The northern hemisphere experienced its most widespread warmth for 1,200 years. And late 20th Century has witnessed this. The journal Science has reported this.
Than either the Medieval Warm Period or Little Ice Age, the last 100 years is more…
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The cost of climate change is ignored when it comes to oil profits, New Economics Foundation commented. If the social costs of the greenhouse gas emissions of the oil and gas companies were taken into account, the huge profits reported by the companies…
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It is of great concern that global warming is melting away the icy habitats where polar bears live! Amid these concerns, the federal government is reviewing whether they should be considered a threatened species.
Protection may be warranted under the..
Should Polar Bears Be Considered A Threatened Species? Feds Reviews Read More »
With the soaring price of gasoline and winter heating, President George W. Bush’s administration provides a short-term answer – conservation. The answer even includes the unveiling of a cartoon mascot dubbed “Energy Hog”. It is to bring home the case…
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The decision that allowed three foreign-owned processing plants to continue slaughtering horses for meat runs counter to a measure signed into U.S. law last November. Politicians and animal-welfare activists are up with their dissenting arms against…
Horse Slaughter Permitted in U.S., Defying Recent Law! Read More »
Elusive genetic variations that make people vulnerable to some of the most common diseases need to be uncovered, and on this line Government scientists are launching a major project. The project would also determine what in the environment — pollution,..
NIH Begins Genetics Project to Examine Environmental Influences on Disease Read More »
Will a vast irrigation project intended to help farmers in eastern Arkansas harm the rare ivory-billed woodpecker? A federal judge heard arguments on this Monday.
On this ground, environmentalists asked U.S. District Judge William R. Wilson to…
$320 Million Project May Be Halt to Protect Rediscovered Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Read More »
The world has seven years to take vital decisions and implement measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions or it could be too late. This is what British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday.
Blair told a parliamentary committee, “If we don’t get…
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International standards for the production of chemicals are set. Environmental officials from 150 countries approved a broad agreement on it this Tuesday. U.N. officials say that it is growing by some 1,500 new compounds a year with little oversight….
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The effects of global warming are looming large in the Arctic. Scientists fear it while warning of melting ocean ice, rising oceans, thawed permafrost and forests susceptible to bugs and fire.
“A lot of the stories you read make it sound like…
Arctic Ice is Melting: Scientists Fearing the Consequences Read More »