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There’s no reason why facing up to the challenge of climate change should not result in wide benefits to human society, including economic benefits. That’s the argument of the multiple authors of Reframing the Problem of Climate Change: From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions. The book is ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker yesterday, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Energy Saving
The escalating and inelastic demand for energy to fuel economic activities exerts pressures on its limited supply. The skyrocketing prices of petroleum products results in the depletion of non renewable energy sources and the continued investigation and use of renewable and Innovation results. Environmentalists have warned that the bio fuel ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this week, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business
The U.S. Forest Service released a new proposal Thursday for the nation’s 193-million-acre national forest system that will weaken rules protecting fish and wildlife from logging, livestock grazing, mining and off-road vehicles. The new proposal, which was released as part of the final environmental impact statement for the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Logging, Politics & Government
The relationship between climate change, migration and conflict in the Sahel region remains complex Climate change is already having an impact in the livelihoods of millions of people in the Sahel and West Africa, according to a new United Nations study released today, which calls for governments to implement policies ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
Civil society groups from South Africa, and the wider African continent urged African nations to stand together at the UN climate talks in Durban and not to be bend to pressure to sell out. Groups, including labour unions, farmers, faith groups and environmental activists say that the African COP must ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
Want to start a new Christmas tree tradition without the pineneedles all through the house? Want to do something different this Christmas. Why chop down a pine tree to decorate, then leave it to die in a couple of weeks? Environmental charity Greenfleet wants you to think about starting a ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior
The humanitarian emergency caused by the last few months’ devastating floods in Asia is a warning that the situation could get worse, The people affected by this crisis have lost everything, and their difficulties are only just beginning. Two countries, Pakistan and Thailand, have been very badly hit by the ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in November 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Industry & Business, Weather
The UK Government has set out its standard for sustainable forest management in a new publication. The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) is the practice code for forest management, and details the conditions that must be met when felling trees, carrying out woodland operations and receiving grants. It has been developed ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
Bisphenol A (BPA) — a substance that may have harmful health effects — occurs in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts, scientists are reporting. The recycling of those receipts, they add, is a source of BPA contamination of paper napkins, toilet paper, food packaging and other paper products. The report, which ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Children and Families, Deforestation, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution
South-East Asia has been battered by particularly severe monsoon rains this year. The flooding is the worst to hit Thailand in decades, killing at least 356 people, displacing more than 110,000 and doing huge damage to the economy, tens of thousands of families sheltering in evacuation centres. Heavy rains ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in October 2011, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
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