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Inter Press News - Environment
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Pedalling Against Pollution (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-11-2008 at 10:00:46
| SANTIAGO, Oct 11 (Tierramérica) - As greenhouse gas emissions drive global warming
and fuel prices continue to soar, pedalling has come back in
style in many cities of the industrialised world. In Chile, as
well, public bicycle services, bike routes and special parking
areas are some of the initiatives currently being developed.
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ENVIRONMENT: Because Oil Is Not Green (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-10-2008 at 07:00:41
| BARCELONA, Oct 10 (IPS/Terraviva) - Several environmental organisations have asked the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to stop
accepting funding from Shell, the giant international oil company.
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AFRICA: Research and Tradition Could Save Environment (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-10-2008 at 03:00:43
| CAPE TOWN, Oct 10 (IPS) - Africa risks losing up to 50 percent of its
indigenous species over the next century due to global warming.
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ENVIRONMENT-US: Florida Hopes Energy Farm Will Be First of Many (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-10-2008 at 03:00:43
| TAMPA, Florida, Oct 10 (IPS) - If an experiment to plant sweet sorghum in rural
Florida and convert it to fuel ethanol pans out, it could herald
a fundamental change in how the U.S. and other countries create
and use renewable bio-energy, researchers say. |
ENVIRONMENT: Crises Likely to Spur Mass Migrations (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 06:00:41
| UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (IPS) - As climate change, sea-level rise, earthquakes and
floods threaten countries such as Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Vietnam and
Tajikistan, the Tokyo-based U.N. University (UNU) warns that by
2050, some 200 million people will be displaced by environmental
problems. |
KENYA: Predicting Weather With Science and Spider Webs (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 05:00:38
| JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 (IPS) - When the magungu bird flies higher in the sky than
usual and seems to float in the air in its passage from south to
north, the Abasuba people living on the islands of Kenya#39;s
Lake Victoria and on the highlands near the lake know the rains
are on their way and that it is time to plant. |
ENVIRONMENT: 'Fertilising' the Ocean Could be a Cure That Kills (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 02:00:49
| BARCELONA, Oct 9 (IPS/Terraviva) - Environmentalists are challenging dubious new
proposals to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. |
CHILE: Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 12:01:36
| ALTO DEL CARMEN, Chile, Oct 9 (IPS) - The Diaguita indigenous community in Huasco Alto,
surrounded by rich gold, silver and copper deposits in the
northern Chilean region of Atacama, are engaged in a struggle to
prevent mining projects from infringing on their territory and
destroying their way of life and ancestral identity. |
ENVIRONMENT: Climate Action Could Escape Financial Crisis (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 10:00:50
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (IPS) - Enter the global financial crisis - exit action on
climate change? That lingering apprehension is not shared by
Pamela Cox, the World Bank#39;s vice-president for Latin America
and the Caribbean. |
ENVIRONMENT: Iceland Finds New Ways to Trap Carbon (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 06:01:18
| REYKJAVIK, Oct 9 (IPS) - At the Hellisheidi geothermal power station,
located about 30 km east of Reykjavik, Icelanders are developing
novel ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen
sulphide (H2S) that are emitted from the plant. |
SRI LANKA: 'Rice Paddies More Valuable Than Int'l Airport' (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-09-2008 at 12:00:44
| HAMBANTOTA, Oct 9 (IPS) - Sri Lankan rice farmers who fought against
President Mahinda Rajapakse and his powerful brothers, trying to
construct an international airport on their paddies, say they won
because their cause was just and enjoyed popular support.
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ENVIRONMENT: Stepping Beyond Carbon Footprints (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 06:00:41
| BARCELONA, Oct 8 (IPS/Terraviva) - Do those 8,000 tonnes of carbon footprints arising
from participation in the World Conservation Congress in
Barcelona show the way beyond Kyoto? Will the marathon
congregation significantly reduce biodiversity loss and halt
creeping desertification? |
ENVIRONMENT: Stepping Beyond Carbon Footprints (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 02:01:13
| BARCELONA, Oct 8 (IPS) - Do those 8,000 tonnes of carbon footprints arising
from participation in the World Conservation Congress in
Barcelona show the way beyond Kyoto? Will the marathon
congregation significantly reduce biodiversity loss and halt
creeping desertification? |
ARGENTINA: Guardians of the River (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 12:00:54
| PUERTO RECONQUISTA, Argentina, Oct 2 (IPS) - quot;There is no water?there are no fish,quot;
says Olga Ledesma, her skin weathered from 40 years of
small-scale fishing, as the boat slowly winds its way along a
branch of the Paraná river, South America?s second-longest river.
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QA: quot;Future Prosperity Is in Green Technologiesquot; (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 12:00:54
| TORONTO, Oct 3 (Tierramérica) - Achim Steiner, the eloquent executive director of
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), believes that
Mexico could take a leadership role in the new quot;greenquot;
economy. |
BIODIVERSITY: Mammals Face Extinction Crisis (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 12:00:54
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (TerraViva/IPS) - One in four mammals on Earth is at risk of
disappearing forever, according to the new quot;Red List of
Threatened Speciesquot; released by the Geneva-based
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: EU Could be Greener (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 12:00:54
| BRUSSELS, Oct 8 (IPS) - The outcome of a crucial European Parliament vote
on tackling climate change this week was not as negative as many
green activists had feared. Yet it also suggested that the
rhetoric of European politicians on how they must exercise
leadership to ward off the threat posed by rising temperatures is
not being matched with decisive action. |
BIODIVERSITY: Mammals Face Extinction Crisis (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 08:00:40
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (TerraViva/IPS) - One in four mammals on Earth is at risk of
disappearing forever, according to the new "Red List of
Threatened Species" released by the Geneva-based
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday.
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/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ENERGY: Governments Must Lead on Renewables, says Shell CEO (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 08:00:40
| BARCELONA, Oct 8 (IPS) - Royal Dutch Shell, with an annual turnover of more
than 350 billion dollars from extracting oil and gas, mainly in
third world countries, says it is up to governments rather than
companies like Shell to take the lead in finding solutions for a
sustainable energy future. |
HEALTH: WHO Warns Against 'Bird Flu Fatigue' (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-08-2008 at 01:00:35
| MANILA, Oct 8 (IPS) - So where is the pandemic? This is a question most
often asked of health experts years after they warned about a
pandemic influenza that could infect up to 35 percent of the
world's population. |
BIODIVERSITY: Mammals Face Extinction Crisis (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-07-2008 at 02:01:01
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (TerraViva/IPS) - One in four mammals on Earth is at risk of
disappearing forever, according to the new "Red List of
Threatened Species" released by the Geneva-based
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday.
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ENVIRONMENT: To Build a School, Save the Hippo (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-07-2008 at 02:01:01
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (IPS) - As the Wechiau community living along the banks of
the Black Volta river in Ghana discovered, looking after the
hippopotamus can build schools and bring electricity. |
ENVIRONMENT: Climate Action Could Escape Financial Crisis (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-07-2008 at 12:01:33
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (IPS) - Enter the global financial crisis - exit action on
climate change? That lingering apprehension is not shared by
Pamela Cox, the World Bank's vice-president for Latin
America and the Caribbean. |
ENERGY: Governments Must Lead on Renewables, says Shell CEO (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-07-2008 at 06:04:27
| BARCELONA, Oct 7 (IPS/Terraviva) - Royal Dutch Shell, which makes more than 310
billion dollars profit a year extracting oil and gas, mainly in
third world countries, says it is up to governments rather than
companies like Shell to take the lead in finding solutions for a
sustainable energy future. |
MIDEAST: Where Water Leaves a Bitter Taste (View Original Story)
Source: ipsnews.net Posted: 10-07-2008 at 03:00:42
| BARCELONA, Oct 6 (IPS/Terraviva) - Palestinian villagers drink unsafe agricultural
water rather than trusting water provided by an Israeli company,
says Buthaina Mizyed, who has worked in Arraneh village near the
conflict-laden West Bank city of Jenin. |
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