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"A Global Green New Deal will only work if it succeeds in addressing both pressing environmental priorities and pressing social needs in industrialised and in developing countries," argues a June report by Worldwatch Institute prepared for the Heinrich Böll Foundation. http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/transatlantic-green-new-deal/article-183714?Ref=RSS http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/transatlantic-green-new-deal/article-183714?Ref=RSS 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 EurActiv Electrogaz, Rwanda's public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said. http://allafrica.com/stories/200907030579.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200907030579.html 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 AllAfrica.com EVERY year, Zimbabweans complain about winter and seem remarkably unprepared for this season. http://allafrica.com/stories/200907030291.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200907030291.html 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 AllAfrica.com Wild sheep living on a remote Scottish island are getting smaller as generations pass due to milder winters, scientists have claimed. http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=16656 http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=16656 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Environment Data Interactive Exchange The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702132825.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702132825.htm 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com A new study, in the journal Science, suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140835.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140835.htm 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com Previous studies have suggested that Indonesia's Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived "volcanic winter," which drastically reduced the human population at the time. Researchers have now found that none of the models to simulate the supervolcanic eruption initiate glaciation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170128.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170128.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com Researchers have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080354.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080354.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled 'A European Eco-efficient Economy', will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/sweden-tables-eco-efficiency-roadmap-europe/article-183715?Ref=RSS http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/sweden-tables-eco-efficiency-roadmap-europe/article-183715?Ref=RSS 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 EurActiv With two disappointing summers behind us, members of the public are making the most of the sunshine as they take time out to enjoy the hot weather. http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3780/s/512e727/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cenvironment0Cheatwave0Econtinues0E17286870Bhtml/story01.htm http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3780/s/512e727/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cenvironment0Cheatwave0Econtinues0E17286870Bhtml/story01.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 The Independent 2 July: Renewable energy advocates have welcomed the momentum toward adoption of a US federal renewable electricity standard, but vowed to keep pushing for a stronger mandate. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/nZQhmotneyE/0207wax.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/nZQhmotneyE/0207wax.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for $100 billion a year to be put aside by 2020 to help developing countries fight climate change - the first leader of an industrialised country to put a figure on the table. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/UMvdKJMj5ro/index.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/UMvdKJMj5ro/index.cfm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: Venture capital investment in clean technologies rebounded to $1.2 billion in the second quarter of 2009, according to the Cleantech Group, but investment levels stayed well below the highs of 2007-08. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/QpebNu4x-6I/0207vci.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/QpebNu4x-6I/0207vci.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: A team of former Wall Street bankers have launched a financial advisory firm focused on the alternative energy and clean technology sectors. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/tj8mHBE7tl0/0207exw.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/tj8mHBE7tl0/0207exw.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: CME Group is to launch a series of futures and options contracts based on sulphur dioxide allowances in mid July. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/GNNg3t0NSNs/0207cme.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/GNNg3t0NSNs/0207cme.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: Three environmental NGOs have taken legal action against the UK Treasury over its decision to bail out RBS without imposing environmental criteria on the bank's finance practices http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/Ckv9U4vGfC0/0207rbs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/Ckv9U4vGfC0/0207rbs.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: The UK offshore wind and wave power markets could be worth £70 billion ($115 billion) and provide at least 15% of the carbon dioxide emissions reductions needed to meet the country's 2050 targets, said the Carbon Trust today. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/L1Hjoo52g5g/0207car.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/L1Hjoo52g5g/0207car.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: Trader and broker Bache Commodities yesterday launched a "green" investment and benchmarking index based on biofuels feedstocks and "clean air" commodities including carbon emissions credits. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/eYv17tPaRpk/index.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/eYv17tPaRpk/index.cfm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance 2 July: Annual revenues from Siemens' environmental activities grew 12% in 2008 to €18.9 billion ($26.5 billion) - almost double the rate for the business as a whole. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/at3mjhWdwnw/0207sei.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalFinanceOnlineNews/~3/at3mjhWdwnw/0207sei.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Finance The mysterious size reduction of Scottish sheep over the last 20 years can be explained by shorter winters, researchers say http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10928/s/5167efe/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn1740A70Eincredible0Eshrinking0Esheep0Eblamed0Eon0Eclimate0Echange0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fclimate0Echange/story01.htm http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10928/s/5167efe/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn1740A70Eincredible0Eshrinking0Esheep0Eblamed0Eon0Eclimate0Echange0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fclimate0Echange/story01.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 New Scientist