News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 928
CLIMATE CHANGE: Four Degrees of Devastation
- Inter Press Service
The prospect of a four-degree Celsius rise in global average temperatures in 50 years is alarming - but not alarmist, climate scientists now believe.
ENVIRONMENT: Back to Traditional Farming to Beat Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
When organisers of an international conference on climate change and the food crisis first scheduled the event here for late September, little did they realise the event would be sandwiched by two typhoons buffeting the region. Ironically, the first typhoon, ‘Ketsana’, delayed the arrival of conference delegates from the Philippines.
ENVIRONMENT: Developing Nations Refuse to Ditch Kyoto Protocol
- Inter Press Service
As the countdown continues towards a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a seemingly intractable tussle between negotiators from the developing and developed world has begun to take shape over international commitments to slash greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions.
ENVIRONMENT-US: Interfaith Leaders Back Climate Bill
- Inter Press Service
An interfaith group of religious leaders Thursday announced the launch of DaySix.org, an initiative aimed at influencing the passage of Senate legislation on climate change.
NIGERIA-AGRICULTURE: Bagging Beans Against Beetles
- Inter Press Service
Cowpeas are of vital importance to the diets and livelihood of millions of people in West and Central Africa. But the crop is notoriously difficult to store - beetles and other pests can destroy an entire granary full of cowpeas within 12 months.
THAILAND: Scientists Hail New Species, Fossil
- Inter Press Service
Who knows how many more fossils and species are lurking in the vast, unexplored riches of South-east Asia?
CLIMATE CHANGE: Experts Call for U.S. Leadership on Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
A bipartisan commission is calling for the United States to make halting global deforestation a major priority in both domestic and international climate change policies.
POLITICS-US: Democrats Disgruntled as Obama Fails to Deliver
- Inter Press Service
Since before taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama has been no stranger to being in the crosshairs of Republican pundits who have accused him of everything from bring a 'secret communist' to a tax-and-spend liberal who would oversee huge expansions in the federal government.
Q&A: 'We Can't Afford to Let the Planet Get Much Hotter'
- Inter Press Service
Lester Brown says his views sometimes appear extreme - because the mainstream media largely doesn't understand the urgency and challenges in avoiding catastrophic climate change.
CUBA: Raising an Environmentally Conscious Generation
- Inter Press Service
Every summer in Cuba, the complaint is heard over and over again: 'These beaches are filthy!' Empty beer and soft drink bottles, plastic bags and cups, the remains of someone's picnic lunch, and innumerable cigarette butts are strewn on the sand every day, despite the threat of fines and the pleas of ecologists.
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