Stories about Environment from February, 2007
Namibia: mobile phones base stations powered by wind and solar
Mohammed Njie posts an article from the BBC about the world's first mobile phone base station powered by wind and the sun's rays in Namibia: MTC has been using base...
South Korea: Korea US FTA Round 7
Jamie from Two Koreas blogs about the background, debating points in the most recent Korea US FTA negotiation.
Japan: anti whaling
James from Japan Probe blogs about the anti-whaling action with a youtube video taken from the perspectives of Japanese whalers.
Ukraine: Utility Bills to Double
Kyiv's mayor will not profit as much as he must have been expecting, reports Ukrainiana: “Kyivites’ utility bills will double, the Kyiv City Council ruled Thursday, overturning the 340 percent...
Latvia, Russia: “Borderlands”
Marginalia continues to muse over the issues inherent in Latvia's border dispute with Russia.
Recife, Brazil: Trumpeting 100 Years of Frevo, and Musical Innovation on the Eve of Carnival
Recife is the capital city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast of Brazil. The pulse of Carnival has been growing in a crescendo in recent days, justly honoring...
Gambia: solar-powered internet shops
Sociolingo writes about solar powered internet shops in Gambia, “These multi-services shops, which are wireless and solar-powered, provide an affordable range of services for those at the lower end of...
Touring Libyan Blogs
The discussion continues from last week again on AngloLibyan who has brought up the topic of the Libyan AIDS stricken children as an offshoot of the previous week’s discussion about...
China: The west is red
If you're still up in the air over what to do over the Chinese New Year holiday, or if you just happen to have a couple weeks off, you could...
Ukraine, Russia: The Pipeline Vote
Foreign Notes posts an account of how the Ukrainian parliament “[spit] in Putin's porridge.”
New Caledonia: 6.65 Times More Expensive Than France
Expat French blogger Katuali complains (Fr) about the ridiculous markup in prices on French products in New Caledonia, an Oceanian island which is technically part of France: “That there be...
Music Video On South East Asian Haze
Malaysian blogger Kean-Jim Lim introduced this music video made by some Malaysians protesting the haze brought about by slash and burn agriculture in nearby Indonesian island of Sumatra. This MV...
Kurdistance: A Medley
Welcome to this week's edition of Kurdistance, where we will roam the world over to see what the Kurds are discussing. Diaspora News Most of the Kurdish bloggers are Diaspora,...
Pascua Lama, Chile: Moving Three Glaciers
Can you imagine moving three glaciers covering the driest desert in the world in order to extract gold and silver? Would you approve of a law that allows a private...
Tajikistan: Energy Crisis
neweurasia reports that Tajikistan's energy crisis has gotten worse as a hydroelectric station serving the Pamir region has just gone out of service.
Mexico: Ethanol Boom Inspires Protest and Hope
“For the Corn!” by Cadeva – A protester against rising corn prices in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park. As old as sin, I mean, alcohol Today's hemispheric rundown of all things...
Russia: Khodorkovsky
As Mikhail Khodorkovsky is facing new charges, his lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, blogs about the situation. An anonymous guest-blogger, The Politechnologist, provides more analysis.
Ukraine: Grain Crisis
Victor Yanukovych's government can't control the situation with grain again, writes Foreign Notes: “Quotas were applied from 31 st December 2006 and this has led to the scandalous situation described...
El Salvador: Ensuring Safe and Dependable Water
Tim Muth has started another excellent series, this time on issues affecting El Salvador's supply of safe and dependable drinking water. So far, the first post introduces the issues and...
Japan: “Re-assess” Whaling Ban
Recently, Japan announced to host a special IWC – International Whale Commission – conference in February in order to “re-assess” the population of whales. The move has been met with...
East Timor: UN Environment Report and East Timor
Diligence looks at recycling, pollution and rise in sea level from the point of view of East Timor. “The locals at the lower end of the income scale find themselves...
