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Wind turbines ‘trapping wildlife’
- 20th October 2010
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One of the more unfortunate side-effects of the increased use of wind turbines across the country in order to produce renewable energy has been incidents involving birds and bats in the vicinity of the turbines. Until now, there has been little or no explanation as to why this might be occurring, or how to solve ...
South Africa plans to invest in solar park
- 30th September 2010
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The South African Department of Energy has announced that the government plans to invest in a solar power park in the north of the country in order to meet increasing energy demands. South Africa suffered from a series of frequent rolling blackouts as the current power-generation systems struggled to cope with demand, and electricity rationing ...
Wheat price rises allow extra harvests
- 29th September 2010
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A recent report by the BBC’s Jeremy Cooke has highlighted the effects of the recent rises in the price of wheat on the world commodities markets, as well as looking at the way the commodities markets work to influence the grain prices. The report, which can be seen here, also looks into the after-effects of ...
Is the global carbon market recession-proof?
- 19th August 2010
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The latest report from the World Bank on the global carbon market has revealed that it grew by some six per cent in 2009 to be worth $144 billion, despite enduring its most challenging year to date. This impressive performance comes against a backdrop of the global recession, in which both demand for carbon assets ...
Ban on illegal logging good all round
- 27th July 2010
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Sometimes, one wonders why it takes so long for some decisions to be reached… It appears that the EU is finally set to outlaw illegal timber in 2012, following two years of protracted and interminable legal arguments. The fact that it has taken so long to come to this decision and finally get things moving ...
Saudi looks to Australia for secure food supply
- 19th May 2010
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Saudi companies are in talks with Australian officials about investing in agriculture, as the Gulf’s biggest economy steps up its efforts to secure food supplies. Companies from the Kingdom are meeting with representatives of the state of Western Australia to discuss buying equity in farms and investing in the wheat supply chain, seeing as food ...
