NewsCloud.com Environment News http://www.newscloud.com/section/environment Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:09:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy http://www.newscloud.com/read/Utah_is_going_to_a_4day_workweek_to_save_energy Shorter workweeks save energy.

]]> Beijing Turns Green Before the Olympics http://www.newscloud.com/read/Beijing_Turns_Green_Before_the_Olympics From shopping to driving to eating, Beijing residents are rearranging their lives to help save the environment just in time for the Olympics Games this August.

]]> Chinese Pollution = Increase in Cancer http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chinese_Pollution_Increase_in_Cancer In attempting to increase its economic development, the Chinese regime has managed to increase its mortality rates. China is one of the most polluted countries in the world, if not the most polluted.

Statistics furnished by the World Bank are astonishing: 16 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are located in China; 90% of urban groundwater in China is contaminated; it is estimated that circa 900,000 people die every year from air and water pollution.

Highly toxic heavy metals such as lead and mercury contaminate cultivable terrain thus poisoning the food, while the number of Chinese citizens who die due to lung cancer and other serious respiratory diseases is constantly increasing....


]]> HeraldTribune.com - News - News stories about Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties in Florida, http://www.newscloud.com/read/HeraldTribunecom_News_News_stories_about_Sarasota_Manatee_and_Charlotte_counties_in_Florida A courthouse in Manatee Florida was over-run with pest birds, so they decided to install the Bird Chase Super Sonic from Bird-B-Gone, Inc, a weatherproof sound deterrent that can cover between 1-5 acres.

]]> McCain energy bombshell: More oil + dirty coal. That’s Bush-li http://www.newscloud.com/read/McCain_energy_bombshell_More_oil_dirty_coal_Thats_Bushli From Climate Progress, John McCain actually criticizes Obama for failing to "support more traditional use of coal..."]]> Chews Wise: Supermarkets Fail Greenpeace Test on Fish http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chews_Wise_Supermarkets_Fail_Greenpeace_Test_on_Fish Via Samuel Fromartz:

Greenpeace rated supermarkets for the sustainability of the fish they sell.

All failed.

]]> Dems Slam Mccain on Off-shore Drilling http://www.newscloud.com/read/DEMS_SLAM_MCCAIN_ON_OFFSHORE_DRILLING New satellite photos show Amazon deforestation exploding http://www.newscloud.com/read/New_satellite_photos_show_Amazon_deforestation_exploding Brazil's DETER real-time monitoring system found that more than 430 square miles of forest, an area a bit smaller than the city of Los Angeles, vanished in the month of April, while about 2,300 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, were destroyed between last August and April.

]]> Energy Probe - The Deniers: Our spotless sun http://www.newscloud.com/read/Energy_Probe_The_Deniers_Our_spotless_sun The battle over who has control of the thermostat in your house could become even greater.

]]> Canada House gives green light to biofuel bill| Canada| Reuters http://www.newscloud.com/read/Canada_House_gives_green_light_to_biofuel_bill_Canada_Reuters Mandated ethanol requirements don't always make the best sense but Canada has officially joined the trend. The Green Party sees it as simply another handout to the biofuel industry without having any real impact on climate change. The bill still has to receive Senate approval before it can become law which in Canada, is generally a formality.

]]> Shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic http://www.newscloud.com/read/Shark_attacks_have_Mexico_resort_area_in_panic The article doesn't seem to mention overfishing of shark prey as a possibility but I suspect this is involved as well.

]]> Federal scientists probe decline of B.C. salmon runs http://www.newscloud.com/read/Federal_scientists_probe_decline_of_BC_salmon_runs Salmon ecology is a complex puzzle: On the U.S. West Coast many salmon runs have completely collapsed, and in B.C. the situation is only slightly better. But in the North Pacific, including Alaska, Russia and Japan, many salmon runs are at or near all-time highs.

]]> States of Nature - How George Bush's legal war against the environment backfired http://www.newscloud.com/read/States_of_Nature_How_George_Bush_s_legal_war_against_the_environment_backfired In the campaign against environmental protections, US conservatives first exalted states' rights and attacked the EPA and then did the opposite - the only objective was to thwart regulation, and the only question was which strategy would be most effective.

]]> Superstore banana price war attacked by aid charities http://www.newscloud.com/read/Superstore_banana_price_war_attacked_by_aid_charities A banana price war has broken out between British supermarkets, and has been widely condemned by overseas aid charities, which feel that it will ultimately contribute to the poor treatment of plantation workers in the developing world.

]]> Hatchets are buried as the chainsaws fall silent in Australian native forest http://www.newscloud.com/read/Hatchets_are_buried_as_the_chainsaws_fall_silent_in_Australian_native_forest The last of the chainsaws are due to fall silent as the final licence to log in the Otways expires, ending years of bitter confrontations between loggers and conservationists in the native forest 100 miles south-west of Melbourne.

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