News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 919
CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
- Inter Press Service
The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.
AFRICA: We Are the Government
- Inter Press Service
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Divide Before You Add
- Inter Press Service
You could almost begin to divide the figures before you add them up. The numbers being advertised by way of aid to the developing world to contain carbon emissions do not quite add up. What is more certain is the division to follow.
ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: Improving Garbage Management
- Inter Press Service
The 60,000 tonnes of rubbish collected daily in Spain, equivalent to 1.3 kilos per person, is being managed by more green-friendly methods of recovery and treatment.
ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply
- Inter Press Service
Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
ENVIRONMENT: China’s Climate Change Plan: The Debate Goes On
- Inter Press Service
For China choosing to act on climate change is not simply agreeing to effect changes in the way its robust economy is being run. Chinese leaders have to choose between two equally unattractive options—put the brakes on growth to choke off pollution and face an array of scary scenarios, from unemployment swell to social unrest.
NEPAL: Hopes High for Environmental Rights in New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
As the new federal republic of Nepal forges ahead with writing a new constitution, activists are demanding that environmental rights be enshrined in this important document.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Trading Welcomed, Criticised
- Inter Press Service
A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area.
Q&A: ‘ODA Is What Governments Want to Do at Their Whim’
- Inter Press Service
Think of a world where rich nations did not fund what was popular but instead collaborated to solve the developing world’s most pressing health needs.
GUATEMALA: (Barely) Surviving on Beans and Tortillas
- Inter Press Service
Juan Manuel Ardón's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so weak that he can hardly walk or talk, and the doctors say his weight and stature are those of a six-year-old, rather than 15-year-old, boy.
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