Indonesia warned of pollution peril
Acid rain, hazardous dumping of industrial, fecal waste and other pollutants are having an alarming impact on Indonesia's environment and population, the World Bank reports. In its first
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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A cleaner and greener America
In its comprehensive analysis of the quality of the environment in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has said that the nation's air, water and land are cleaner and better
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World effort for capture' of emissions gains at talks
An array of indusrilized and developing countries have agreed on the outline of a cooperative research program aimed at capturing and storing carbon dioxide, the main smokestack emission linked to
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PC makers get kudos and blame in recycling
The two largest American personal computer makers, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, handle recycling of the waste from computer products in remarkably different ways, according to a new report by
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Bush looks at Africa
To the delight of its liberal critics, the Bush administration has taken a constructive interest in the problems of Africa. President W. Bush's trip to South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Niger and
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Saving the whales, again
The International Whaling Commission has decided to give whale conservation another chance. The commission tried to curtail the killing of these endangered creatures with a moratorium on commercial
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Frankenfood is here to stay. Let's talk
The ministerial conference on agricultural science and technology that took place in Sacramento this week, and the recent G-8 summit in France, hardly eased the entrenched positions on agricultural
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Food giant puts health initiative on the table
Kraft Foods Inc. has said it woudl rethink some product lines and introduce steps to help fight the worldwide problem with obesity. In an unusual move, Kraft, the maker of Oreo cookies, Kraft
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Toronto is dropped from SARS-infected list
The World Health Organization removed Toronto from its lits of SARS-infected areas Wednesday, saying Canada's large city had contained the virus.The decision means that Taiwan is thelast on what was
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City in tobacco country votes to ban smoking
The city of Lexington, in the heart of Kentucky's tobacco industry, has voted to ban smoking in most public buildings. The ban, set to take effect Sept. 29, is the first of its kind in the state,