RSS FEED IDEMS: IPS Northamerica - Environment
- BIODIVERSITY: Wild Parrots Tame the Concrete Jungle
SAN DIEGO, United States, 18 May (IPS) -
Southern California has a vast array of transplants lured by the moderate climate and endless days of sunshine, and perhaps none are more exotic than the urban parrots that have come to colonise bedroom communities ringing major cities like San Diego and Los Angeles.
Thu, 17 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Cities Get Serious About CO2 Emissions
NEW YORK, 17 May (IPS) -
Leaders of the world's largest and most innovative cities met in New York this week with international business leaders, environmental experts and representatives of major urban utilities to discuss ways to cut carbon emissions through cleaner transport and more energy-efficient infrastructure.
Wed, 16 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- POLITICS-US: Bush Endorses Law of the Sea Treaty
WASHINGTON, 16 May (IPS) -
After maintaining a six-and-a-half year silence, President George W. Bush is urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) before the end of his term in office.
Tue, 15 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- POLITICS-US: Military Panel Calls Warming a Major Threat
BROOKLIN, Canada, 15 May (IPS) -
Senior retired military officers in the United States are urging immediate action on climate change to avoid a massive upsurge in regional and global instability that could threaten their country's security.
Mon, 14 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- TRADE: Deal Rekindles Hopes and Fears over U.S. Policy
WASHINGTON, 14 May (IPS) -
A new U.S. policy to include internationally recognised labour and environmental standards in future trade deals with foreign countries has received mixed reactions in the United States.
Sun, 13 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- Q&A: Do You Know Where Your Power Comes From?
NEW YORK, 10 May (IPS) -
In his new 10-minute documentary "Electroland", Gabriel London gives a crash course on the U.S. power grid through striking, often beautiful images of pounding oil derricks, spinning wind turbines and blazing coal-fired smokestacks.
Wed, 09 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- POLITICS-US: Deadly Tornado Brings Iraq War Home
WASHINGTON, 8 May (IPS) - Increasingly isolated by his dogged opposition to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush will travel to the site of a deadly tornado in Kansas Wednesday, in part to rebut charges that relief operations there were hampered by shortages of equipment that had been shipped to Iraq.
Mon, 07 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- ENVIRONMENT: Oxy Faces Lawsuit Threat Over Amazon Toxins
WASHINGTON, 4 May (IPS) -
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon are warning the U.S. oil giant Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) that it could soon face a lawsuit in the United States if it fails to clean up toxic waste in their tropical rainforest.
Thu, 03 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- POLITICS: Caribbean Aims to Cash in on Face Time with Bush
GEORGETOWN, 30 Apr (IPS) -
On Jun. 20, Caribbean leaders will sit down with George W. Bush for the first full summit meeting with a U.S. president in a decade, and from all indications, they have a plethora of issues to put on the table, chief among them trade and disaster preparedness.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Canada's New Plan Pretends to Curb Emissions, Say
BROOKLIN, Canada, 26 Apr (IPS) -
Canada's newest plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions will be much too little and too late, environmentalists said Thursday.
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- EARTH DAY: Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint
BROOKLIN, Canada, 21 Apr (IPS) -
Today's children will live in a new world of climate change and greatly diminished natural resources, which may give way to a nightmarish reality, or it could give birth to a happier and lighter way of living on the Earth, say environmentalists.
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- POLITICS-US: To Drill or Not to Drill Off the Florida Coast
TAMPA, United States, 20 Apr (IPS) -
The issue of whether or not oil companies should be allowed to drill off the coast of the south-eastern U.S. state of Florida -- especially along the Gulf of Mexico -- is creating political friction for state and federal government politicians alike.
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- DEVELOPMENT-U.S.: Nestlé Bottling Operations Court Controversy
WASHINGTON, 19 Apr (IPS) -
As Nestlé shareholders gathered Thursday in Switzerland for their annual meeting, growing numbers of voices question the company's claims on spring water around the world and its effects on local communities.
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Rallies Nationwide Take Aim at U.S. Congress
NEW YORK, 16 Apr (IPS) -
Environmentalists say they are running out of patience with what they see as the snail's pace of climate change legislation moving through the U.S. Congress.
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
- ENVIRONMENT-US: Bush Effect Boosts Green Economy
SAN DIEGO, United States, 13 Apr (IPS) -
A low-rise bungalow on a busy street here serves as the world headquarters and nerve centre for Whale Tails, a tortilla chip company dedicated to making healthier snack food -- and healing the planet.
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
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