By Nancy-Amelia Collins Pramuka Island, Indonesia 26 November 2007 In December, nations will gather on the Indonesian island of Bali to discuss ways to deal with global warming and environmental damage. Indonesia is in many ways a test case for those...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 June 2007 The U.N. Environment Program says environmental degradation is triggering tensions and conflict in Sudan. A new study foresees no long lasting peace in Sudan unless widespread and rapidly accelerating environmental...
Transcript of the Prime Minister's Broadcast on the Environment and Business Friday 27 October 2000 One of the usual criticisms of Governments and politicians is that they are all words and no action. So it was a bit of a novelty this week to be und...
By Paul Sisco Washington 27 April 2007 The Goldman Prize is awarded annually to six individuals from around the world who have dedicated their lives, sometimes at great risk, to protecting the world's natural resources. Paul Sisco reports. Goldman En...
By Valer Gergely Washington, D.C. 11 April 2007 Watch Environment Exhibit The effects of environmental degradation have been increasingly seen as contributing to conflict in various parts of the world. The growing scarcity of natural resources as a...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 14 December 2006 Environmental groups and others are upset with the Ugandan president's plans to clear-cut some of the country's remaining forests to make room for plantations that he says will boost the economy. Cathy Majt...
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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 22 August 2006 More than a month of bombing and fighting in Lebanon between Hezbollah militants and Israel killed more than a thousand Lebanese and destroyed much of the nation's infrastructure. The Mediterranean country'...
By David McAlary 27 June 2006 A new U.S. public health report concludes there is no safe level of environmental tobacco smoke. The nation's top public health physician, the Surgeon General, says inhaling someone else's tobacco smoke leads to an imme...
Section 27 Environment What exactly is the environment? It’s the world around us. You mean the sky and trees and things like that. Well, yes. But it can be even closer to home. In fact, your home is...