BOGOR, Indonesia, November 28, 2008 (ENS ) - Without immediate concerted action by governments, climate change could have a devastating effect on the world's forests and the nearly one billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, warned forest scientists in a report to be released next week at the UN climate conference in Poland.

24 Nov 2008, The Times of India / -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's disclosure that during his recent Beijing visit he raised the issue of international rivers flowing out of Tibet underscores the enormous implications of China's hydro-engineering projects and plans.

Global Forum in Amsterdam provides key platform for bringing together government officials, private sector representatives, financiers and technology providers

World Bank WASHINGTON D.C., November 20, 2008 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- In an effort to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of natural gas worldwide, the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership (GGFR) and major international partners are convening for a forum in Amsterdam to jointly look for the most effective ways of unlocking the value of wasted gas associated with oil production.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 21 — Hollywood actor Bruce Willis of “Die Hard” fame is suing Malaysia’s Petra Group and Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar over a “green rubber venture”, Bloomberg news reported today. The actor is demanding the return of US$900,000 (RM3.2 million) of the US$2 million he invested in the venture.

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 20, 2008 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- “With the dramatic increase in oil prices earlier this year translating into higher prices at the gas pump in the United States, concerns over U.S. dependence on foreign oil are once again part of the national discussion on energy security,” writes Jonathan G. Dorn in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, “Run Cars on Green Electricity, Not Natural Gas.”. “Combined with the growing understanding that carbon emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels are driving global climate change, the debate is now focused on how to restructure the U.S. transport system to solve these two problems. While the idea of running U.S. vehicles on natural gas has lately received a great deal of attention, powering our cars with green electricity is a more sensible option on all fronts—national security, efficiency, climate stabilization, and economics.”