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Eyes in the sky don’t lie. Satellite pictures show that the African environment is under tremendous stress. According to an atlas prepared by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), Africa’s forest resources are fast depleting and the...
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Millions of people in East Africa face climate-related hunger as seasons shift and change, a new report published by aid agency Oxfam International said on Monday.
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If you were doing worse on climate action than Russia and the United States after eight years of Bush’s environmental policies, you’d know you had a problem. So it...
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The U.S House of Representative just passed a bill that will address global warming by reducing the emission of gasses that cause climate change. It was a watered-down...
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After much negotiations, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives finally managed to pass President Obama’s “Cap-and-Trade” bill as part of...
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Senior U.S. and Chinese officials began three days of talks here Monday in hopes of making a breakthrough on climate change, but they remain far apart on the basic...
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On June 5, World Environment Day, hundreds of people “froze” across New Zealand, together at 1pm in public places people stopped moving and became human statues...
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Nuclear warfare is a constant threat to life on earth but climate change is no less serious, says a summit of the world’s Nobel Laureates who, along with Prince...
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People talk about the future, yet climate change is claiming lives now, notably in Africa. The nations, governors and those governed must stand up and be counted.
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As climate change, pollution and industrial consumption place increasing pressure on Chile’s freshwater supply, a growing chorus of voices is demanding serious reform...
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Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) has come up with a new finding, according to which by the end of 2100, world temperature will rise up by 9 degrees. Their...
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Doctors and climatologists have recognized that the world is facing a global health crisis. A group of experts have recently warned that the warming of planet Earth is...
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Introspecting (yes, I indulge in it once in a while), I find 10 good reasons why I can’t seem to haul myself on the panic bandwagon of this global warming...
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After the success of his other books like ‘Lexus and the Olive Tree’, ‘Longitudes and Attitudes’ and more recently, ‘The World is Flat’, the new theme the...
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Climate change and obesity are the most talked about issues today. No one is left untouched by them. However, a relationship between the two is surprising. New findings...
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Britain has again experienced a malaria outbreak, for the third time in two years....
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Eco Factor: Latest carbon capture technique would allow scientists to slow down global warming.
Research conducted by an international team of scientists, led by the...
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We are currently enduring a global financial crisis. A crisis, it must be said, borne largely on the wings of corruption, mismanagement, incompetence and greed. The...
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NASA failed to position its Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft in its orbit, which now demands further action. This CO2 hunter satellite was launched from...
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1998 summer – Atmospheric temperature went up somewhere close to 50 degree Celsius in coastal Orissa and 100s of people died of Sun Stroke. Terrible super cyclone of...
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Most projects aimed at carbon offsetting are “verging on a gigantic scam”. These evocative words were uttered by the renowned British Earth Scientist James...
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On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo announced the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body headed by Indian...
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Orangutan forests are under threat of being wiped out, thanks to rampant illegal logging. The tropical forests of Southeast Asia, home to millions of wildlife species...
made popular Jun 13 2007
A United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) study said that melting ice and glaciers will cause severe crisis of drinking and irrigation water for up to 40 per cent...
made popular Jun 6 2007
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United Nations Environment Program Executive Director Achim Steiner of Germany, right, shakes hands with Japan’s Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura prior to their meeting at the foreign ministry in Tokyo, Friday, May 23, 2008. Steiner is in Japan to...
