Stories about Environment from September, 2006
Madagascar: Local Products
At the request of a reader, Madagascar Croissance provides (Fr) an illustrated list of Malagasy signature exports including coffee, vanilla, clove, seafood and specialty fabrics.
Russia: Mushroom Season
The Accidental Russophile posts pictures of his friend's family picking mushrooms in the Komi Republic.
Martinique: Expensive Tomatos
Le Blog de [Moi] and all of Martinique are up in arms about the prohibitive price of local tomatos. She writes (Fr): “If I invite you to have dinner at my place these days and all I feed you is a tomato salad with a glass of water (because you...
Trinidad & Tobago: Alcoa vs. Chatham
Jeremy Taylor weighs in on the “ugly confrontation” taking place between the members of a community in south-western Trinidad and a big company attempting to construct an aluminium smelter in the area.
Bermuda: Hurricane Florence aftermath
The Limey returns home after waiting out hurricane Florence in Bermuda's capital. He's pleased to report that the damage is “nowhere near as bad as it was after [2003 hurricane] Fabian.”
Russia: Sakhalin Oil and Gas
Russia Blog writes about oil and gas development on Sakhalin.
Trinidad & Tobago: Smelter protesters arrested
The Rights Action Group T&T blog, which promotes and documents the work of a group fighting against the construction of an aluminium smelter in south-western Trinidad, is reporting that two residents of the area, a member of the Rights Action Group and a university lecturer were arrested in the early...
Bermuda: Hurricane Florence
The Limey reports on the situation in Hamilton, Bermuda the morning hurricane Florence was scheduled to have passed by, and posts some photos.
Iran:Referendum and Nuclear Energy
Ali Mazroi, reformist politician and former deputy in Parliament says it is better to organize a referendum to know if people want this nuclear energy or not. He says personally he does not consider nuclear energy as our absolute right and he thinks nuclear weapon won’t be, in general, in...
Bermuda: Blogging hurricane Florence
The video above was captured this afternoon by Bermuda bloggers Shawn and Sue “from the Southshore, Eastern end of Bermuda, approx 24 hours before Florence is scheduled to arrive.” Florence is the season's latest hurricane, and the island of Bermuda has been bracing for her arrival since the middle of...
South Asia Blog Buzz
The latest from the South Asian blogs: Bangladesh: - Rajputro writes a satirical piece on how the load shedding (power cuts to manage shortage in electricity supply) in Bangladesh can be counterproductive. - Shafiur of imperfect|world|2006 is amused with the political dramas set out in Bangladesh as a form of...
Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Scandal
Kangni Alem writes (Fr):”There is no virtue in politics, let alone in business. The case of the toxic waste from a Greek (or was it Russian?) ship dumped in Abidjan illustrates the violence of this maxim and reminds me that since the 80s, political leaders and economic elites of Africa...
India: Ganesha and Remains of the day
The immersion of the idols of Ganesha in Mumbai speaks volumes about the way people treat the city, its environs and how the remains of the day are scattered all over the city. More at Ultrabrown.
Bermuda: Sustainable Development documents
The Limey kindly makes available on his weblog downloadable copies of the draft Sustainable Development Plan documents that the Bermuda government appeared be having trouble with at their own newly launched blog.
Belarus: Kolkhoz
Ivan Lenin of Rush-Mush writes about a diehard Soviet tradition in today's Belarus.
China and Hong Kong: Water pollution
Sunfai comments on the T.V news feature on water pollution in Dongjiang (Guangdong province), the river is the source of Hong Kong fresh water. The blogger says that there is a repeated formular in environmental news in Hong Kong: blaming China for everything. However, as a city with 7 millions...
Bangladesh blog buzz
The latest opinions and views from the Bangladeshi blogs including refugees, gender equity, energy, human rights, politics, international relations, culture and cyber society etc. issues:
Russia: Deripaska and Pichugin
Charlie Ganske of Russia Blog writes about Oleg Deripaska and the world's largest aluminum producer, and about the case of Aleksei Pichugin, former chief of security for Yukos.
Brazil: The future of the Amazon?
David of A Ride for the Climate is now in the Brazilian Amazon, where he visited the Instituto National de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA) to give a presentation and better understand what threatens the sustainability of the Amazon region. Also, a sort of table of contents from the South American...
Senegal, Brazil, India: South Meets South
In the interest of regenerating the rural economy and reducing oil imports, the Biopact blog reports that Senegal is launching a biofuels program with Brazilian and Indian support as part of the Global South’s alliance that strives towards independence from Western powers.
Reunion: More on Volcano Eruption
Of the latest eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion's volcano, Dijoux.re writes (Fr): “This eruption is a surprise because it was not predicted by specialists who only recorded the first quakes an hour and a half before the lava flow. (…) According to the observatory, this sudden eruption...
