e2 - Eye on Earth
by Janet L. Sawin on September 26, 2007 The Stern Report, compiled for the UK government and released in late 2006, estimates that the costs of climate change under a “business-as-usual” scenario could equal the loss of 5 to 20 percent of gross world product each year.
by Alana Herro on September 26, 2007  Earlier this month, the Chinese government invited law enforcement officers from the Association of South East Asian Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) to meet with counterparts in China to discuss strategies to combat the illegal wildlife trade.
by James Russell and Janet Sawin on September 25, 2007 Yesterday, representatives of 150 countries, including more than 80 heads of state, gathered at a high-level summit hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to build momentum for a new international agreement on climate change.
by Jessica Hanson on September 24, 2007  The 2007 Farm Bill, a critical piece of legislation that highlights America’s agricultural priorities, has been on lawmakers’ agendas this fall.
by Christopher Flavin on September 21, 2007  The price of oil hit its highest level in a quarter-century this week—and is now closing in on the inflation-adjusted record set in 1981. What’s so surprising, though, is not the high price of oil—at over $80 a barrel—but the timing of this price increase.
by Alana Herro on September 19, 2007  In a recent study of 60 children of Latino farmworkers in the U.S. state of North Carolina, nearly 90 percent of those tested were found to have pesticide metabolites in their urine, according to a report in Environmental Health Perspectives.
by Alana Herro on September 17, 2007  Every year, the oil industry burns off up to 170 billion cubic meters of natural gas released in the oil extraction process, according to a new report commissioned by the World Bank.
by Alana Herro on September 14, 2007  Global warming and habitat destruction are contributing to the decline of many of the world’s species, but there is action you can take.
by Alana Herro on September 12, 2007  At a June 4 conference in Seoul, South Korea, scientists and environmental experts discussed prospects for the biologically rich Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula.
by Alana Herro on September 10, 2007  Farmers today can grow two to three times as much grain, fruit, and vegetables on a plot of land as they could 50 years ago, but the nutritional quality of many crops has declined, according to a new report from The Organic Center.
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