News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 595
KENYA: Community Turns Garbage Into Energy Source
- Inter Press Service
A community-based organisation in the Kenyan slum area of Kibera set out to clean up garbage and deal with waste water; Ushiriki Wa Safi ended up creating a community cooker that turns waste into an energy source.
Aid Agencies Rush to Japan's Humanitarian Front
- Inter Press Service
Day five of Japan's post-earthquake, post-tsunami life dawned dismally Tuesday, with soaring radiation levels from the Fukushima Daiichi power plants and a relentlessly rising death toll in the four worst-affected prefectures.
AFRICA: Responsible Travel Means Not 'Haggling Over Wooden Beads'
- Inter Press Service
Tourism as a concern found its way onto the agenda of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro because of its potential for development but also due to its adverse effects on some populations and natural resources, particularly in Africa.
U.S. Nuke Plant Safety Questioned in Wake of Japanese Disaster
- Inter Press Service
As Japan continues to battle the threat of nuclear meltdown in the wake of Friday's devastating earthquake, lawmakers, environmental activists and the nuclear industry in the United States are squaring up for a heated contest over the future of atomic energy in this country.
Japan Atomic Woes Trigger Policy Review in Germany
- Inter Press Service
The unfolding nuclear catastrophe in Japan, triggered by last Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, followed by a chain of explosions in atomic power plants, has forced the German government to rethink its own nuclear energy policy.
Japan Bracing For Nuclear Meltdown
- Inter Press Service
Desperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima nuclear plants, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, have brought no relief to the public who face the possibility of another explosion that could spew deadly radiation across the country.
INDIA: Japan Quake Focuses Anti-Nuclear Message
- Inter Press Service
Anti-nuclear campaigners in India see the earthquake that hit Japan last week, which threatens the meltdown of the Fukushima atomic power facility there, as a wakeup call for this country’s ambitious nuclear power programme.
Second Blast at Japan Nuclear Plant
- Inter Press Service
A second explosion has rocked Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, sending a plume of smoke into the air and touching off fresh concerns of a radioactive leak in the quake and tsunami-hit country.
JAPAN: Fear a Fallout of Blast at Nuclear Station
- Inter Press Service
Heightened tension on Saturday after a blast at a nuclear facility in Fukushima, 150 kilometres north of Tokyo, eased off after the government reported that the danger had been overstated.
Tough Task Ahead for Japan
- Inter Press Service
Japan’s reputation as a world leader in disaster management is facing a crucial test as the country scrambles to deal with the massive destruction caused by a strong earthquake on Friday that has left mounting deaths in the densely populated northeast.
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