Hitchhiking species a threat worldwide
Alarmed at the potential damage to its inland fisheries, the United States recently announced a proposal to ban imports of an unusual fish from Asia and Africa that is prized for its supposedly
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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U.S. critics at Earth summit dispute Bush on environment
A delegation of U.S. congressmen and mayors told the UN World Summit for Sustainable Development that a frowning number of Americans disagree with policies, particularly his rejection of the Kyoto
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Summit deadlocked over farm subsidies
Delegates to the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development were deadlocked over the crucial question of reducing the $1 billion a day in global farm subsidies, which not only drain taxpayers'
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Zambians go hungry as debate rages on safety of U.S. corn
About all Josephine Namangolwa has left in her hungry, weary body is anger, and in an instant it all comes surging out. It has been days since she had a nourishing meal to feed her eight children,
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AIDS called development threat
As the World Summit on Sustainable Development reached its halfway point, the head of the United Nations AIDS program warned delegated that meaningful development was out of the question if the AIDS
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Making water for all a reality
Suez has been active in South Africa since the 1980s through its water division, Ondeo, and its local affiliate, WSSA (Water and Sanitation Services South Africa). For more than 20 years, its
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Smoke from Indonesia is sweeping over Asia
A plan recently unveiled by the Singapore government promises to give this prosperous island state a green future, including at least 310 days of clean air per year by 2012. But there is a catch.
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Hot and wet to get hotter and wetter, experts say
It has been a summer of extremes. Rains have deluged Europe and Asia, swamping cities and villages and killing about 2000 people, while drought and heat have seared the American West and Eastern
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Genetically modified food
A recent report from the National Academy of Sciences has helped clarify the risks posed to human health and the environment by the genetic manipulation of animals to produce food, medicines or other
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Israel and Jordan join to save Dead Sea
After a week of international squabbling at the summit meeting in Johannesburg the environment and development, two uneasy neighbors have lifted spirits with an unexpected agreement: Israel and