City says landfills can’t handle all the rubbish and incinerators are a must. But residents have a host of worries, and don’t trust government PEARL BRIEFING Sally Wang SCMP Jul 07, 2012 Hundreds of residents of Qingyuan and Guangzhou took to the streets on June 10 to protest against a plan to build a garbage incinerator in [...]
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Environment: Airlines begin to realise green fuel is a complex proposition
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d7212cc-b484-11e1-bb2e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1zwcWyrWI July 7, 2012 4:21 am By Rose Jacobs ©Rolf Bewersdorf Clean skies: Lufthansa ran eight daily commercial flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt for six months last year on a fuel made in part from vegetable oils Jeremy Woods, a lecturer in bioenergy at Imperial College in London, has created a chart that describes pathways [...]
A methodological oddity
SCMP Lai See 07 July 2012 The Economist Intelligence Unit has adjusted its methodology for determining the world’s most “liveable” city. As a result, Hong Kong has been catapulted from 10th position to first, ahead of Amsterdam, Osaka, Paris and Sydney. The Economist notes this has resulted in “a few oddities”. It cites Hong Kong, noting [...]