http://www.enviromedianews.co.za A source of articles on environmental issues for publishing by media organisations. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:10:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A climate deal agreed to by South Africa in secret negotiations with the US and three other countries would doom Africa to a “holocaust”, according a top African climate negotiator. Chief negotiator for the G77 group of poorer nations Lumumba Di-Aping said the agreement was “a solution based on the same ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/12/sa-sponsored-climate-deal-a-suicide-pact/ The chief climate negotiator for the developing world has accused members of the South African delegation in Copenhagen of working to “disrupt the unity” of the G77 bloc, which represents poorer countries at the current climate talks. Sudanese-born Lumumba Di-Aping was speaking at an ad hoc meeting, attended by about 100 ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/12/sa-climate-team-%e2%80%9ctrying-to-split-poor-nations%e2%80%9d/ The most keenly anticipated and heavily scrutinised climate change negotiations in history are taking place over the next two weeks in Copenhagen. Delegates are under enormous pressure to reach fair, ambitious and binding targets to reduce greenhouse emissions and bring the carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to 350 parts per ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/12/the-big-climate-push/ In an unprecedented show of editorial unity, more than 50 newspapers around the world, including in South Africa, are running the same urgent appeal to climate negotiators on the first day of the UN Conference on Climate Change taking place in Copenhagen. The Mail and Guardian, Cape Argus and Business Day ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/12/editors-join-global-appeal-for-action-on-climate/ [caption id="attachment_176" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Taiwan's electric snake"][/caption] A couple of months before the first sod was turned for the 2010 Green Point Stadium in early 2007, construction began on a similar project on the other side of the world. Taiwan’s new 55,000-seater multipurpose venue was completed in 28 months and cost less ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/11/taiwans-solar-stadium-puts-green-point-in-the-shade/ A South African documentary critical of the nuclear industry received an unexpected screening on SABC2 on Sunday night. Uranium Road, based on the book by anti-nuclear researcher Dr David Fig, reveals the secrets, the risks and huge amounts of money wasted on South Africa’s nuclear power programme. The ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/11/sabc-screens-anti-nuke-film/ The financial benefits of conserving and restoring the environment outweigh the costs by a ratio of between 25 and 100 to one, according to a major international report on the economic value of ecosystems and biodiversity. The so-called TEEB report for policymakers, hosted by the UN and sponsored by the European ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/11/environmental-investment-earns-unbeatable-returns/ On Saturday, 24 October, millions of ordinary people in almost every country demonstrated their support for drastic action on climate change. To see images from events all over the world, go to 350.or http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/10/climate-action-350/ [caption id="attachment_157" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Climbers hang a 350 banner on Table Mountain"][/caption] The biggest-ever demonstration against climate change took place this weekend at thousands of sites around the world – from Table Mountain to the Himalayas, from the pyramids of Egypt to the Great Barrier Reef. Millions of people took part in ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/10/millions-in-global-call-for-drastic-action-on-climate/ Twenty hectares of industrial hemp will be planted in the Eastern Cape this summer in the first commercial trials since the government committed itself to establishing a local hemp industry more than 10 years ago. The trials are part of the newly launched Hemp Project, a combined effort by government, business ... http://www.enviromedianews.co.za/2009/10/hemp-at-heart-of-e-cape-upliftment-programme/