Posted by at Jul 15th, 2008 in Green Trends
March 28, 2008, saw the launch of China’s Ministry of environmental Protection (MEP). As stated in its mission, this new cabinet-level ministry will take responsibility for China’s…
Posted by at Jul 9th, 2008 in Green Trends
Most discussions around international climate change—the Kyoto Protocol, the Lieberman-Warner Bill introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate last month, and the G8 discussions taking place this week—include targets for emissions…
Posted by at Jul 1st, 2008 in Green Trends
To the list of air pollution’s health effects, add another one: loss of sense of smell.
Mexico City residents can’t detect subtle smells as well as residents of neighboring Tlaxcala, researchers…
Posted by Editor at Jun 27th, 2008 in Green Trends
As the Olympic Games approach, China has come under fire for its environmental track record. Tales of Beijing and other cities’ infamous pollution and images of highly polluted lakes and rivers have met…
Posted by Editor at Jun 26th, 2008 in Green Trends
The global campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1950s and ’60s successfully vanquished the disease from the United States and Europe and substantially reduced it in others – in India and Sri Lanka…
Posted by Editor at Jun 24th, 2008 in Green Trends
The earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008 was China’s most damaging earthquake since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake disaster. Sichuan, a province in western China, has been historically known as the…
Posted by Editor at Jun 19th, 2008 in Green Trends
Economic accounts and social indicators have aided policymaking in both the public and private sectors for many decades. Here at EarthTrends, we catalogue information about more than 200 countries more than…
Posted by Editor at Jun 18th, 2008 in Green Trends
Trash is a pervasive but unnoticed part of our lives. The great irony of waste management is that
even the most efficient and well-run waste collection programs remain out of
sight, ignored by the public…
Posted by Editor at Jun 17th, 2008 in Green Trends
As
world food prices reach record highs, concerns over agricultural
productivity are mounting. Productivity growth has stagnated as the
world’s population has continued to rise, and the wealth generated from
economic development is further increasing demand for food…
Posted by Editor at Jun 10th, 2008 in Green Trends
Ecological resources have factored into many national conflicts–either through competition for scarce resources or greed to exploit plentiful ones. But some scholars see another role for the environment: fostering peace. Resources managed jointly…
