http://environment.about.com/ Environmental Issues en-us Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:58:01 -0500 http://z.about.com/d/lg/rss.gif http://about.com/ 88 31 http://environment.about.com/b/a/026699.htm Friday 12th September 2003 PC users around the world have the chance to help predict the effects of global warming. The initiative run by climateprediction.net aims to use hundreds of computers, each running their own climate prediction model, to... http://environment.about.com/b/a/026692.htm Talks in Cancun collapse as trade negotiators wrestled with an overloaded agenda which failed manifestly to put sustainable development at its core.--WWF Also see: Daily reports from Food First in Cancun. "Victory for Global Civil Society, Developing Nations as... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025746.htm South Korean farmer, Kun Hai Lee, committed ritual suicide during the WTO's opening day to protest the organization's agricultural policies.--AlterNet... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025703.htm The global effort to save some of the Earth's rarest creatures from extinction is fundamentally flawed , scientists say. They have found that hundreds of endangered species live in areas which offer them no protection at all.--BBC News... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025701.htm AMSTERDAM - Franco-Italian chip maker STMicroelectronics said yesterday it had created technology for a tiny fuel cell to power mobile phones and increase the time between battery charges to 20 days.--Planet Ark... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025699.htm A killer sheep disease as dangerous as foot-and-mouth but previously confined to Africa has jumped into Europe and is heading steadily north as the climate warms, a scientist said this week.Planet Ark... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025689.htm According to Reuters , a study released Wednesday says the burning ruins of the World Trade Center spewed toxic gases "like a chemical factory" for at least six weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks despite government assurances the air... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025688.htm According to Reuters , the Bush administration told Congress Wednesday it was sticking with its plan for a broad energy bill to open an Arctic refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, even though the White House has been warned the... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025687.htm The Brazilian state of Amazonas said Wednesday it created six new natural reserves with a combined area bigger than Belgium to safeguard the jungle region's rich biodiversity.--ENN... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025314.htm Food First Co-director Peter Rosset reports back from Cancún on the Zapatistas' call to "derail the death train of the WTO in Cancún and around the world." In this daily report, Rossert stated, "The messages from Subcomandante Marcos and Comandantes... http://environment.about.com/b/a/025122.htm Sustainable and Fair Trade Producers from Asia, Africa and Latin America will exhibit a wide variety of Sustainable and Fair Trade Certified Products at the WTO Ministerial. The Sustainable Trade Symposium and Fair Trade Strategy of the Americas Forum are... http://environment.about.com/b/a/024932.htm Senator Pete Domenici, chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants a national energy bill to open ANWR to oil drilling. But according to the Associated Press , he will not agree to such language unless he's... http://environment.about.com/b/a/024786.htm Nine months after the ecological disaster, some 2,300 workers are still cleaning over 30 tonnes a day of tarry residues from Galicia's beaches.--ABC News... http://environment.about.com/b/a/024090.htm On July 16, 2002, the NMFS granted a permit allowing the US Navy to deploy its Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) system. Then, in October, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction preventing this harmul sonar from being deployed in... http://environment.about.com/b/a/024087.htm Well folks, I've heard it all now. According to an article appearing today in the the Independent UK, the U.S. Pentagon is spending US$5 million trying to develop an "environmentally friendly" lead-free bullet. *Pay close attention to Mr. DiMichelle's statement...