverty, environment, worries, Top Keywords

Under-fire UN summit issues environment, poverty blueprint Jun 23rd, 2012 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) The biggest UN summit on sustainable development in a decade approved a strategy on Friday to haul more than a billion people out poverty and cure the sickness of the biosphere. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : underfire, summit, issues, environment, poverty, blueprint, Top Keywords

Big UN environmental summit opens in Rio Jun 21st, 2012 - 00:20h (CET +01.00) Leaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced what critics called a watered-down document th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : environmental, summit, opens, environment, poverty, blueprint, Top Keywords

Rio Tinto to invest in iron ore business Jun 20th, 2012 - 12:41h (CET +01.00) Global mining giant Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it planned to invest £2.66 billion pounds to develop its iron ore business in Australia and Guinea to meet strong Chinese demand. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tinto, invest, iron, business, poverty, blueprint, Top Keywords

Killings of environmentalists appear to be on rise Jun 20th, 2012 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) The eulogies called Chut Wutty one of the few remaining activists in Cambodia brave enough to fight massive illegal deforestation by the powerful. The environmental watchdog was shot by a military policeman in April as he probed logging operations in... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : killings, environmentalists, appear, rise, poverty, blueprint, Top Keywords

UN environment haggle runs into problems ahead of summit Jun 18th, 2012 - 21:50h (CET +01.00) Negotiations on a UN blueprint to fix Earth's damaged environment, eradicate poverty and promote green jobs hit snags on Monday two days ahead of a global summit. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : environment, haggle, runs, problems, ahead, summit, Top Keywords

UN environment summit opens, but prospects grim Jun 14th, 2012 - 01:50h (CET +01.00) Twenty years after the first Earth Summit, a renewed bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint opened Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro against a backdrop of discord and economic gloom. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : environment, summit, opens, prospects, grim, summit, Top Keywords