| |   LLDA implements project vs greenhouse gas emissions
By: Cory Martinez TO reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve environment quality in the Laguna de Bay region, the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is now implementing a project called Carbonshed tha...
Three-Day Meeting; Little hope for greenhouse gas policy
Published: Monday, July 07, 2008 | RUSUTSU, Japan - Stephen Harper arrived in Japan yesterday for the Group of Eight summit amid heightened concerns about the struggling global economy and dampened expectation...
Few Volunteering to Cut Greenhouse Gases
By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press Writer | WASHINGTON July 24, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | Backdrop by cooling towers of a power plant and chemical factory, miners shovel coal at mine in... Ba...
Our big idea: DIY Kyoto - electricity useage monitor
| Had it not been for the Royal College of Arts (RCA) alumni network, Greta Corke, Jon Sawdon Smith and Richard Woods may not have seen their shared passion for the environment blossom into a commercial enterpr...
Ryoma letter from 1866 on show in Kyoto
| KYOTO--The Kyoto National Museum is displaying for the first time a letter believed to have been written by Sakamoto Ryoma, a key player in the developments leading up to the Meiji Restoration, on the night b...
DS software used to back English text
| There was nothing particularly unusual about an English lesson for about 30 first-year students late last month at Tokyo Joshi Gakuen Middle School in Minato Ward, Tokyo--until about the last 15 minutes. | Wh...
Law firms gear up for climate work
| Rapid Growth | Although Canada is failing to live up to the Kyoto commitments made by the previous Liberal government, that's not slowing down the growth of the climate-change business. | Spurred by the growi...
Japanese Garden In Konya, Whirling Dervish Monument In Kyoto
| KONYA - Mayors of Turkey`s Konya and Japan`s Kyoto agreed to build a Japanese garden in Konya and erect a whirling dervish monument in Kyoto. | Mayor of Turkish central city of Konya, Tahir Akyurek, said on W...
The path to efficiency - the U.S
| 'Imagine," says Tufts University energy economist Gilbert E. Metcalf, "that the United States had the same energy intensity in 2003 that it had in 1970." Imagine, in other words, that the U.S. skipped an enti...
ENERGY The path to efficiency - the U.S
| -- 'Imagine," says Tufts University energy economist Gilbert E. Metcalf, "that the United States had the same energy intensity in 2003 that it had in 1970." Imagine, in other words, that the U.S. skipped an e...
Sox strong-arm Mariners again
| SEATTLE - First, Jon Lester. Last night, Daisuke Matsuzaka. | The way the Mariners are swinging, a 12-year-old from Daisuke's old Little League team from Tokyo will gladly skip Williamsport and the Little Lea...
Only 45% can apply for social welfare
| Only about 45 percent of people who consulted welfare offices around the country in fiscal 2006 were allowed to apply for social welfare assistance, The Asahi Shimbun found. | According to a survey based on d...
Weekly Report: Is Japan entering the dark age? Environmentalists certainly hope so
| In this age of uncertainty over the environment, many want a darker future for this country. | They are calling for businesses, homes and stores to shut off their lights at night, or at least turn them down. ...
Job guidance for young people at crossroads
| The government's Job Job World program for instilling a stronger work ethic in young people is at a crossroads as the management of a large-scale facility for the purpose, under fire as a waste of public mone...
Govt plans to poll foreign tourists in Kyoto
| OSAKA--The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in September likely will begin polling foreign tourists in Kyoto to get their opinions on sightseeing locations and find out common questions they have ...
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