News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 569
U.S.: New Clean Air Rules Force Some Coal Plants to Close
- Inter Press Service
Utility companies across the U.S. have announced plans to shut down and retire several coal-fired power plants following a new rule published by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intended to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
U.S.: BP Disaster a Year Later, Healthcare Crisis Worsens
- Inter Press Service
When news of the disastrous BP oil well explosion reached the residents of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana last April, Mayor Tim Kerner did the only thing he could think of to stop the oil from destroying his community. He encouraged everyone in his town to join him on the water, working day and night throughout the disaster to clean-up the spill.
MEXICO: Barcoding Biodiversity Not Free of Risks, Activists Say
- Inter Press Service
As the Barcode of Life project continues the work of sequencing specific segments of genes in Mexican animals and plants, there are some concerns about how to safeguard the biological samples collected from the threat of commercial exploitation.
BRAZIL: Small-Scale Land Speculators Contribute to Amazon Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
Many migrants from southern Brazil who clear forests in Brazil’s state of Amazonas are making their living as small-scale land speculators and not as farmers or as cattle ranchers, new research has found.
PAKISTAN: After the Flood, Green Homes
- Inter Press Service
Subhan Khatoon’s brand new home is nothing like the one that got washed away, along with all her worldly goods, in the 2010 monsoon floods that submerged a fifth of Pakistan and left 2,000 people dead.
Bolivian President Denounces Water Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
'Water is life. Water is humanity. How could it be part of the private business?' asked Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday, stressing the social and economic consequences of the growing trend of private ownership over water supply and delivery systems in many parts of the world.
LATIN AMERICA: Social Front Against Water Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations in Latin America have begun to coordinate joint actions in the region to curb what they see as a tendency towards privatisation, while protesting what they call a range of 'subtle' ways of undermining public control of water.
Computers Help Create a Clean Energy Future
- Inter Press Service
The use of information technology in energy planning can contribute not only to developing renewable energy sources but also to moving towards a green economy.
ICELAND: New Push to Get Whales Off the Table
- Inter Press Service
Down by the old harbour in Reykjavik, a small group of volunteers in pale blue T-shirts can be seen handing out leaflets that say 'Meet us don’t eat us'. Beneath the slogan is a picture of a whale, followed by 'Whales are being killed to feed tourists. Don’t let your visit leave a bad taste in your mouth.'
OP-ED: Germany Shows the Green Path
- Inter Press Service
The decision was expected, yet it shook the world’s nuclear establishment. On May 29, some two and a half months after disaster struck at Japan’s Fukushima- Daiichi nuclear complex, Germany’s right-wing government of Angela Merkel announced that Germany is exiting from the nuclear era.
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