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...
081 environment Words (toxic)waste (ari)pollution environment recycling protect acid rain pollutants ecology radiation extinction damage desertification over-fishing rainforest destruction overpopulation ozone layer Unleaded petrol Phrases Create tox...
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...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT – Last Wild Places By George Grow Broadcast: December 27, 2002 This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. More than two-hundred scientists have completed a two-year study...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT– Wildfires Blamed For Climate By George Grow Broadcast: December 20, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new study has found that major forest fires can inf...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT – American Birds Threatened By George Grow Broadcast: December 6, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new report warns that many bird populations in the Uni...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT - November 29, 2002: Effects of Oil Spill Near Spain By Cynthia Kirk env-spain-oil-spill-effects (RealAudio) env-spain-oil-spill-effects (MP3) This is the VOA Special English ENVIRO...
