Sunday, June 17, 2012
20120617 China Daily_Issues linger before summit (Rio+20)
Monday, June 11, 2012
20120611 Apple Daily 林鄭:東涌發展橋頭經濟
【本報訊】發展局局長林鄭月娥(圖)昨日出席東涌地區團體舉辦的模型展覽時表示,東涌未來可進一步發展,將由現時約13萬人口,增加至約23萬人的市鎮;加上十大基建中如港珠澳大橋等都與東涌連接,認為該區有潛力發展「橋頭經濟」效應。
她指出,東涌有15幅土地已納入分區計劃大綱圖,其中3幅土地可興建住宅單位,包括一幅位於56區的土地正計劃興建公屋,但計劃被同區私樓居民反對暫時擱置。有地區團體建議,政府可開發東涌大約150公頃的土地,提供約2.4萬個公私營住宅單位及休憩場所,並興建由東涌到迪欣湖的單車徑。
她指出,東涌有15幅土地已納入分區計劃大綱圖,其中3幅土地可興建住宅單位,包括一幅位於56區的土地正計劃興建公屋,但計劃被同區私樓居民反對暫時擱置。有地區團體建議,政府可開發東涌大約150公頃的土地,提供約2.4萬個公私營住宅單位及休憩場所,並興建由東涌到迪欣湖的單車徑。
Friday, June 8, 2012
20120609 日擬重開核電廠 民眾抗議
日本311大地震引發的核災難,至今仍未完全解決,首相野田佳彥昨日(周五)召開記者會游說國民,為了保障就業和人民的生活,必須重開其中兩個已暫停運作的核反應堆,結果觸發大批民眾抗議。
福島核災爆發後,日本上月初暫停了全國50個核反應堆運作,卻引發電力不足問題。野田指出,隨着夏季來臨,電力需求增加,其中西部地區預期會缺電15%,缺電問題很嚴重,刻不容緩,必須重新啟動部份核反應堆。
他指西部福井縣大飯核電廠第三和第四號反應堆已準備好恢復運作,強調當局已採取充足安全措施,確保再發生像311那麼嚴重的大地震和海嘯,反應堆都不會洩漏輻射。
但大批反核人士在首相府外抗議,拉起寫有「堅決反對大飯核電廠重開」、「打倒野田政權」等抗議標語。
福島核災爆發後,日本上月初暫停了全國50個核反應堆運作,卻引發電力不足問題。野田指出,隨着夏季來臨,電力需求增加,其中西部地區預期會缺電15%,缺電問題很嚴重,刻不容緩,必須重新啟動部份核反應堆。
他指西部福井縣大飯核電廠第三和第四號反應堆已準備好恢復運作,強調當局已採取充足安全措施,確保再發生像311那麼嚴重的大地震和海嘯,反應堆都不會洩漏輻射。
但大批反核人士在首相府外抗議,拉起寫有「堅決反對大飯核電廠重開」、「打倒野田政權」等抗議標語。
Sunday, May 20, 2012
20120520 BBC_Arctic melt releasing ancient methane
Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere.
The methane has been trapped by ice, but is able to escape as the ice melts.
Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this ancient gas could have a significant impact on climate change.
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after CO2 and levels are rising after a few years of stability.
There are many sources of the gas around the world, some natural and some man-made, such as landfill waste disposal sites and farm animals.
"If this relationship holds true for other regions where sedimentary basins are at present capped by permafrost, glaciers and ice sheets, such as northern West Siberia, rich in natural gas and partially underlain by thin permafrost predicted to degrade substantially by 2100, a very strong increase in methane carbon cycling will result, with potential implications for climate warming feedbacks."
"The Arctic is the fastest warming region on the planet, and has many methane sources that will increase as the temperature rises," commented Prof Euan Nisbet from Royal Holloway, University of London, who is also involved in Arctic methane research.
"This is yet another serious concern: the warming will feed the warming."
How serious and how immediate a threat this feedback mechanism presents is a controversial area, with some scientists believing that the impacts will not be seen for many decades, and others pointing out the possibility of a rapid release that could swiftly accelerate global warming.
Many of the sites were bubbling methane that has been stored for millennia
Atmospheric methane concentration is rising again after a plateau of a few years
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
20120516 China Daily_China starts fishing ban in South Sea
Monday, May 7, 2012
20120507 AGHK_香港南極 - 蒲台 遍地龕花
蒲台島位處香港最南,被譽港境南極。蒲台島的地質以花崗岩為主,多呈粗粒至
幼粒。這裡的花崗岩源於1 億4,000 萬年前岩漿侵入地殼深處後凝固成岩的岩
體,是香港較年輕的一組侵入岩。島上最著名的是各種趣怪嶙峋的怪石和風化入
侵現象。
在2012年2月中接獲舉報,投訴有發展商在蒲台島大量建設骨灰龕場。經實
地視察,發現多幅私人農地、官地及大量樹木已被剷平成大大小小的非法龕場,
範圍之廣,有數個標準足球場之大。
這裡的地質地貌 、生態環境所受到的大肆破壞實目不忍睹。 而多條天然溪流亦被 堵塞,影響村民依靠的天然水源。由於大量樹木已被砍伐,泥土亦變得鬆散,在 雨季期間容易導致山泥傾瀉 ,實非常危險。
發展商的妄顧法紀,只顧一己私利,肆意破壞環境,實在令人髮指。
在事件曝光後,城市規劃委員會迅速於三月初在憲報刊登「蒲台群島發展審批地
區草圖」,把蒲台島及其鄰近群島納入法定規劃及管制,保護該區具重要科學價
值和高保育價值的鄉郊自然景致,以免受到違例發展項目和不適當地改變用途的
情況所侵擾,以及反映現有的認可鄉村和鄉郊民居的範圍。
20120507 China Daily_Severe drought drains rivers in South China
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