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Top environmental news stories from this week: 21st October 2011
Posted Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:44:00 GMT by Laura BrownA roundup of environmental headlines from around the globe that made the news this week. Written by Laura Brown for The Earth Times up to Friday, October 21st 2011.
Top environmental news stories from this week: 21st October 2011
Fish and Fracking - A collection of eco stories from October
Posted Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:09:00 GMT by Dave CollierExpert fisherman defy expectations, fracking endangers water supplies and new habitats formed by the disappearing glaciers. You will read later in this article about the salmon doing well in Glacier Bay in Alaska, but a study by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has noted that fish in overfished areas may not have such a positive future.
Fish and Fracking - A collection of eco stories from October
Meat Doesn't Grow on Trees
Posted Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:12:00 GMT by Angela LovellApologies to vegetarians reading this but I enjoy a good steak on the grill. And, increasingly it seems, so do many other people across the world - or pork, chicken, mutton, lamb and other meat. So much so that it is jeopardizing our soils, our air and our water. But it's often the livestock producers, rather than the consumers, who unfairly bear the brunt of the blame.
Meat Doesn't Grow on Trees
This week's top environment news stories: October 14th 2011
Posted Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:10:00 GMT by Laura BrownTop news headlines, stories and issues from the environment world this week up to October 14th 2011. Topics this week include conservation and wildlife in the UK, North Sea oil drilling, arctic ice and the oil spill in New Zealand.
This week's top environment news stories: October 14th 2011
Food and Agriculture Reorganisation
Posted Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:27:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongNature has published a daring plan to double food production in order to feed the projected nine billion mouths we will have in 2050. By using only satellite images and crop records, the eminent researchers from Canada, the US, Sweden, and Germany have been able to predict less environmental impact with double production. With one billion chronically malnourished humans at the moment, perhaps we can make an immediate start.
Food and Agriculture Reorganisation
The environmental news this week: October 7th 2011
Posted Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:01 GMT by Laura BrownTop stories affecting the environment this week. A roundup of environmental and green news headlines up to October 7th 2011 written by Laura Brown for The Earth Times. Topics include fracking in New York along with austerity affecting the green agenda and conservation in the UK.
The environmental news this week: October 7th 2011
Join the army! Planet Earth needs volunteer citizen scientists now!
Posted Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:18:17 GMT by Martin LeggettA recent meet of European ecologists has been hearing about the benefits, for scientists and the environment, of bringing the public into ecological research effort - as citizen scientists. Dr Dan Bebber of the Earthwatch Institute, extolled the virtues of volunteers in levering-up the quality and quantity of research work undertaken - and in returning to their communities as champions of the need for action on the environment.
Join the army! Planet Earth needs volunteer citizen scientists now!
Green Light for Green States (can you Bear it?)
Posted Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:44:04 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe journal Science has given US states the green light literally. Where any native species is not under any special protection, there is an obligation for conservation. Because wildlife is not owned, all citizens and therefore the State concerned must act, according to the public trust doctrine.
Green Light for Green States (can you Bear it?)
This week's top environment news stories: September 30th 2011
Posted Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:46:52 GMT by Laura BrownA review of the major stories in the environment this week up to today, Friday 30th September. A summary and roundup of recent environmental news and green issues written by Laura Brown for The Earth Times.
This week's top environment news stories: September 30th 2011
Gammon promotion of farmers' markets
Posted Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:55:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongA lovely lady called Robin Gammon backs Hilary Clinton's farming focus on 'heartier crops' this Autumn by pushing the direct-sell aspect of markets. She makes several recommendations listed in this article.
Gammon promotion of farmers' markets
University of Michigan invests in sustainability
Posted Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:02:00 GMT by Dale KieferThe University of Michigan announced new financial commitments to its ongoing mission of achieving significant sustainability goals and enlisting the aid of students and staff to make the campus greener.
University of Michigan invests in sustainability
Water supply meets human demand
Posted Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:32:51 GMT by Dave CollierA report published by the Challenge Program on Water and Food suggests that world water issues can be dealt with through better water management. The director of CPWF, Alain Vidal, argues that while water scarcity can be an issue for food production in some areas, generally water management is the real problem.
Water supply meets human demand
Green Plug business practices praised by AlwaysOn
Posted Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:05:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongDigital power controllers have contributed a lot to Green Plug's most prominent praise yet from 'AlwaysOn'. The top 200 private businesses that produce high growth using environmentally friendly practices are rewarded by this magazine.
Green Plug business practices praised by AlwaysOn
The week's environmental news roundup: September 23rd 2011
Posted Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:30:00 GMT by Laura BrownThis week the cost of development coming home to roost, literally, with the sky falling down, smoggiest levels for five years in the US and northern birds. One of several issues covered in our weekly roundup of environmental news up to 23rd September 2011.
The week's environmental news roundup: September 23rd 2011
Act on food speculators and ethanol conversion now study warns governments
Posted Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT by Colin RickettsA new study says that growing corn for ethanol production and the actions of market speculators are behind rising world food prices and call for swift action to alleviate the suffering of the world's poor.
Act on food speculators and ethanol conversion now study warns governments
New African venture will reduce deforestation, improve sustainability
Posted Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:29:00 GMT by Dale KieferA proposed ethanol-production facility in Mozambique will reduce deforestation, improve local farmer's sustainability, and help reduce air pollution. The plan calls for construction of an integrated food-energy business that will replace charcoal-burning fireplaces with ethanol-burning stoves.
New African venture will reduce deforestation, improve sustainability
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