http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/environment.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-15T14:49:03+11:00 2008-11-15T14:49:03+11:00 A proposal by South Korea's Posco Group to build a steel mill near a Vietnamese coastal resort has been rejected.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420689.htm2008-11-15T14:49:03+11:00The United Nations says enormous brown clouds of pollution hanging over Asia are killing hundreds of thousands of people, melting glaciers, changing weather patterns and damaging crops.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419598.htm2008-11-14T14:16:43+11:00The issue of carbon trading deals, where countries would receive money for not cutting down forests, is causing friction between the Papua New Guinea government and landowners.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419268.htm2008-11-13T21:49:11+11:00The incoming president of the Maldives says he wants to buy new land for his people, because of the threat of rising sea levels.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415871.htm2008-11-11T14:02:18+11:00The environmental group Greenpeace says it's stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia, calling for an end to the clearing of forest and peatlands for plantations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415870.htm2008-11-11T08:09:48+11:00