News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 954
ARGENTINA: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Engine
- Inter Press Service
A town in Argentina has launched a programme that requires restaurants and other food producers to hand over their used vegetable oils to be distilled into biodiesel, which will be used to run the city's vehicles and public transportation.
U.S.: Govt Report Calls for Swift Action to Avoid Climate Chaos
- Inter Press Service
Fiercer heat waves and wildfires in the U.S. western states, bigger storm surges along the country’s coasts, and disruptions to energy, water and transportation systems are just some of the expected impacts of climate change, according to a new White House report that marks the first scientific statement from the Barack Obama administration acknowledging that the problem is already directly impacting U.S. citizens.
TRINIDAD: Environmentalists Win Round in Smelter Plant Battle
- Inter Press Service
Wayne Kublalsingh could hardly contain himself. Minutes after Trinidad's High Court issued a ruling Tuesday temporarily halting construction of a controversial smelter plant, Kublalsingh ripped open his shirt, revealing a jersey emblazoned with the words: 'No Smelter'.
ROMANIA: Volunteers Promote Green Living
- Inter Press Service
A network of volunteers from Romania has managed to plant more than 100,000 trees and collect 70 tonnes of trash in just one year, filling in gaps in the working of state institutions, and showing that there is potential for civic engagement among Romanian youth.
SCIENCE: Hybrid Chestnut Trees Hold Promise as Carbon Sponges
- Inter Press Service
Reducing carbon levels in the atmosphere may be as simple as planting a new breed of hybridised chestnut trees, according to a new study by Purdue University Associate Professor Douglass Jacobs.
ENVIRONMENT: GM Should Not Just be Dismissed, Nor Just Accepted
- Inter Press Service
After a protracted court battle of seven years, a small South African environmental organisation won a major constitutional victory against the multinational agri-chemical and seed giant Monsanto.
Q&A: 'The Order Was to Kill Us'
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian government described the recent deaths of police officers in clashes with indigenous protesters in the country’s Amazon rainforest as 'genocide' at the hands of 'extremist savages.'
Q&A: 'The Global Crisis Is Really About a 140-dollar Barrel of Oil'
- Inter Press Service
Sitting in the restaurant of Vancouver’s posh Fairmount Waterfront Hotel, the former chief economist for one of Canada’s largest banks doesn’t seem like the typical apocalyptic peak oil theorist.
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.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Big Carbon Players Jockey for Advantage
- Inter Press Service
Political and business leaders may agree in principle that climate change is a serious threat, but there is a startling lack of consensus and a 'you-go-first' attitude on taking action, even amongst a small group of high-level decision makers disconnected from their cell phones here in the Arctic.
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