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Korea Gas To Pay Record Price for Indonesian LNG

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:04:03 +0100

by The Jakarta Post website BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific Thursday, July 24, 2008 Korea Gas Corp (Kogas) has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Tangguh project at the record price of USD 20 per million British thermal units (mmbtu).

Asean, Japan to secure area supply

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:31:23 +0100

Bangkok Post 6 August 2008 ENERGY YUTHANA PRAIWAN Southeast Asian countries and Japan are conducting a regional power development plan aimed at securing energy supply for the region in the future, according to Dr Twarath Sutabutr, director of the Energy Ministry's Policy and Strategy Co-ordination Office. The plan, being considered by senior energy officials from Asean and Japan, would focus on the demand and supply in Southeast Asia from this year to 2030.

Brazil launches $21 bln fund to protect Amazon rainforest

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:31:27 +0100

8/2/2008 6:59 AM ET (RTTNews) - Brazil launched an international fund to raise as much as $21 billion by 2021 to fight deforestation in the Amazon, and combat global warming, reports said on Friday.

Beijing: The carbon-cheating Games

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:43:36 +0100

According to the Chinese Technology Minister Wan Gang, the Beijing lympic Games will result in the release of some 1.18 million tonnes f carbon to the atmosphere, in part because so many athletes and pectators were traveling long distances . However, we need not worry bout this, because the Chinese authorities assure us that the lympics will be basically carbon neutral.

Call for Climate Justice in Asia

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:39:14 +0100

- Asian Civil Society Groups Call For 'Climate Justice' Over 170 activists who gathered in Bangkok from 12-14 July harshly criticised governments and corporations for their failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They called for climate justice and a fundamental departure from the current global order to solve the climate crisis. Conference participants included fishers and farmers, forest and indigenous peoples, women, youth, workers and activists from 31 countries.