AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
S. KOREA TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE.
SEOUL, Dec 3 Asia Pulse - South Korea will increase its spending on technologies to capture and store greenhouse gases by over 30 per cent in 2008, the government said Sunday.
The Ministry of Science and Technology said 33.95 billion won (US$36.62 million) out of next year's budget has been set aside to help the country better cope with greenhouse gases, which are causing global warming and unwanted climate change.
It said the amount is a 31.5 per cent gain from the 25.82 billion won earmarked for this year. Of the total, about 26.2 billion won is to be spent on trying to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), with 7.7 billion won allocated to develop ways to deal with other non-CO2 gases.
CO2 accounts for about 60 per cent of all greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, with methane making up 20 per cent. Other gases like nitrous oxide, hydroflurocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride account for the remaining 20 per cent.
The capture ...
- SOUTH KOREA SETS UP 'CARBON FUND' TO HELP CUT GREENHOUSE GASES.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News August 23, 2007 700+ words
SEOUL, Aug 23 Asia Pulse - South Korea has set up a 200 billion won...waste heat recovery projects. South Korea is not a member of Annex I of...reduce their aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 5 per cent from 1990...
- S. Korea to help developing countries cut greenhouse gases.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea July 15, 2008 700+ words
...SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will provide capacity building...can help build support for South Korea as it prepares to engage in...countries that have pledged to cut greenhouse gases. South Korea is a Non-Annex 1 country...
- S. KOREA TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CUT GREENHOUSE GASES.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 14, 2008 700+ words
...SEOUL, July 14 Asia Pulse - South Korea will provide capacity building...can help build support for South Korea as it prepares to engage in...countries that have pledged to cut greenhouse gases. South Korea is a Non-Annex 1 country...
- SEOUL AIMS FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE ON GREENHOUSE GASES.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 7, 2008 700+ words
...7 Asia Pulse - South Korea plans to seek flexible...to cut back on greenhouse gases, the country...Japan, that South Korea will do its utmost...pledged to cut greenhouse gases, while South Korea is a Non-Annex...
- SOUTH KOREA'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION FALLS 2.9PCT 1H 2009.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News September 17, 2009 700+ words
...public sector. South Korea has come under...and the amount of greenhouse gases it emits as countries...pledged to cut greenhouse gases. South Korea is a signatory...to cut back on greenhouse gases. (Yonhap) sld...
- SOUTH KOREA TO SPEND $US1.38BLN ON POWER INDUSTRY IN 2007.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News January 8, 2007 700+ words
...is taking on greater importance since South Korea's heavy industries make it one of the leading producers of greenhouse gases. South Korea does not have to cut greenhouse gases as required by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol...
- SOUTH KOREA TO PRODUCE WOOD PELLET FUEL IN INDONESIA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News March 9, 2009 700+ words
...March 9 Asia Pulse - South Korea signed an agreement with...produce 12 times less greenhouse gases than diesel fuel. At present, South Korea's wood pellet consumption...forest land leased by South Korea in Indonesia to 700...
- SOUTH KOREA EXPECTED TO AIM FOR 4% GREENHOUSE GAS CUT BY 2020.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News November 6, 2009 700+ words
...political parties, they said. South Korea emitted 594 million tons...but also global goals. South Korea can contribute to the human...technology and carbon-trading. South Korea is not obliged to cut greenhouse gases, as the Kyoto Protocol...
Source: HighBeam Research, S. KOREA TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE.