Environment
Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste
February 21, 2009Tones of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation to ensure its rapidly growing mountain of defunct televisions, computers and gadgets are disposed...
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Experts warn of climate change errors
February 16, 2009Leading scientists warned a US conference on climate change at the weekend that the rate of global warming has been seriously underestimated.
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Organize for a green economy, Ellison tells participants in national conference
February 7, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) -- Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., urged 2,000 delegates to the Good Jobs Green Jobs conference to build support in communities across the nation for a new, green economy.
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Climate change: Obama signals end to era of denial
January 28, 2009WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (IPS) - Environmental activists have hailed the first moves by U.S. President Barack Obama to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by setting tough new fuel efficiency and pollution standards for the country's...
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Book Review: Field Notes from a Catastrophe
March 11, 2008Greenhouse gases can be both a curse and a blessing. Too little in the atmosphere leads to the cooling of the earth, too much to its heating up. If the atmosphere were free of greenhouse gases,...
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