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Archive for the Month of November, 2005.
Viewing Environment NEWS articles 1 through 25 of 25.


November 1, 2005

The Hidden Life of Garbage - ...the United States is the number one producer of garbage on the planet; with just 5 percent of the global population we generate 30 percent of the world's trash. The average American throws away a staggering 4.5 pounds of rubbish daily -- that's 1,600 pounds each year...
(2418 views)

The Legacy of "Silent Spring" - Forty-three years ago, Rachel Carson became the unlikely founder of the radical ecology movement. Her message is even more powerful today.
(2366 views)

New Study Warns of Total Loss of Arctic Tundra - The impact on vegetation and landscapes would transform large areas of the earth.
(2075 views)

UN Warns of Poverty as World’s Lakes Evaporate - African lakes are among the worst affected, with satellite images unveiled on Monday showing dramatic differences between the extent of some lakes and rivers today and their extent a few decades ago. Lake Chad has shrunk by almost 90 per cent...
(2131 views)


November 6, 2005

Cocaine traces detected in River Thames - Citing scientific research which it had commissioned, it said an estimated two kilogrammes of cocaine, or 80,000 lines, spill into the river every day after it has passed through users' bodies and sewage treatment plants.
(1823 views)


November 7, 2005

Greenhouse gas "to rise by 52%" - Global greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 52% by 2030, unless the world takes action to reduce energy consumption, a study has warned.
(1989 views)


November 12, 2005

Avoiding Everyday Toxins - They're everywhere -- in the food we eat, in the cosmetics we use, in the houses where we live. Is there an alternative?
(1694 views)


November 13, 2005

Fish Numbers Plummet in Warming Pacific - Disappearance of plankton causes unprecedented collapse in sea and bird life off western US coast.
(2175 views)


November 14, 2005

Deforestation rate remains alarming - The world's forests are still being destroyed at an alarming rate despite a slowing down in the net rate of forest loss because of new planting and natural growth, a UN agency says.
(1851 views)


November 15, 2005

The politics of climate change: It will happen, and they will come - Unprecedented mass movement defines our global age. But increasingly, among the displaced is a population whose status only in recent years has gained some legitimacy: environmental refugees. It categorizes people who suffer from a wide spectrum of environmental disasters, man-made or natural. Their homes have become inhabitable, veritable wastelands.
(1839 views)


November 17, 2005

Turf Wars - America's lawn-care industry is fighting hard to make sure the nation's lawns are awash in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
(2476 views)

Climate Shift Tied To 150,000 Fatalities - Most Victims Are Poor, Study Says
(1702 views)


November 18, 2005

Chemtrails Are Over Las Vegas - Las Vegas residents are increasingly noticing the appearance of chemical trails overhead. They appear EVERY weekend without fail, the only exception being the two weeks after September 11, 2001.
(4182 views)


November 19, 2005

Greenpeace activists seize hotel on Spanish coast - Activists have occupyied a development along Spain's Andalusian coastline claiming the construction is illegal and environmentally destructive.
(1915 views)


November 20, 2005

Your Birthright, Up For Grabs - For sale cheap: 270 million acres of national forest and public land. It could happen under a budget bill being debated in Congress.
(1707 views)

The Big Thaw: Global Disaster Will Follow If the Ice Cap on Greenland Melts - Now scientists say it is vanishing far faster than even they expected.
(1822 views)


November 22, 2005

Snows fail to fall in Arctic tundra - Life is harsh on the freezing tundra of the Arctic Circle where Anna Prakhova lives. But it can be much harder when snows do not fall.
(1834 views)


November 23, 2005

Damming the World Bank - The World Bank recognizes the countless social and environmental problems caused by dams, but won't let them get in the way of building more and more dams.
(1811 views)


November 24, 2005

Shipping's Dirty Secret - Our grimy great lakes: The dirty secrets of the Canadian shipping industry’s cleanup practices.
(2055 views)


November 25, 2005

Sea level rise doubles in 150 years - Global warming is doubling the rate of sea level rise around the world, but attempts to stop it by cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions are likely to be futile, leading researchers will warn today.
(1715 views)


November 26, 2005

Terror Against the Biosphere - Virtually alone among nations, the United States -- by far the worst polluter on the face of this green and smoggy planet—refuses to acknowledge the existence of a greenhouse threat -- let alone address it. The world burns, the barons steal, and America plays its public relations fiddle.
(2220 views)


November 27, 2005

Arctic booms as climate change melts polar ice cap - The global hunger for oil is fuelling a new gold rush.
(1735 views)


November 28, 2005

U.S. Farmers Use Pesticide Despite Treaty - Other nations watch as the United States keeps permitting wide use of methyl bromide for tomatoes, strawberries, peppers, Christmas trees and other crops, even though the U.S. signed an international treaty banning all but the most critical uses by 2005.
(3444 views)


November 29, 2005

Impact of climate change "can be likened to WMD" - Climate change can be likened in its destructive scale to the effects of using weapons of mass destruction, according to Britain's leading scientist.
(3219 views)


November 30, 2005

U.S. Environmental Stance Draws Heat - The United States came under renewed criticism Tuesday as thousands of environmentalists and international officials hammered out rules for a global treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
(3253 views)


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