Environmental Damage

Recycling on rise in Scotland

Published Date: 21 November 2009 RECYCLING rates in Scotland are continuing to rise. Statistics from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency show 35.2 per cent of rubbish was recycled in the year to June 2009, compared with...

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Veg*n Climate March, Sat 5 Dec `09 in London

The livestock industry is responsible for many of the environmental catastrophes facing the planet, including the biggest contributor to climate change! Governments must STOP subsidising this industry which we need to...

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Backing for green buildings

There is strong public support for green improvement like district heat, vacuum waste disposal and water harvesting, according to a UK Green Building Council (UGBC) poll. This is the key finding from new research carried out...

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Ralph Izzo -- Cap-and-trade climate legislation would be good for business

As a citizen, a father and a physicist, climate change tops my list of worries. As chief executive of the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), one of the country's largest energy companies, I'm also finding it to be a...

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Anthony Faiola -- In Germany, going green gets expensive

GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- In this nation that embraced one of the world's most aggressive campaigns against global warming, the Pokropp family can almost hear the cha-ching when switching off their lights.

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Bill McKibben -- Obama should act urgently on climate change

Here's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. But on the biggest question the planet faces -- if we'll take action in time to slow down global warming -- they couldn't...

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Study links ailments to global climate change

Kidney stones, malaria, Lyme disease, depression and respiratory illness all may increase with global warming, researchers at Harvard Medical School say. By Jim Efstathiou Jr Kidney stones, malaria, Lyme disease, depression and...

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India urges West to give up beef to slow down global warming

From ANI London, Nov 21: India has urged Western countries to stop eating beef in order to cut greenhouse emissions. According to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, 18 per cent of the Earth's...

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Govt mulls tax to phase out fuel-inefficient vehicles

A traffic jam in Bangalore Arun S Anil Sasi New Delhi, Nov. 20 It could soon be a tough road ahead for vehicles with low fuel efficiency. Besides, States could be given incentives to impose such taxes, while those not falling...

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Trash and recycling bins blown apart in Winnipeg

No one was hurt, but there was considerable damage to a couple of containers in Winnipeg's Grant Park area where two explosive devices were detonated in recent days. The first explosion, which blew apart a trash bin, happened...

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