TABJ - June 29 - The International Energy Association’s (IEA) decision to release some of its emergency stockpile to sure up the oil markets has ruffled plenty of feathers, not least those of OPEC (Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries) the body of countries including oil ...
TABJ - June 28 - Outbreaks of demonstration against plans by one Canadian miner to forge ahead with constructing a silver mine in south-eastern Peruvian mountains came to a head today, when demonstrators took over and set alight ground at the nearby airstrip. ...
TABJ - June 27 - Can the Western Australian Labour Party rule out uranium mining and disregard existing permits in the process? The Liberal government has answered with an outright no, and said that should the party win, it will face paying out millions in ...
TABJ - June 24 - A new study suggests that babies born close to mountaintop mining activity are more likely to suffer birth defects. Carried out by a team of university researches, data for Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia between 1996 and 2003, concerning ...
TABJ - June 24 - Germany has done a U-turn on plans to scrap wind energy subsidies, now planning to make cuts later than originally announced. The change of direction comes as part of aims to boost investment in the sector. Talks amongst the German ...
TABJ - June 22 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced proposed standards for four categories of renewable energy targets under its RFS2 Renewable Fuels Standards for 2012. The categories and suggested standards read as follows: Biomass-based diesel (1.0 billion gallons; 0.91 ...
TABJ - June 22 - Mining major Rio Tinto will pay up $502 million in order to expand its holding in one of Mongolia’s most exciting copper-gold plays. By increasing its share in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. to 46.5 per cent, Rio will gain greater ...
ABJ – June 21 – Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has issued its 2011 Environmental Annual Report. Striving to realize the Honda environmental vision of the joy and freedom of mobility and a sustainable society where people can enjoy life, Honda has established 2020 carbon ...
TABJ – June 21 – Standard Bank, one of Africa’s biggest financial institutions, is expected to grant personal and business loans worth more than R50bn in South Africa this year, thanks to a surge in demand for credit by consumers and companies. The continuing ...
TABJ - June 16 - Plans to enter the Pike River Coal mine on New Zealand’s west coast could finally get underway this month, as deadly gas levels at the site continue to drop. Last November 29 men died in the mine when carbon ...
