News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 933
ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Drowning in Garbage
- Inter Press Service
The same thing could happen to the people of Mexico City as in the Pixar blockbuster Wall-E, where the human species has abandoned earth because it is covered with garbage, and a trash collecting robot has been left to clean up.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Time Running Out on Vows to Act, Scientists Warn
- Inter Press Service
Promises are easy to make. But promises by world leaders will not halt the heat-trapping carbon emissions that are dialing-up global temperatures and altering the climate, say critics and climate researchers meeting in this U.S. Midwestern city.
ENERGY: Trees: Out of the Forest and Into the Oven
- Inter Press Service
Millions of trees, especially from the developing countries of the South, are being shipped to Europe and burned in giant furnaces to meet 'green energy' requirements that are supposed to combat climate change.
ENVIRONMENT: Highly Endangered Aquatic Mammals Awaiting Sanctuary
- Inter Press Service
An aquatic species whose pelts are in high demand by the fur trade are gradually disappearing — and they need a sanctuary fast. Yet not one is forthcoming.
ENVIRONMENT: China Backpedals on Emissions But Still Noncommittal
- Inter Press Service
Although pledging to break away from its highly polluting economic path, China has managed to stick to its guns and not compromise on what it believes is its national agenda.
ENVIRONMENT: Women on Front Lines of Climate Week
- Inter Press Service
Women's voices remain highly underrepresented in the climate change debate, say international civil society leaders attending events taking place around the United Nations Climate Summit Tuesday.
BRAZIL: Electric Car Revolution in the Making
- Inter Press Service
The electric vehicle - pure or hybrid - will trigger an energy and industrial revolution worldwide in the coming decades, dealing a blow to liquid fuels. But plant-based ethanol will survive and grow, say Brazilian experts consulted for this report.
ENVIRONMENT: Japan, China Pledge to Act on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
When the one-day summit meeting on climate change ended late Monday, only Japan and China were singled out for their concrete commitments to battle one of the world's biggest environmental challenges.
ENVIRONMENT: Act Now or Lose Forever, Climate Summit Told
- Inter Press Service
The world's small island developing nations, most of which are threatened with environmental devastation, put the international community on dire notice: either accept ambitious and binding emission reduction targets, or humanity is doomed.
ENVIRONMENT: For Trees, Against Monoculture
- Inter Press Service
Growing demand for products like timber and biofuels is putting pressure on shrinking rainforests.
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