Amber Wang – SCMP | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 For the past six months Wayne Hsu has been cycling 45 minutes to his office every day, which he says gets him off to an energetic start and, more importantly, slashes his monthly petrol bill. Hsu, an airline sales representative in northern Taoyuan county, is among [...]
Posts on ‘November 8th, 2008’
Wong Video Targets Wheezy City
Clara Mak – SCMP | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 Like a lot of people living in Hong Kong, Magic Boy director Adam Wong Sau-ping suffers bouts of hay fever. But instead of just blowing his nose into an endless number of hankies, he chose to address the issue of air pollution, which he believes [...]
Economy May Affect Greenhouse Gas Targets
Stephen Chen – SCMP | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 China would have a difficult task in overcoming economic hurdles to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets, a senior central government official said yesterday. Miao Xu, deputy minister of industry and information technology, said in Shanghai that the nation was facing a lot of unexpected adversities [...]
UN Environment Boss Warns Economic Crisis Will Diminish Climate-change Commitment
Reuters | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 The global financial gloom would make citizens of rich nations reluctant to use taxes to fight global warming, and any plan to help poor nations should make the polluters pay, the UN’s climate boss said. The warning cast doubt on a Chinese proposal to ask the world’s rich nations [...]
Chemicals Clampdown To Send Costs Soaring – Proposal To Cap Compounds In More Than 70 Products
Cheung Chi-fai – SCMP | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 The costs of materials for painting and decorating homes, vehicles and ships are expected to climb as much as 200 per cent after the government introduces new curbs on smog-inducing chemicals. Proposed regulations would cap the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in more than 70 [...]