Environment

Cultivating Toxic Crops

By Irfan Ahmed
At a time when spiraling input costs and perennial shortages of irrigation water are breaking countless farmers’ backs, a small village community on the outskirts of Lahore appears to have been spared.

Sea Turtles Trapped by Sudden Drop in Temperature in Uruguay

By Inés Acosta
A record number of sea turtles are turning up on Uruguayan beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and Río de la Plata this Southern hemisphere winter, suffering from cold shock and hypothermia.

Scientists Discover New Threats to Corals

By Stephen Leahy
Most corals thrive only in shallow waters, where there is enough light for them to grow. But the rapid rise in sea level, due to the melting of polar ice, is making these conditions increasingly scarce.

Expo 2012 Moves from World’s Oceans to Law of the Sea

By Thalif Deen
As part of its overall theme to educate the public about the state of the world's oceans, the international exhibition Expo 2012 will shift its focus next month to what has been described as "possibly the most significant legal instrument" of the 21st century: the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Warmer Air in Shower Reduces Electricity Consumption

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A simple invention developed by researchers at Juiz de Fora Federal University in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais makes it possible to reduce the energy consumed during a hot shower by 30 percent.

Ecobreves – CUBA: New Plant for Biodiesel Production from Jatropha Seeds

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The first Cuban plant for the production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas, an inedible shrub, entered into operation this month in the southeastern province of Guantánamo, with an expected output of 100 tons of fuel annually.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Chilean Court Orders Exhumation of Workers Killed by Pollution

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Chilean court has ordered the exhumation of 22 former employees of the National Mining Company who are presumed to have died from the accumulative effects of the pollution to which they were exposed during decades of work at the Ventanas copper foundry and refinery, which has been controlled since 2005 by the National Copper Corporation, another state-owned enterprise.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Italy to Finance Reservoir Expansion

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The governments of Honduras and Italy have signed an agreement under which the latter will provide 30 million dollars in financing for the expansion of the José Cecilio del Valle Reservoir, in southern Honduras, to enable the irrigation of some 4,000 hectares of environmentally friendly crops.

When the Rains Don’t Fall

By Amantha Perera
For many Sri Lankans, the effects of climate change can be summed up in one word: rainfall.

Malaysia’s Green Movement Goes Political

By Anil Netto
Three years ago, Sherly Hue lived the life of a typical career woman in Kuala Lumpur, working as a marketing executive promoting building materials. But one day, she received a phone call from her worried parents that would forever change her life.

‘Dirty Snow’ Hastens Glacial Melt in Himalayas

By Bhrikuti Rai
Every morning, as Gian Pietro Verza walks up the lateral moraine of the Khumbu Glacier in this Himalayan country’s north-east to take measurements, the wind makes colourful prayer flags flutter noisily. That same wind carries soot particles that are causing the snow on the mountains to melt faster.

Crops Failing as U.S. Simmers in Record Heat Wave

By Coralie Tripier
The United States is suffering one of its most severe droughts in decades, leading to both widespread crop failures and increased public concern about the impacts of climate change.

U.N. Urged to Take Lead in Aiding Cholera-Stricken Haiti

By Ethan Freedman
U.S. legislators are appealing to the United Nations to take a greater role in addressing Haiti's cholera outbreak, now in its third year and which has has left thousands dead.

Guyana’s Gold Boom Brings Pollution and Conflict

By Bert Wilkinson
Pedro Melville, 62, a father of nine from Guyana's northwestern gold and manganese mining district of Matthew’s Ridge, sees the impacts of unchecked prospecting on the local environment every day.

Malnutrition Implicated in Child Killer Epidemic

By Vincent MacIsaac
Health experts are blaming high malnutrition levels for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that has killed more than 54 children in impoverished Cambodia since April.

Impure Flows the Ganga

By Sujoy Dhar
Every year Yogesh Mudgal treks miles through the mountainous roads of the Indian Himalayas during the holy Hindu month of Shravan, in July.

South Korea Offers Marine Technology to Developing Nations

By Thalif Deen
When South Korea inaugurated a U.N. Office for Sustainable Development last October, the new research and training facility was designed to help the world's poorer nations "accelerate economic growth, improve quality of life and protect the environment".
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Great Barrier Reef at a Crossroads

By Stephen Leahy
The world's largest and best protected coral reef will be doomed by Australia's unprecedented scale of planned coal and gas development, experts say.
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Q&A: Transforming the Way the Global Environment is Managed

By Busani Bafana
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is ready to be a catalyst for transforming the way the global environment is managed, said the next CEO and chairperson of the multilateral institution, Dr. Naoko Ishii, in this interview with Tierramérica *.

The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later

By Julio Godoy
In July 2007, many Parisians laughed at their mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, when he announced the creation of a public bicycle sharing system aimed at reducing traffic in the French capital.

New Waste-to-Energy Facility Helps Barbados Toward Greener Economy

By Desmond Brown
When it comes to pursuing a greener path to economic development, the tiny Caribbean island of Barbados is not about to allow its small size and limited resources to get in its way.
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