News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 893
CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
- Inter Press Service
The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could obliterate the world's small island states, triggering fears of mass migration.
HAITI: U.S. Opens Airport to More Humanitarian Flights
- Inter Press Service
Amid criticism that the U.S. Defence Department was prioritising military and rescue air traffic to earthquake-stricken Haiti, U.S. officials controlling the country's main airport have agreed to guarantee landing slots for planes carrying humanitarian aid, U.N. officials say.
CANADA: Hunt for Oil Patch Bomber Takes New Twist
- Inter Press Service
Looking increasingly desperate after a 15-month-long hunt for a saboteur who has blown up six natural gas installations in northern Canada, police arrested an outspoken oil industry critic and then set him free a day later without pressing charges.
HAITI: No One Expected the 'Big One'
- Inter Press Service
Marjorie Louis was sitting in her kitchen eating dinner when she felt the house shaking, but she didn't get up.
HAITI: On Sunday, Mass Was About the Dead
- Inter Press Service
Rosemarie Tintin's black hat and veil barely concealed the sorrow on her face. She recently lost her entire family in Haiti's devastating earthquake and the only place she could find solace was at her church.
EUROPE: Shadow Falls Over New Leaders
- Inter Press Service
Allegations of racism and financial impropriety have spiced up an otherwise lacklustre two-week ritual in which nominees to the European Union's executive arm are quizzed by the EU's only directly elected institution.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Reduced Himalayan Snowfall Could Spark Water War
- Inter Press Service
The declining snow cover and receding glaciers in the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir could trigger renewed hostilities between India and Pakistan, neighbouring states in the South Asian region that are at odds on a host of issues, experts warn.
FRANCE: Time to Pay Back Haiti
- Inter Press Service
As thousands of people filled Notre Dame Cathedral here Saturday evening in a special mass for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the solidarity and sadness reflected the historical ties that bind France to the Caribbean nation.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Wanted - Methane-Free Livestock
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, the Riswick farm is just another modern agricultural facility: in the middle of broad cultivated fields stand recently built barns, similar to so many other farms across Europe.
MALAYSIA: Sarawak Dams: Boon or Bane to Development?
- Inter Press Service
'I don’t know what's going to happen to our people … what our future will be?'
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