Environment (8)

In a video to governors attending a two-day summit on global warming in California, President-elect Barack Obama outlined his federal proposal to tackle global warming. Read more...

An historic election to be sure: America’s first black President.

But there’s more: The first President from the outset, from the day he is sworn in, willing to tackle global warming. And the first President from day one in office who wants to create energy independence through renewables and energy efficiency while seeking millions of new jobs in the process. He wants to use clean energies as an engine of growth in the economy in the way the dot coms were the engine of growth in the 1990’s. Read more...

Every Monday morning, rain or shine, a crew following a truck works its way through the alleyway behind my house picking up bottles, cans, paper and cardboard. The county pays this team to help cut back on the waste that goes into landfills, to contribute to the supply of commodities that can make new products and to help save energy and natural resources. Read more...

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, September 4, 2008 (ENS) - The Canadian government has announced that it will protect more than 450,000 hectares (1,737 square miles) of Arctic wilderness in the Nunavut Territory, including a globally significant Important Bird Area, by establishing three new National Wildlife Areas. Read more...

A red triangle with a skull and cross bones symbol gives the first indication that this area on the outskirts of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan is no rural idyll.

Women may use their heads to carry wood back home while men snooze in the shade of the trees, but a slight odour hangs in the air. Read more...