Newswires
The following online environmental newswires are updated hourly:
- How has global warming affected Arctic permafrost?3 March 2010, 7:00 pm
Carleton University's Chris Burn speaks Monday about 'drunken' forests and other long-term evidence of thawing permafrost in the Yukon and Mackenzie Delta...... - Call for nominations for volunteers to serve on the IRIS executive board24 February 2010, 7:00 pm
The Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability at York University is accepting nominations for its executive board. Nominations are due March 3...... - Professor Howard Daugherty was an advocate for fair trade and the environment16 February 2010, 7:00 pm
Professor Daugherty was the public face of York's Las Nubes Rainforest Reserve. He died on Feb. 12 after a short illness...... - IRIS event marks the release of report on York's forests7 February 2010, 7:00 pm
The Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability will host a special lecture today to discuss the value of urban forests and release a report on the Keele campus's contribution...... - Prof receives $1 million from SSHRC for climate change project4 February 2010, 7:00 pm
Carla Lipsig-Mummé, a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will study work in a warming world...... - U50 legacy projects offer quiet, beautiful community places28 January 2010, 7:00 pm
Butterfly gardens, commemorative benches and new landscaping are all part of the legacy of York's 50th anniversary......
- Compact fluorescents - Recycle them?
An investigation by The Ecologist reveals that three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) The majority of local authorities in London are advising residents to throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content.... - Natural Gas drilling chemicals a concern
President Barack Obama's top environmental adviser urged the natural gas industry on Tuesday to disclose the chemicals it uses in drilling, warning that the development of massive U.S. shale gas reserves could be held back otherwise. Joseph Aldy, special assistant to the president for energy and the environment, said concerns about water contamination from drilling chemicals could lead to states requiring disclosure and that could deter additional investment.... - Staying Young by Learning
An old proverb states that to stay young is to keep alert and active or: "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." University of California neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health — and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind. Usi... - Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon
Because hydrocarbons are now being exploited at a rate 7 times higher than in 2003, the impacts of oil and gas activities need to be scientifically studied. These studies should rigorously identify and measure the effects on biodiversity, indigenous groups and wilderness areas in this region. This view was expressed to SciDev.Net by Martà Orta-Marti... - Attention Bikers - Google Maps is for you!
At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific mapping sites. But Google is rolling it out in 150 cities nationwide and announcing it Wednesday at the 10th Annual Bike Summit in Washington, D.... - Improved Wood Stoves could improve air quality and health
Two billion people worldwide do their cooking on open fires, producing sooty pollution that shortens millions of lives and exacerbates global warming. If widely adopted, a new generation of inexpensive, durable cook stoves could go a long way toward alleviating this problem. With a single, concerted initiative, says Lakshman Guruswami, the world could save millions of people in poor nations from respiratory ailments and early death, while dealing ...
- Japan weakens climate bill, pressured by industry11 March 2010, 9:51 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff resistance from industry. ...
- Sarkozy to press G20 on climate funding11 March 2010, 9:49 am
PARIS (Reuters) - France will push the Group of 20 countries to impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of dollars to help developing nations fight climate change, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday. ... - EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts11 March 2010, 9:18 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday. ... - Arctic seed vault sets record, over 500,000 samples10 March 2010, 7:12 pm
OSLO (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday. ... - UN launches review of criticized climate panel10 March 2010, 2:45 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors. ... - Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s10 March 2010, 11:12 am
OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday. ...
- INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path
JAKARTA, Mar 11 (IPS) - Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.... - EDUCATION-URUGUAY: Gardens of Knowledge
MONTEVIDEO, Mar 10 (IPS) - "Nature is wise, and if we take the time to observe it, we can learn so much" is the underlying philosophy of a number of innovative programmes being carried out in Uruguayan schools that are using gardens as a teaching resource, explained Edith Moraes, director of the national Primary Education Board.... - TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Mar 10 (IPS) - Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Prolonged droughts and floods have made the lives of small-scale farmers, who don’t have access to irrigation, extremely difficult.... - FINANCE: Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a "Dismal" Failure
WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (IPS) - An international initiative that seeks to reform how governments profit from their natural resources should not reduce its existing standards of membership solely because candidate countries have been reluctant or incapable of meeting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.... - RIGHTS: "Famine Marriages" Just One Byproduct of Climate Change
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (IPS/TerraViva) - The negative fallout from climate change is having a devastatingly lopsided impact on women compared to men, from higher death rates during natural disasters to heavier household and care burdens.... - ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
KAMPALA, Mar 9 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in eastern Uganda....
- Steven Cohen: Finding the Cash for Sustainable Energy11 March 2010, 10:02 am
In order to develop a green and sustainable economy, we need efficient and non-fossil fuel based energy production and consumption systems. A number of technological...... - James Boyce: What's Up With the Rainforest: Science in the Amazon11 March 2010, 9:44 am
We live in a far too complex and interconnected world to expect there is an easy way out in solving our environmental crisis. We can't...... - How To Grow Shiitake Mushrooms At Home11 March 2010, 8:22 am
If you don't have access to land teeming with wild mushrooms, or you are not interested in buying commercial mushrooms, you might consider adding mushrooms...... - Cocaine Users 'Making Global Warming Worse'11 March 2010, 8:21 am
Cocaine users were last night accused of helping to make global warming worse. MPs on the home affairs select committee said the drug was devastating...... - Industrial-Strength Kites Could Pull Floating Power Plants11 March 2010, 8:20 am
Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the...... - 8 Of The World's Most Popular High-Speed Trains (PHOTOS)11 March 2010, 8:14 am
The Obama Administration recently allocated money for high-speed train projects across the nation. Here at HuffPost Green, we think high speed rail is totally awesome,......
- Innovative web mashups developers11 March 2010, 10:52 am
... - What Does Sustainability Look Like? Photos From Around the World (Slideshow)11 March 2010, 10:35 am
A market for salvaged goods in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph by David Lazar. What does "sustainability" mean to you? That's the question that JPG Magazine, a publication of reader-submitted photography, posed to members of its online community, who posted hundreds of images of peaceful landscapes, freshly grown ... - Best of Ecouterre: 7 Celebs Spotted Wearing Eco-Fashion11 March 2010, 10:19 am
+ Is Lady Gaga a stealth refashionista? The empty soda cans in her hair could be the next haute hair accessory. + Woody Harrelson, Food Inc.'s Robert Kenner, Suzy Amis Cameron (wife of James), and Livia Firth (wife of Colin) were just some of the Oscar red-carpet attendees decked in sustainable style. + How our little Herminone has...Read the full story on TreeHugger ... - Big Oil Launches Campaign to Protect Gov Subsidies, Uses Stock Photos AGAIN11 March 2010, 10:07 am
Guess who'll pay for the new energy tax? the ad reads, in lettering right above four portraits of hardworking Americans. Perhaps it's Getty Images, the stock photo company from which all four photos of supposedly 'real' Americans were taken? Or perhaps its actors and models, who posed for the photos? Okay, I give up, tell me, tell me! The only entity that will be paying--or should I say no longer getting paid out--is the oil industry. See, this ad is in response to Obama's attempt to remove 3... - Scientists Find Way to Turn LED Lights Into Wireless Internet Source11 March 2010, 10:00 am
Photo: Velo Steve via Flickr LEDs are already known for being a super energy efficient way to light up a room, but did you know that they might also be a way for you to connect to the internet? That’s right, a group of scientists from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have devised a way to encode a [...]... - Fabulous AW10 Fashion Week Highlights From Around The Blogosphere11 March 2010, 9:44 am
It has been another fabulous season for ethical fashion and all of us green bloggers are delighted to see the ethical designers' collections going from strength to strength. From New York to London to Paris there have been some truly desirable fashion forward pieces for Autumn Winter 2010. Emma Grady did an amazing job of covering ...
- Solar PV failed in Germany and will fail here11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
Guardian: Let me begin with a plea to tone down this debate on feed-in tariffs. Jeremy Leggett and I have addressed each other politely and stuck to the facts. I have no ill feelings towards him; I simply believe that he is wrong about solar power. But the level of viciousness displayed on the comment threads, by email and on other sites has to be seen to be believed. Where does fury of this kind come from? In my experience it's often associated with denial. People who don't like the outcomes .... - Sarkozy: more funds needed to fight deforestation11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
Associated Press: Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in opening a conference Thursday on saving the world's forests -- a key defense against global warming. Ministers from some 40 nations were attending the one-day Paris meeting, including Indonesia and other heavily wooded countries in the Amazon and Congo river basins. Efforts to halt deforestation, one of the culprits in climate change, have been ...... - Time for next stage of sustainable business11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
Reuters: Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S. investor group argues in a new report. Population growth and a rising standard of living across the world will bring opportunities -- but also risks of higher energy costs, scarcer water and other possible consequences of climate change, the Ceres coalition of .... - Bolivia: Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
Guardian: It is the ultimate greenwash nightmare. A tough international deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases is passed in Mexico later this year. Companies then meet their targets not by cutting their own pollution but by buying into hundreds of forest "conservation" projects round the world. But those projects then fail to deliver real benefits for forests or staunch the flow of carbon into the atmosphere. Some big-time green groups prosper but the planet burns. Exhibit A in t... - China calls on US to make stronger pledges on climate change11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
Business Day: CHINA yesterday told the US to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. At the same time, China said its own efforts to reduce energy intensity had been hampered by its economic recovery in the latter part of last year, which brought growth in heavy energy-consuming industries. Climate change negotiator Xie Zhenhua acknowledged the Obama administration's greater stress on greenhouse gas reductions, but ..... - Cyprus conflict closes leaders' eyes to water shortage11 March 2010, 2:00 pm
BBC: The war I'm interested in is the water war - not an armed conflict, but a struggle nonetheless, between people and a rapidly disappearing resource. The alarming thing, for those working to ease this new conflict, is that Cypriots don't even seem to realise that hostilities between them and nature have begun. Charalampos Theopemptou is the Greek Cypriot side's Environment Commissioner, and it was he who told me the story about the old man in the classroom. He explains its ......
- Indian Premier League Goes Green
Tipped to become the single largest environmental awareness campaign in the Indian subcontinent, <i>Batting for the Environment</i> is a partnership between the IPL and UNEP.... - Sachin Tendulkar Honoured by the United Nations Environment Programme
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been named a United Nations Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador.... - UN Year of the Gorilla boosts conservation of the world's most endangered great apes
The plight of gorillas in danger was brought home to millions through hundreds of Year of the Gorilla articles, interviews, lectures, conferences and films last year - more than through any similar global species campaign.... - UNEP Report Inspires Plastiki Expedition
The <i>Plastiki</i> - a 60-foot catamaran made from 12,500 reclaimed bottles and fully recycled plastic which will set sail at the end of March to raise awareness about plastic waste.... - Africa source of growth, focus of interest for international emissions offset market
Five hundred were expected but more than 1,000 private and public sector participants from Africa and elsewhere turned out for the second Africa Carbon Forum, all hoping to tap the potential of greenhouse gas emission offset projects on the continent.... - Projects Selected for New Facility to Boost African Carbon Market
Johannesburg, March 3, 2010 - Project developers, bankers and others setting up carbon projects as part of the fight against climate change have a new place to go for help. ACAD, the first facility dedicated to boosting the African carbon market, has launched by awarding several new grants....
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