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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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ENVIRONMENT-US: An E-Waste Free-for-All
U.S. citizens will buy 30 million new digital televisions this year alone, sending their old lead-laden TVs to the dump, or more likely, overseas to China or India.ENVIRONMENT: Emergency Brakes Needed to Stop Climate Crash
In the end, governments accepted evidence from the world's top scientists that climate change impacts could be abrupt and irreversible, and that they require urgent action.
Emergency Brakes Needed to Stop Climate Crash
The only mention of goals for reducing emissions of climate-changing gases was eliminated from the document that will serve as the basis for the world's governments to take action.
ENVIRONMENT: Turning a Blind Eye – O Canada!
In the 1980s, Canada was a bright green engine of change, pushing the global community forward on sustainable development and global warming. But now it is falling behind in almost every environmental aspect.
SCIENCE: Reproductive Cloning Could Be "Inevitable"
As scientists master the technology to clone primates, some legal experts worry that human clones are no longer in the realm of science fiction, and wonder what legal rights they would have in the absence of an international ban on the practice.
ENVIRONMENT: Between a Reef and a Hard Place
Coral reefs face certain extinction in a few decades unless there are unprecedented reductions in carbon emissions, leading Australian scientists warn.ENERGY: Fossil Fuel Train Heads into Overdrive
Today's skyrocketing fossil fuel use will accelerate far faster in the coming decades, driving oil prices higher and virtually guaranteeing catastrophic climate change in the decades to come, energy experts say.
BIODIVERSITY: How Many Species Are "Enough"?
Plants are the only source of oxygen on Earth - the only source. And studies around the world show that as plant species become extinct, natural habitats can lose up to half of their living plant biomass.
MEDIA: Three Names the World Should Know
"I am staying in Afghanistan to prove that women are brave and strong," says Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad.
A Blind Eye to Environment – O Canada!
In the past 15 years, all of Canada's environmental indicators have suffered, say experts who distribute the blame among local and national governments, businesses and the public.TRADE: Venezuelan Diamonds Under the Microscope
Venezuela will have to explain its policies on mining and exporting diamonds at the next annual session of the Kimberley Process, an intergovernmental initiative to halt the use of the diamond industry to finance armed conflicts and civil wars.CLIMATE CHANGE: CO2 Levels Begin Accelerated Climb
Global warming has been compared to a slow-moving train wreck, in which the passengers are blissfully unaware of the coming catastrophe.
Venezuelan Diamonds Under the Microscope
In November, the Venezuelan government will report to an intergovernmental entity about the controls used to regulate diamond mining.ENVIRONMENT: Biofuels – Great Green Hope or Swindle
A raft of new studies reveal European and American multibillion dollar support for biofuels is unsustainable, environmentally destructive and much more about subsidising agri-business corporations than combating global warming.
CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Delay Now, Pay Dearly Later
The United States is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in weather-related damages in coming years if it does not act urgently on climate change, the first-ever comprehensive economic assessment of the problem has found.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Entire Landscapes on the Move
The hot breath of global warming has now touched some of the coldest northern regions of world, turning the frozen landscape into mush as temperatures soar 15 degrees C. above normal.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. Moving Backwards
As global warming melts the Arctic, the United States's biggest banks are investing billions of dollars in as many as 150 new coal-fired power plants around the country.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Skunk at His Own Garden Party
After years of denial, the U.S. White House-sponsored summit on climate change ended Friday with President George W. Bush admitting that global warming was real and humans were responsible and asking for heads of state to join him at yet another summit next year (when his presidency ends).CLIMATE CHANGE: Time For Some Slightly Mad Ideas?
Lack of governmental action on climate change is forcing scientists to consider radical climate geo-engineering schemes such as giant vertical pipes in the ocean and growing vast blooms of plankton to try and prevent the worst from happening.ENVIRONMENT: Climate of Change Confronts Wall Street
Stockholders, investors and financial analysts are now demanding to know how climate change will affect companies' bottom line, and a new report reveals large corporations' risks and opportunities.ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Deal to Cut Down CO2 Emissions
More than 190 nations agreed this week to combat global warming and accelerate the healing of the ozone layer, although critics say more could have been accomplished.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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