China Watch, Food, Renewable Energy, News, Natural Disasters & Peacemaking, e2 - Eye on Earth
by admin on October 29, 2008 Washington, D.C.-As capital markets around the world are being rescued by national governments, global unemployment is reaching record levels and the labor market is expanding by tens of millions of workers each year. In the face of the twin challenges of stagnating economies and climate change, stimulating green industry is more important than ever, according to a new assessment released by the Worldwatch Institute.
by admin on October 22, 2008 Aggressively replacing the world's incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) could reduce lighting energy demand by nearly 40 percent and cut greenhouse gas emissions from day one, according to the latest Vital Signs Update released by the Worldwatch Institute.
Washington, D.C.-Nearly half of the seafood we eat today is farmed. And
while aquaculture is often equated with pollution, habitat degradation, and
Employment in environmentally sustainable industries is spreading worldwide - from Texas to Germany to Kenya.
Washington, D.C.-Between 2000 and 2007, carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion worldwide increased 22 percent to an estimated 8.2 billion tons, according to the latest Vital Signs Update
Washington, D.C.-The number of "microborrowers" worldwide-people participating in the rapidly growing field of microfinance-increased by 17 percent in 2006, benefiting both communitie
Washington, D.C.-A transition to renewable energy sources promises
significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been
Washington, D.C. - Exactly 20 years have passed
since Dr. James E. Hansen of NASA first testified to Congress on June 23, 1988
Washington, D.C.-Global nuclear power capacity grew by less than 2,000
megawatts in 2007, a figure equivalent to just one-tenth of the new wind power
If any single event put climate change on the world's policy radar, it was the Senate testimony of NASA scientist James Hansen on June 23, 1988. On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of that event, World Watch's Ben Block talked with Hansen about its impact.
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