News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 925
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.
PHILIPPINES: Storm-weary Farmers Suffer Huge Losses
- Inter Press Service
Café by the Ruins, a popular rustic restaurant situated in Baguio City, the Philippines' famed mountain city resort, usually caters to tourists and residents who enjoy sipping their cups of brewed coffee while appreciating the artworks displayed on the café’s stone walls.
CANADA: Govt Threatens Tar Sands Activists with Anti-Terror Laws
- Inter Press Service
The provincial government in Alberta, Canada is threatening to unleash its counterterrorism plan if activists continue using civil disobedience to protest the tar sands, Canada's fastest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
ENVIRONMENT: Pipeline Renews Debate on Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons
- Inter Press Service
On Sep. 24, a beachgoer near Swansea, Wales reported a piece of military equipment washed up on the shore. Three days later, the two members of the team that had showed up to dispose of the shell developed symptoms compatible with mustard gas — a chemical warfare agent used in the two world wars and other conflicts.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Capture Effort Collects Critics
- Inter Press Service
The capture and underground storage of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, is a dubious method of effectively reducing the pollution that causes global warming, experts warn.
EAST TIMOR: Seasonal Changes Cause for Alarm
- Inter Press Service
If you order a beer, sit back and relax at one of the expat bars dotted along the coastal Pantai Kelapa road in this capital, you cannot help but notice the view: the stony beach, the swimming children and the grounded fishing boats. But that view is morphing — a visible sign of how climate change could be affecting East Timor.
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