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Africa's Oldest National Park may be Put at Risk by Oil Exploration
2013-08-01 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A proposal by British oil-exploration company Soco International to look for oil in Africa's oldest national park is being criticized by the conservation group World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), which says Soco's plan puts the park's true value at risk. Soco International wants to explore for oil beneath Lake Edward, which exists within Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. About two-thirds of the lake is within the DRC's political boundary, the rest is in western...
Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says
2013-07-05 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Illegal palm oil expansion inside Indonesias Tesso Nilo National Park is threatening protected forests and the reputation of two companies who claim to be sources of sustainably-produced palm oil, says a new WWF-Indonesia report. In its June 26 report, Palming Off a National Park, WWF-Indonesia found that over 52,000 hectares of natural forests in the area have already been illegally converted into palm oil plantations. And fruits from the illegal plantations have made their way into the supply...
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Oil hunt in Ugandan national park tests Africa's eco defenses
2013-06-27 12:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park is bisected by the majestic Nile river and boasts some of Africa's wildlife treasures - elephants, lions and a rare giraffe sub-species. Beneath it lies another natural prize: oil. Now French energy giant Total has begun surveys to prepare for seismic tests in the national park, one of Uganda's last great wilderness areas, as a prelude to probable crude production. Total and the Ugandan government insist oil can be extracted from under the national park...
Air Wick Celebrates National Park Week
2013-04-08 15:52:00| Happi Breaking News
Limited edition collection out in stores now.
Marubeni Targets National Park in Japan for Geothermal
2013-04-01 00:56:19| Grocery - Topix.net
Marubeni Corp. , the biggest investor in electricity generation among Japan's trading houses, is working on how to revive the geothermal industry and tap heat that powers volcanos as an alternative to nuclear reactors.
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