News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 957
TRADE: EPA Signing Threatens Southern African Customs Union
- Inter Press Service
Fears that accession to an economic partnership agreement (EPA) in Southern Africa will destroy regional integration seem to be coming true after Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (BLS) ignored a key provision of the Southern African Customs Union when they initialled their trade deal with the European Union last week.
ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE: The Light Could Go All Green by 2050
- Inter Press Service
The EU could meet all its electricity demands from renewable energy sources such as wind and the sun by 2050 if governments take the right decisions now, leading environment and energy experts say.
SOUTH AFRICA: Wastewater Is A Resource
- Inter Press Service
South Africa faces chronic water shortages, yet billions of litres are flushed away every year. Being one of the driest countries in the world, the conservation of water resources and managing wastewater should be a top priority for government.
ENVIRONMENT: Oceans Fast Becoming a Garbage Dump
- Inter Press Service
The growing problem of marine litter is harming oceans and beaches worldwide and authorities must act now to reverse and prevent further environmental degradation, said a report released Monday, World Oceans Day.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/INDIA: Cheapest Car Rides on Govt Subsidies
- Inter Press Service
India’s Tata Motors, makers of the ‘cheapest car ever made’, say they have received more than a million bookings for the first batch of cars said to roll out of its factory in a few months.
POLITICS: U.S.-China Deal Crucial for New Climate Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Cooperation between the U.S. and China was at the forefront of discussions this week in Washington at two events focusing on the possibilities of a bilateral relationship between the two countries on cutting emissions.
ENVIRONMENT-COLOMBIA: Coal Mine Hurts Highlands Lake, Farms
- Inter Press Service
Protests by indigenous farmers in the Colombian village of Cuayá, 75 km north of Bogotá, have failed to bring to a halt the unregulated extraction of coal, which has had disastrous environmental effects on Lake Suesca, 3,000 metres above sea level.
Q&A: 'I Hope We Are Civilised When Climate Disaster Hits'
- Inter Press Service
'When the first great climate disaster strikes, I hope we will all pull together just as if our nation were being invaded,' says British scientist James Lovelock in this exclusive Tierramérica interview.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Twilight of the Fossil Fuel Era?
- Inter Press Service
The world has turned a green corner toward a more sustainable future, with investments in clean energy outpacing fossil fuel power generation for the first time.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S., China Seek Common Ground
- Inter Press Service
As the slew of U.S. officials visiting Beijing continued with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s visit this past weekend, it is clear the Barack Obama administration is taking a much more active approach to relations with China than in years past. This shift is probably most clear, and most crucial, in the field of climate change.
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