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HEALTH: SARS as ‘Global Pandemic’
With reports that SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) can survive for up to 24 hours on inanimate surfaces, turning any object into a potential transmission source, it looks like the virus might indeed be the global pandemic suggested by health experts. But what exactly does that mean?HEALTH: SARS as ‘Global Pandemic’
With reports that SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) can survive for up to 24 hours on inanimate surfaces, turning any object into a potential transmission source, it looks like the virus might indeed be the global pandemic suggested by health experts. But what exactly does that mean?ENVIRONMENT: Bush Fighting ‘Secret War’ On Green Laws – Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the environmental movement's 800-pound gorilla, parachuting into trouble spots throughout the Americas, equally adept at pulling celebrity connections and successfully suing corporate polluters.A senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and president of the Water Keeper Alliance, Kennedy is the third child of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on Jun. 5, 1968. He spoke with IPS in an exclusive interview.
ENVIRONMENT: Bush Fighting ‘Secret War’ On Green Laws – Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the environmental movement's 800-pound gorilla, parachuting into trouble spots throughout the Americas, equally adept at pulling celebrity connections or successfully suing corporate polluters.ENVIRONMENT-BELIZE: Court OKs Canadian Dam Over Heavy Opposition
Despite intense opposition by civil society groups in Belize and North America, a Belize court ruled this month that giant Canadian power company Fortis can build a dam that will flood a 35-kilometre-long rainforest valley that is home to more than a dozen rare or endangered species.HEALTH: Experts Debate Risk of Eating Fish Containing Mercury
One in 12 North American women have enough mercury in their bodies to produce cerebral palsy, impaired memory and developmental delays in their unborn children, but scientists gathered here recently agreed those results should not stop people from eating fish - the main source of mercury.ENVIRONMENT: Canadian Fish Farms Swimming in Controversy
The fish farming industry, touted as a boost to the discouraged resource-based economy of west coast British Columbia province when it was introduced late in the last century, is now battling opposition from environmentalists and aboriginal groups and being kicked around as a political football.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Spurs Genetic Adaptation in Animals
While politicians and researchers debate the realities of climate change, plants and animals worldwide are already adapting. Red squirrels in Canada's North now give birth weeks earlier so their young can take advantage of the shorter winters that have come with increasing global temperatures.DEVELOPMENT: Drought Stunts Canadian Farmers’ Grain Donations
By the end of this month 9,700 tonnes of wheat donated by Canadian farmers will be on their way to drought-stricken Ethiopia, but drought in the grain-growing regions of the country has flattened donations and driven prices up.TRADE-MEXICO: Farmers Take to Streets Over New NAFTA Rules
The New Year in Mexico began with thousands of machete-wielding Zapatistas invading the city of San Cristobal De Las Casas in Chiapas, as hundreds of campesinos blocked border crossings at Juarez-El Paso and elsewhere.HEALTH: Soybeans Ordered Destroyed After ‘Pharmacrops’ Get Loose
U.S. officials have ordered 500,000 bushels of soybeans, worth 2.7 million dollars, destroyed after the crop was contaminated by maize genetically engineered to produce an experimental drug.HEALTH: Soybeans Ordered Destroyed After ‘Pharmacrops’ Get Loose
U.S. officials have ordered 500,000 bushels of soybeans, worth 2.7 million dollars, destroyed after the crop was contaminated by maize genetically engineered to produce an experimental drug.ENVIRONMENT: Airborne Toxic Pollutants Collect in Arctic Peoples
The Inuit of Canada and Greenland have the world's highest exposures to some toxic chemicals, with levels high enough to affect children's mental and sexual development as well as their immune systems, says a new report on pollution in the Arctic.ENVIRONMENT: Airborne Toxic Pollutants Collect in Arctic Peoples
The Inuit of Canada and Greenland have the world's highest exposures to some toxic chemicals, with levels high enough to affect children's mental and sexual development as well as their immune systems, says a new report on pollution in the Arctic.ECONOMY: Warring Over Natural Resources Kills 20 Million – Report
The world's insatiable demand for cellular telephones and other consumer luxuries is fuelling violent conflict and killing millions in developing countries, reports a new study from the Worldwatch Institute.ECONOMY: Warring Over Natural Resources Kills 20 Million – Report
The world's insatiable demand for cellular telephones and other consumer luxuries is fuelling violent conflict and killing millions in developing countries, reports a new study from the Worldwatch Institute.ENVIRONMENT: One in Three Primates Threatened With Extinction
One in every three species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates is threatened with extinction, and the number of those animals classified as endangered or critically endangered has jumped by almost 63 percent - from 120 to 195 - since January 2000, say international conservation groups.ENVIRONMENT: One in Three Primates Threatened With Extinction
One in every three species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates is threatened with extinction, and the number of those animals classified as endangered or critically endangered has jumped by almost 63 percent - from 120 to 195 - since January 2000, say international conservation groups.ENVIRONMENT: Developing Wild Lands a Bad Investment – Study
The economic value of preserving natural ecosystems far outweighs the value of converting these areas to farmland, housing or other human uses, according to a recent study.ENVIRONMENT: Developing Wild Lands a Bad Investment – Study
The economic value of preserving natural ecosystems far outweighs the value of converting these areas to farmland, housing or other human uses, according to a recent study.DEVELOPMENT: Cheaper Solutions Available to Fight Malaria – Sachs
The fight against malaria, a plague that kills at least one person every 30 seconds in sub-Saharan Africa, was boosted this week by news that scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the malaria parasite and the mosquito that spreads it.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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