News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 944
Q&A: About Peas in a Pod
- Inter Press Service
Slow Food, obviously, is the opposite of fast food. And it's a movement now with more than 100,000 members in 132 countries. But what does 'slow food' mean in practical terms?
BIODIVERSITY: Tight Controls Could Save Global Fisheries
- Inter Press Service
The global race to catch the last fish left in the oceans has been successfully halted in a few regions and fish stocks have rebounded, a new landmark study has found.
GERMANY: Nuclear Power Fails, And Nobody Notices
- Inter Press Service
Seven German nuclear plants have failed to generate any electricity this month due to technical breakdowns. They have about half the production capacity of Germany's 17 nuclear reactors, but Germany did not suffer any power shortages.
ENERGY: 'Nuclear Steals Billions from Other Technologies'
- Inter Press Service
Why is nuclear energy back on the table?
ENVIRONMENT: Lavish US Lobbying Pushes Nuclear Energy
- Inter Press Service
Climate change and the resulting need for low-carbon energy sources is driving the current interest in nuclear energy despite the industry's near universal legacy of staggering cost-overruns, technical difficulties and dependence on enormous government subsidies.
AGRICULTURE: Disease Threatens Afghan Wheat Crop
- Inter Press Service
Agronomists and crop experts fear that an aggressive disease that attacks wheat crops could soon reach Afghanistan, potentially threatening food security and initiatives to curb the cultivation of illicit crops.
LEBANON: Global Warming Makes Mischief Worse
- Inter Press Service
With its long, dry summers, Lebanon's diminishing woodlands are devastated by wild fires every year - and this year is no exception.
U.S.: Levee Uncertainty Weighs on Katrina's Displaced
- Inter Press Service
Today, the population of New Orleans is still about 175,000 people fewer than it was before Hurricane Katrina hit four years ago next month. Along with concerns about jobs and housing costs, the city's vulnerability to flooding has weighed heavily on the minds of many evacuees, many of whom have not returned.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Publics See Warming as Urgent, Govts as Failing
- Inter Press Service
A poll of 19 nations released here Wednesday reveals that majorities in most countries believe climate change should be a high priority for their governments, but relatively few thought that their leaders were doing enough about the problem.
POLITICS: US-China Confab Short on Concrete Commitments
- Inter Press Service
China and the United States concluded two days of talks Tuesday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the Obama administration is touting as evidence of both countries' commitment to battling climate change and proof of a strengthening bilateral relationship.
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