March/April, Volume 22, No. 2

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Analysis: Stronger Regulation Needed to Improve Corporate Pollution Record in China

... food, electronics, and petrochemicals to machinery and paper making, most of the offending companies are from Japan, the United ... as a deterrent. The maximum fine for severe water pollution is 1 million RMB, or roughly US$140,000, while that for air pollution ...

Story - Yingling Liu - Feb 6 2008 - 10:36am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

Guest Opinion: Global Warming Twenty Years Later

... to 350 ppm The disturbing conclusion, documented in a paper [1] I have written with several of the world's leading climate ... on Western nations, but does nothing to halt the gross pollution of nations within the African and Asian continents (China being the ...

E2 Story - James Hansen - Jun 23 2008 - 11:24am - 253 comments

What do you think is the most effective way to encourage sustainable water use?

... Cap-and-trade schemes for water pollution Payments for watershed protection or restoration ... Healthy Communities. I just wrote a paper on this for my water policy class, though I should say I was focused on ...

Poll - admin - May 14 2008 - 5:58pm - 37 comments - 0 attachments

A Climate Hero: An Outspoken Truth

... world's leading climate scientists will soon publish a paper arguing that total atmospheric greenhouse gases must be reduced to 350 ... Since Mr. Hanson works for NASA, he must be aware of the pollution clouds from the Russian copper processing areas (smelling) followed ...

E2 Story - Ben Block - Jun 23 2008 - 10:31am - 18 comments

OPINION: Building a Green Economy

... and fishing-tends to use less labor and create more pollution than manufacturing and maintenance activities. A circular economy ... Working for People and the Environment , Worldwatch Paper 177 (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, October 2008).  ... banking systems should redesigned. This is my research paper topic for this term. I might lead to custom thesis after my ...

E2 Story - Gary Gardner and Michael Renner - Nov 13 2008 - 12:38pm - 76 comments

State of the World 2009: ???

... to reflect that poor choice, made by our grandfathers. Pollution and disparity were imposed in the prohibition of Cannabis ... us. To paraphrase from the Death of Environmentalism paper of a couple years past, "Martin Luther King, Jr., never gave an 'I have a ...

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Green Economy Special Focus: Green Jobs

... for energy and materials lead to resource depletion, pollution, and climate change, but hundreds of millions of people worldwide ...

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Sources and Resources for Out of Sight, Out of Mine: Ocean Dumping of Mine Wastes

... of Astrolabe Bay in Papua New Guinea, 2001. [A research paper commissioned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea]. ... Geographic Differences in Marine Metals Toxicity: Marine Pollution Bulletin 52 (2006) 1081-1084.   Collie, Marcia and ...

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Worldwatch Report: Powering China’s Development

... | About the Authors Purchase this paper Item# Type Price ... about energy security, power capacity shortages, and air pollution are all adding urgency and pressure to switch to alternative ...

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Worldwatch Report: Oceans in Peril

... | Oceans in Peril Quiz Purchase this paper Item# Type Price ... include overfishing, use of destructive fishing methods, pollution, and commercial aquaculture. In addition, climate change and the ...

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