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Coal energy plant. Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.

Draft energy strategy ‘riddled with holes’

The Government’s draft energy strategy released yesterday for consultation has been criticised by WWF-New Zealand as being ‘riddled with holes and dangerously biased towards mineral extraction’. 

Posted on 23 July 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Trucks carrying logs to sawmills Paragominas, Pará State Amazon, Brazil

New bill to slash Amazon protection passes crucial vote

Brasilia, Brazil - Amendments to Brazil's Forest Code that could sanction dramatic increases in deforestation passed a crucial vote in the Congress's Special Committee on Forest Law Changes last night, an outcome lamented by scientists, environmental and social NGOs and indigenous groups.

Posted on 07 July 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Jaú National Park Transition of floodplain to higher lands vegetation Rainy season Amazonas, Brazil

A setback in Brazil's environmental legislation

WWF-Brazil described the approval of an alternate bill for the Forest Law submitted by Representative Aldo Rebelo as a setback. In WWF-Brazil's opinion, the changes were hardly debated and, if the bill is passed by the Lower House as is, it will nullify all the efforts that the Brazilian Government has been making to conserve Brazil's forests.

Posted on 07 July 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Polar bear Ursus maritimus

Russia to create new national parks and reserves almost size of Switzerland

Moscow – Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected areas to nearly 3 percent of its territory by 2020, a move which helps the country to meet its international obligations to protect biodiversity.

Posted on 06 July 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Cooling towers letting out steam and smoke at a coal-fired power station

Spotlight on planned double subsidies for Spanish coal

Brussels, Belgium – WWF has today lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission concerning a new regulation passed by the Spanish government to provide state aid to power stations that burn domestically produced coal. The organisation says that the scheme, if approved, would be additional to existing subsidies already given to Spanish coal mines for the same coal.

Posted on 06 July 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

climate change - traffic

G20: long on platitudes, short on delivery

Toronto, Canada - Sustainable economic recovery will need more than brief platitudes about green recovery, WWF warned today as the G20 concluded without significant commitments on climate change, climate finance or even the G20-nominated issue of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

Posted on 27 June 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

climate change - smoke stacks

Politics of climate change transformed as leader dumped for not acting

Gland, Switzerland: In what may come to be seen as a pivotal moment in the global politics of climate change, members of Australia’s ruling Labor Party today dumped Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in favour of his deputy, Julia Gillard.

Posted on 24 June 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Forest along river Mamirauà, Amazonia, Brazil

‘Amazongate’ evaporates as newspaper apologises over story

London, UK:   A key element of the concerted attack on climate science earlier this year collapsed yesterday, with The Sunday Times apologizing for and withdrawing an article alleging that estimates of climate change risks to the Amazon were based on an “unsubstantiated claim” in a WWF report.

Posted on 22 June 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Oil Rigg

Oil drilling suspension should top agenda at arctic emergencies meeting

Vorkuta, Russia: As oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken BP drilling rig, a key meeting of arctic countries starting today needs to push for a suspension of all arctic drilling until the region can deal with the risks, WWF said.

Posted on 16 June 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

In the week of World Environment Day, as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to devastate hundreds of species, the New Zealand Government announces a new permit for deep water oil exploration in New Zealand's ocean.

World Environment Day, a time to consider - is the New Zealand Government living in a parallel universe?

WWF climate change campaigner Peter Hardstaff blogs about the possibilities and realities of World Environment Day.

Posted on 04 June 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

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