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Addressing the Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) conference in Birmingham, England, on October 25, Sir David King, the UK government’s chief scientific advisor, warned that, “Governments ignore the capabilities of science today at the peril of their own population.”
In early October, the United Nations “de-listed” 335 companies from the UN Global Compact, a voluntary business initiative that brings together companies in support of universal environmental and social principles.
Wangari Maathai, the founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movem
A new study in
Science predicts that all fish and seafood species could collapse by 2048 if current population declines continue. But fishery depletions may be avoided with the help of an unlikely ally—consumers—says Worldwatch Institute researcher Brian Halweil.
A new strain of the avian flu that is resistant to current vaccines has begun infecting people and poultry in Asia.
A new book from the staff and contributors of WorldChanging.com,
Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, compiles some of the most innovative new technologies, initiatives, and ideas of today.
Chemicals found in antibacterial soaps and other “germ-fighting” household products may pose greater health and environmental risks than we suspect, according to Rolf Halden, co-founder of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Water and Health.
Over the past 10 years, more than 5,300 Chicago school children from impoverished neighborhoods have tutored their peers and earned free computers for their homes. Five parks in Calgary, Canada, have become pesticide free, and a formerly homeless 70-year-old woman in Madison, Wisconsin, received free crochet lessons in exchange for cooking and cleaning for neighbors.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has devised a proposal that would permit property owners and developers to fill in up to five acres of “low-quality” wetlands when undertaking projects in the six southernmost counties of Mississippi.
Domestic wind turbines are gaining in popularity in Britain, where some 80,000 homes now use small renewable power generation units to provide energy for residents, reports a recent Reuters article.
