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U.S.: Public More Complacent About Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Less than two months before a key international conference on curbing climate change, a major U.S. poll has found a sharp drop in public concern about global warming.
DEVELOPMENT: 'Global Poverty Is Not Acceptable'
- Inter Press Service
The economic crisis is a fresh reason to meet Millennium Development Goal targets, not an excuse to miss them, said European Commission president Jose-Manuel Barroso, opening the dialogue at the fourth edition of the European Development Days (EDD).
HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.
UGANDA: Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School
- Inter Press Service
More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Readies United Front for Crucial Copenhagen Talks
- Inter Press Service
As African leaders meet in Ethiopia to discuss the devastating impacts of climate change, the United Nations has released a report warning that the economically-troubled continent will be one of the hardest hit by the ravages of global warming.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Our early twenty-first century civilisation is being squeezed between advancing deserts and rising seas.
CLIMATE CHANGE: How Eco-Friendly Is Natural Gas?
- Inter Press Service
Natural gas, a non-renewable yet plentiful energy source, is being promoted by the gas industry as part of the solution to climate change. But experts say that its contribution to global warming is only slightly less than that of coal and oil.
INDIA: Controversy Rages over Genetically Modified ‘Brinjal’
- Inter Press Service
Scientists and activists say that but for the fact that the 'brinjal', also called 'eggplant' or 'aubergine', is native to India and a favourite on the table, the decision to allow commercial release of its genetically modified (GM) variety may have gone unremarked.
ENVIRONMENT-US: Greatest of Lakes Hit by Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The weather was right for swimming this summer along the shores of Lake Michigan, but on many days, the only living things seen on the beach were gulls, picking away at zebra mussels ensnared in a thick, green slime that covered every rock, pebble and grain of sand for miles.
AGRICULTURE-COTE D'IVOIRE: Small-scale Pineapple Growers Want More Support
- Inter Press Service
Karim Diabaté, looks questioningly at his vast 20 hectare pineapple plantation in Bonoua in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. 'I'm asking myself if if I'll get the money I need for in time for the inputs I need and keep my plants going.'
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