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GBR Expo Asia 2012 to Highlight Green Building Technology in Thailand

The GBR Expo 2012 in Thailand will highlight green building technologies, and will bring together experts and service providers from around the world.

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Calling All Entrepreneurs: Castrol 20/20 Challenge Hits Shanghai Mid-July

BP Castrol is hosting the 20/20 Challenge in London, England and Shanghai as a strategic move toward improving automotive and green tech.

File photo of a coaster in Shanghai port. Shanghai has overtaken Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010. (Photo credit: Shutterstock)

Green Ship Technology Asia Set for September

Singapore will host the Green Ship Technology Asia Conference in September this year, with focus on sustainable shipping for businesses.

A visitor takes photos of the financial skyline on the 'OCBC Skyway' linking the Supertrees, ranging from 25-50meters in height and serving as vertical gardens in the nearly completed Gardens By The Bay just next to Singapore's busy financial district on Monday April 30, 2012 in Singapore. This is part of the city-state's efforts to bring and nurture greenery within the city and capture the essence of Singapore as a tropical city.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Singapore-Based Eco-Business to Relaunch with Focus on Giving Green-Friendly Businesses a Publishing Platform

Singapore-based green business news site EcoBusiness will relaunch its website with focus on giving businesses a platform for sharing updates.

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Mongabay Officially Announces Indonesia Site, Calls for Freelance Contributors

Prominent environmentalist site Mongabay launches in Indonesia, and pushes for community awareness and participation in environmental concerns.

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GreenEnergy Asia is Back This Year

GreenEnergy Asia this June will focus on sustainable business, and will feature the latest trends and technologies in renewable energy.

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3rd Annual GreenTech Asia Conference Coming in May

GreenTech Asia will focus on green building technologies, as well as techniques in turning businesses into stewards of a sustainable environment.

A woman demonstrates BYD's new charging and discharging technology on a BYD e6 electric car during the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China, Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China’s Dream of Electric Car Leadership Elusive

China’s leaders are finding it’s a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped, challenged by technical and lack of demand.

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Discarded Electronics in China’s Giuyu Raise Safety Concerns

Discarded e-waste in China is raising concern, especially given the lack of safety measures used in recycling, reusing and re-processing of these materials.

Reactor buildings of Unit 6, left in center, and Unit 5, right in center, at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen through a bus window in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Kimimasa Mayama)

Japan Sets New Safety Standards for Nuclear Plants

Japan is setting stricter, clearer safety guidelines for nuclear power plants to ease public concern about restarting reactors idled after the disasters a year ago.

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