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by Anna da Costa and Ben Block on May 21, 2009
India
re-elected the United Progressive Alliance. Although the result is unlikely
to shift India's
approach to climate change, several young candidates may influence the
country's stance.
by Ben Block on May 20, 2009
A leading medical journal is urging public health leaders to help society adapt to a warmer planet - calling climate change "the biggest global health threat of the 21st
century."
by Christopher Flavin on May 15, 2009
Renewable power capacity (excluding large
hydropower) increased a hefty 16 percent last year, according to the new REN21 Renewables Global Status Report.
by Anna da Costa on May 14, 2009
The Honey Bee Network connects grassroots innovators and traditional knowledge
holders with the global economic market, diffusing ideas while protecting knowledge rights.
by Ben Block on May 13, 2009
Biofuels may address climate change more effectively if used
to power electric vehicles rather than refined into ethanol fuel.
by Ben Block on May 12, 2009
An international treaty designed to eliminate the
most harmful chemicals now includes nine more pollutants, but
exemptions may allow health concerns to persist for generations.
by Ben Block on May 6, 2009
The world's leading producer of biofuels proposes to include
lifecycle studies of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with biofuel
production to ensure the fuels benefit climate.
by Ben Block on May 4, 2009
Hugo Jabini and Wanze Eduards, the 2009 Goldman Environment Prize co-recipients for Central and South America, fought logging concessions in their territory. An international court victory set precedent for tribal land rights.
by Ben Block on May 1, 2009
Maria Gunnoe, the 2009 Goldman Environment Prize recipient
for North America, has withstood floods,
contamination of her land, and death threats to challenge the coal industry's
practice of mountaintop removal mining.
by Ben Block on April 30, 2009
Olga Speranskaya, the 2009 Goldman Environment Prize
recipient for Europe, leads an effort to rid
former Soviet states of their persistent organic pollutants.
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