Environment on Earth

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 […]

 
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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]