News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 952
TRADE: ECOWAS Delay on EPA Allows Ghana to Re-Think
- Inter Press Service
There are conflicting signals about whether west African countries will sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, as the original deadline of Jun 30 approaches and officials give different views on the new deadline of end Oct. This may still allow Ghana to re-think its interim EPA.
CLIMATE CHANGE: India’s Monsoon Predictions More Uncertain
- Inter Press Service
Predicting the monsoons - a risky proposition despite the deployment of satellites and supercomputers - appears to have become iffier thanks to climate change.
ENVIRONMENT: Japan to Take Leadership Role Toward Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito talked to IPS about Japan giving technical and financial support to developing countries and its goal of cutting its greenhouse emissions by 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Japan is the world’s fifth- largest greenhouse gas emitter.
U.S.: House Passes Controversial Climate Legislation
- Inter Press Service
Amid furious lobbying on both sides, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved landmark legislation Friday designed to reduce the nation's greenhouse emissions that contribute to global warming 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050.
ENVIRONMENT-MALAWI: Elephants Out of Harm's Way
- Inter Press Service
A South African capture team has almost completed the translocation of a herd of elephants from the Phirilongwe forest reserve located in a communal management area in southern Malawi.
INDIA: Opposition to ‘Nuclearism’ Builds Up
- Inter Press Service
As India follows up on the historic civilian nuclear agreement it signed last year with the United States by drawing up hard commercial deals, opposition to ‘nuclearism’ is building up among activist groups.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. Launches 'Seal the Deal' Campaign
- Inter Press Service
Growing U.S. support for U.N. initiatives is raising hopes among those who want to see the world community take immediate and concrete action to tackle climate change, although their optimism is also tinged with scepticism.
ENVIRONMENT: No Breakthrough Seen in Whaling Stalemate
- Inter Press Service
Environmental groups expressed little hope the participants at the 61st annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, beginning Monday in Madeira, Portugal, would reach a compromise that would reduce the number of whales killed each year.
SOUTH AMERICA: Anti-Nuclear Activists to Form Common Front
- Inter Press Service
Environmental organisations in Chile plan to revive the anti-nuclear movement in the Southern Cone of South America, in response to vigorous lobbying by corporations and politicians in favour of nuclear energy in the region.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/DEVELOPMENT: Investment in Small Farmers Crucial in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Attempts to alleviate poverty and hunger and boost African economies are futile if the needs and potential of small-scale farmers in the region are ignored and the issue of trade barriers remains unaddressed.
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