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The Government of China is committed to reducing the country’s carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent between 2005 and 2020. The World Bank has been working with Changning District in Shanghai to develop and implement a low-carbon strategy based on CO2 abatement cost curves and scenarios.

The World Bank is launching a new initiative at the World Future Energy Summit and International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi that will help developing countries better plan and manage scaling-up energy capacity to meet rising demand, in tandem with water resource management.

Two oil well operators in Hart County, and Logsdon Valley Oil Co. Inc., were sentenced in United States District Court by Senior Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., for continued violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky

APRIL, the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, has been threatened with expulsion from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of some 200 international companies that claim to be committed to sustainability, unless it can demonstrate that it has ended its role in deforestation.

Southern white rhinoceros.

The genetically modified maize “Pioneer 1507” should not be placed on the market for cultivation, because its insect-resistant pollen might harm non-target butterflies and moths, says the European Parliament in a resolution passed on Thursday.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$5.58 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant for the Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management (SFLM) Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), to improve forest management of some 3,000 hectares, demonstrating modern techniques that reduce the vulnerability of forests to drought, fires, and pests.

The CO2 emission limit for new light commercial vehicles sold in the EU is to be reduced from 203 g/km to 147 g/km by 2020, under draft legislation approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday. The text, already informally agreed with EU ministers, also calls for the introduction of more reliable CO2 emission testing methods.

Testing was carried out on products sold by 12 brands across the industry, including American Apparel, GAP, Primark and Nike for the report “A Little Story About the Monsters in Your Closet”.