Indonesian peat fires stoke rise of pollution
Even as the rainy season descends on Indonesia, scientists and environmental activists are deeply worried about what the next dry season, which starts in May, will bring. New research has shown that
Even as the rainy season descends on Indonesia, scientists and environmental activists are deeply worried about what the next dry season, which starts in May, will bring. New research has shown that
In a region devasted by natural disasters and decades of civil wars, and now severely affected by the free fall of international coffee prices, a place, Governments, the private sector and civil
Just over a decades ago, facing imminent defeat by Western forces, Saddam Hussein gave the order to unleash an ecological disaster. As Irqui forces retreated they set fir to some 600 oil wells across
President George W. Bush intends to announce a plan to start vaccinating military personnel and health care and emergency-response workers against smallpox within weeks and to offer immunization to
No one is entirely sure why so many women in this quaint, cobblestoned city south of Berlin stopped having babies 10 years ago. But it does not take a degree in sociology to see the effects of the
A new study has found that giving chemotherapy every two weeks instead of the usual three significantly delays relapses and improves the survival rate of women with breast cancer. Reporting the
Factory-style farms that produce large amounts of waste will have to comply with a new water pollution rule the Bush administration is issuing to comply with a court ordered deadline. The new
The European Union in an effort to deal with global warming, has approved two important measured : a cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels, and the trading of emissions allowances, Both measures
This month Colin Powell and Tommy Thompson gathered representatives from 86 countries to lecture them on the importance of political leadership in fighting AIDS. Make AIDS a global priority, said
Thousands of workers in Taiwan's plastics industry took to the streets to protest a law designed to reduce the use of plastic bags in tableware. The protesters said the law, which aims to reduce the