Stories about Environment from December, 2007
China: Public Opinion on Xiamen PX
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI reports on a public opinion poll on the construction of the Xiamen PX chemical factory. 55,376 of 58,454 votes were cast against the project. Lian yue writes in detail opinions from the public hearing on Dec 13 (zh).
Barbados: Intensive Gardening
Gallimaufry thinks “it would…be a good idea…to encourage the practice of intensive gardening” to help combat the higher cost of living.
South Korea: City Redevelopment Plan
Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole blogs pictures of the latest downtown city redevelopment plan to be completed by June 2009.
China: Bullog's top stories of 2007
Is it top ten year-end list time yet? Bullog International blogger Song Shinan gives us eight choices [zh] in a vote for blog story of the year at Bullog, the small but growing blog service provider (BSP) which hosts some of China's most progressive blogger voices, centered around hope to...
Russia, Belarus: Putin's Visit
TOL's Belarus covers an attack on protesters against Putin's visit to Belarus and explain what could be the reasons for the visit: “That means that it is the Russian side that will ask for something.” Being Had writes about Russian-Belarusian relationship over the years.
Africa: Competition for radio broadcasters
Afromusing writes about a scriptwriting competition for radio broadcasters in Sub-saharan Africa organised by the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture: “If you know people in Radio, this would be an opportunity to pass along to them.”
Libya: Fuel shortage and the power of rumours, origins and awards
Libyan bloggers break their silence with a post by Fozia Mohamed on rumours, fuel shortages and 48 hours of chaos. Why were drivers queuing at gas stations? Why was there a fuel shortage in an oil-producing country? And why were people panicking?
Montserrat: Festival is 45!
Caribbean Beat Blog reports that despite the Soufriere Hills volcano eruption that began in 1995, the remaining inhabitants of the island are still celebrating their annual Montserrat Festival in style!
Barbados: East Coast Hike
Gallimaufry posts some photos of a hike she took along Barbados’ east coast.
Kazakhstan: Oil Field Impact
Ben reads through a report on the detrimental impact of Western Kazakhstan’s extremely big oil bonanza. The report is trying to draw the spotlight on the societal and environmental impacts the development of the huge oil field is going to have.
Kazakhstan: Ex-Premiere's Return to the President's Team
Steve LeVine opines that return of the ex-prime-minister, Nurlan Balgimbayev, as an adviser to President Nazarbayev could be an opening for the return of James Giffen, an American businessman and a former adiser to Kazakhstani leadership, currently under trial in the United States.
Argentina: Protest Against Uruguayan Paper Mill
Daniela Vilar of Grito Argentino [es] writes about a protest held in Buenos Aires against the paper mill in Uruguay and for care of the environment.
Russia: Advice to Opposition
TOL's Elections in Russia quotes a Russian blogger who thinks the opposition's approach isn't constructive enough.
US Virgin Islands: Effects of Olga
News of St. John reports that the Virgin Islands are feeling the effects of sub-tropical storm Olga.
Barbados, Venezuela: Petro Caribe
As the General Manager of the Barbados National Petroleum Company makes a statement “on the ‘gift with strings’ that is Petro Caribe, Notes From The Margin says: “The truth of the matter is that Petro Caribe does NOT help the Caribbean, it is NOT in the Caribbean’s best interest.”
Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Olga Approaches
Blog Santo Domingo [es] provides the latest on Tropical Storm Olga.
Serbia: Dusan Saponja & Dusan Cavic
Belgrade 2.0 posts a wonderful selection of the wonderful video stories by Dusan Saponja and Dusan Cavic: “For short episodes such as these you just saw, it’s not really necessary to understand Serbian. However, most of the real masterpieces, award-winning shows, are subtitled. You see, besides humorous short clips, Dushan...
Trinidad & Tobago: Expiration Date
KnowProSE.com discovers the importance of expiration dates…
Guyana: Living in the Now
Guyana-Gyal is happy to be exactly where she is, even as she looks toward the future “with great gusto, gung-ho and big gallops of hope”.
Russia: Sakhalin's Expats and Economy
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert writes: “Times are changing in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and proof of this comes in the form of something I have never seen before in the town, and a few people I have spoken to on the subject say the same thing: a large banner...
South Korea and Hong Kong: Worst Oil Spill
mins0306 from the Marmot's Hole blogs about the worst oil spill happened in South Korea last weekend.
