News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 885
MADEIRA: Disaster Blamed on Chaotic Urban Planning
- Inter Press Service
Prominent Portuguese environmentalists blamed the Dantesque scene in the tourist island of Madeira Monday, in the wake of flash floods that claimed at least 42 lives over the weekend, on seriously flawed urban planning.
HEALTH-BRAZIL: When the City Makes You Sick
- Inter Press Service
Limiting your cholesterol through diet may not be enough to maintain cardiovascular health in polluted cities like São Paulo in Brazil: the particulates suspended in the air alter the molecular composition of LDL, popularly known as 'bad cholesterol,' making it even more dangerous.
Q&A: 'We Have a Take-Make-Waste Economy'
- Inter Press Service
To halt the planet's declining biodiversity and loss of critical natural resources, both the economy we live in and communication about science needs to be changed profoundly, says a prominent Dutch ecologist.
BULGARIA: Govt Forced Down on Genetically Modifed Crops
- Inter Press Service
Campaigning by environmental groups and the general public has weakened the determination of the Bulgarian government to allow the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in this country.
POLITICS: U.N. Climate Chief Quits Post
- Inter Press Service
Countries have largely failed to endorse the Copenhagen Climate accord by the Jan. 31 deadline. On Thursday, the key official in the United Nations climate treaty process announced his resignation.
ENVIRONMENT-LATIN AMERICA: Glass Half Empty
- Inter Press Service
The countries of Latin America have made progress in terms of access to clean water and sanitation, but have failed to curb greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, says a new United Nations report.
DEVELOPMENT: Free Hungry Mouths of Red Tape
- Inter Press Service
Developing countries must tone down the booming voice bureaucrats have in policies and target corruption if commitments to defeat hunger are to be turned into action, leaders and experts at a United Nations meeting said Wednesday.
HAITI: Food Crisis Looms
- Inter Press Service
Haiti's misery after last month's earthquake will be compounded by a food catastrophe if the international community continues to ignore the country's agricultural needs, the United Nations has warned.
ENERGY-ARGENTINA: Agrofuels Rev Their Engines
- Inter Press Service
In a measure that was delayed by supply problems, this year Argentina is beginning to require that gasoline be mixed with ethanol and diesel fuel with biodiesel, at a proportion of five percent, to possibly reach 20 percent by 2015.
ENVIRONMENT-HONDURAS: Forest Corruption a Major Challenge
- Inter Press Service
The effects of climate change in Honduras have a local accomplice. Not only are forests suffering from global warming; they are also the victim of illegal logging.
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