Archive for January, 2008
Air Pollution Causes Birth Defects
Posted on January 29, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, environment | Leave a Comment
More than 12 other studies in the United States, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan have established links between air pollutants and low birthweight, premature birth, stillbirth and infant death, the Times reports. For instance, a team of U.S. and Swedish researchers reported earlier this year that pregnant women in several U.S. cities who [...]
Al Gore’s campaign against global warming is turning up the heat on the food industry
Posted on January 29, 2008 - Filed Under Global Warming, environment | 1 Comment
Kraft Foods Inc. uses a cream cheese byproduct to help power a New York plant. Sara Lee Corp. plans to run a New Mexico bakery using solar energy.
Al Gore’s campaign against global warming is turning up the heat on the food industry. After years of taking on the oil and coal companies, environmental organizations are [...]
Namibia:Environmental management Bill passed after 12 years of consultations
Posted on January 28, 2008 - Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment
Namibia now has a law in environmental management after 12 years of consultations. The Environment Management Bill became law after it was gazetted on December 27 last year.
The law, said the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, will ensure that Namibia’s future generations inherit an environment that is similar to or even better than the one [...]
Possible links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes
Posted on January 27, 2008 - Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment
Cambridge University scientists are advocating more research into the possible links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. At least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, according to estimates by the World Health Organization.
In today’s edition of the British medical journal “Lancet,” Drs. Oliver Jones and Julian [...]
Environmental Performance Index:Switzerland at the top
Posted on January 27, 2008 - Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment
A ranking released by experts at Yale and Columbia universities lists Switzerland at the top, followed by the Scandinavian bloc (Sweden, Norway, Finland) and then Costa Rica.
The United States, for its part, came in at 39th among the 149 countries tracked in the 2008 Environmental Performance Index. That’s well behind other industrialized nations like the [...]
Major cities of pakistan environmentally clean and green campaign to start from Islamabad, says Bukhari
Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentally clean | Leave a Comment
Caretaker Federal Minister for Environment, Syed Wajid Hussain Bukhari has said that theinitiative to make country’s major cities environmentally clean and green will start with Islamabad. He was talking to journalists after chairing a high level meeting with the officialsof environment ministry and concerned departments and agencies here in Ministry of Environment on 16th January, [...]
Chainwide ban on plastic bags
Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment
A rising number of governments and retailers are banning plastic bags, or discouraging their use, because of concerns about their environmental impact. San Francisco banned plastic bags last year unless they are of a type that breaks down easily. China announced a crackdown on plastic bags a few weeks ago, while other governments, including New [...]
Al Gore says Changing laws is far more important than changing the light bulbs
Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Climate, Global Warming | Leave a Comment
The Climate campaigner Al Gore urged world policymakers to change laws “not just light bulbs” in tackling global warming, and a UN official said world market turmoil must not be allowed to delay action.
An annual meeting of world political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, this year has scheduled a record number of sessions and workshops [...]
Recycology Products by Pentel of America
Posted on January 24, 2008 - Filed Under Recycle | Leave a Comment
Pentel of America, a leading provider of writing instruments, office products, and art materials, is continuing its long-standing commitment to sustainability and social responsibility with the launch of Recycolog, a new umbrella brand for its eco-friendly products. Pentel’s environmental programs began in 1974 when a Pentel factory in Japan was recognized and honored for its [...]
Keep the world safe
Posted on January 24, 2008 - Filed Under environment | Leave a Comment
