News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 945
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.
ENVIRONMENT: Monsanto, Dow Stacking the Deck, Critics Say
- Inter Press Service
The most complex genetically engineered corn (maize) yet has been approved for use next year in Canada and the United States without its potential health and environmental risks being investigated, anti-biotech activists charged Wednesday.
EGYPT: Plenty of Sun, Nobody Catching any Rays
- Inter Press Service
Egypt receives some of the highest annual solar radiation in the world, yet the desert country remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
ENERGY: African Sun may Light up European Homes
- Inter Press Service
Twenty German companies have drawn up ambitious plans to meet at least 15 percent of the European electricity demand by 2020 from solar thermal power plants installed in the North African Maghreb region.
URUGUAY: Eight-Hour Day for Rural Workers
- Inter Press Service
Seventy years old now, Mr. Arrúa lives a comfortable enough life in Durazno, a town in central Uruguay. But he still remembers when his father took him to work as a farmhand when he was only nine.
U.S.: Four Years Post-Katrina, Levee Protection Still Elusive
- Inter Press Service
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, there have been some significant improvements to the levees of New Orleans. However, even with improvements scheduled to be completed in 2011, advocates say the U.S. government has left the standard of protection at dangerously low levels.
U.S.: Better Balance Between Climate and Military Spending Urged
- Inter Press Service
Despite its conviction that climate change represents a serious threat to national and global security, the administration of President Barack Obama has proposed spending one dollar on addressing the challenge for every nine dollars it intends to spend on the U.S. military, according to a new report by the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
ENVIRONMENT: Going Green in Emergency
- Inter Press Service
Patients in Stockholm can now be rushed to hospital in an ambulance that runs on processed sewage.
URUGUAY: Eight-Hour Day for Rural Workers
- Inter Press Service
Seventy years old now, Mr. Arrúa lives a comfortable enough life in Durazno, a town in central Uruguay. But he still remembers when his father took him to work as a farmhand when he was only nine.
ENVIRONMENT: Open Pit Disasters in Mexico and Peru
- Inter Press Service
Mariana Rangel is filled with nostalgia as she gazes at the abandoned installations of the Dos Estrellas mine, where she worked as a secretary for six years. 'Those were years of prosperity; this is all there is left,' she tells IPS, pointing to what used to be the local hospital.
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