News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 960
BIODIVERSITY-EUROPE: Not Just About a Frog Here or There
- Inter Press Service
Politicians across the European Union are waking up to the fact that biodiversity is fast becoming a crucial environmental issue that needs to be tackled soon.
BRAZIL: Murder, Death Threats Amid Environmental Protests
- Inter Press Service
Environmentalists and human rights activists in Brazil are demanding clarification of the murder of Paulo Santos Souza, a fisherman and trade unionist who was fighting irregularities in the construction of a gas pipeline for Petrobras.
ENVIRONMENT-US: Free-Flowing Rivers Back in Vogue
- Inter Press Service
It may come as no surprise that a dam impeding the flow of a major river would negatively impact fish populations, but it is only recently that benefits of free-flowing rivers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are beginning to be valued more than those of dams.
ENVIRONMENT: Extraordinary Abundance of Life in Oceans Past
- Inter Press Service
Imagine large pods of mighty blue whales and orcas darkening the waters off Cornwall, England, while closer to shore blue sharks and thresher sharks chase herds of harbour porpoise and dolphins.
ENVIRONMENT: Preserve Peru’s Biodiversity, Save the World
- Inter Press Service
Peru, second in Latin America for total area of tropical forests, has adopted international laws, instruments and strategies to protect its wealth of flora and fauna. But those tools have not yet had much effect.
ENERGY: Geothermal Is Not So Clean
- Inter Press Service
Geothermal energy has always been thought of as a clean, renewable form of power, but since the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant began operation about 30 km from central Reykjavik in 2006, various problems have come to light.
TRADE-US: Green Groups Say E-Waste Bill Is Too Lax
- Inter Press Service
Environmentalists are expressing discontent over recently introduced legislation regarding the U.S.’s exporting of electronic waste, or 'e-waste'.
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.
ARGENTINA: Trout Fishers’ Delight - Threaten Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of visitors are drawn every year to Argentina’s southern Patagonia wilderness region to fish in glacial lakes and crystal clear streams and rivers. But the trout and salmon that they have come to find are not native species, and pose a threat to local biodiversity.
CUBA: Exotic Fish Has Bad Reputation but High Yields
- Inter Press Service
Known for eating everything in its path, and even for stinging people, the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is feeding debates in Cuba while at the same time it is filling family dinner plates.
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