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Biofuels Could Strain U.N. Goals of Ending Hunger
25 Ağustos 2006
Rising production of biofuels from crops might complicate U.N. goals of ending hunger in developing countries, where 850 million people do...
FEATURE - Worst Is Yet to Come, US Hurricane Chief Says
24 Ağustos 2006
If you thought the sight of the great American jazz city New Orleans flooded to the eaves -- its people trapped in attics or on rooftops --...
Food, biofuels could worsen water shortages
22 Ağustos 2006
Surging demand for irrigation to produce food and biofuels is likely to aggravate scarcities of water but the world's supply is not running...
In warmer world, even Inuit buy air conditioners
7 Ağustos 2006
With signs that the world is warming, even Inuit peoples of the far north are ordering air conditioning. By Alister Doyle
US Power Group Promoting Global Warming Skeptic
1 Ağustos 2006
Colorado electricity cooperative is urging other power groups to support global warming skeptics and has donated US$100,000 to a...
Italian Drought Causes 500 Million Euro Loss - Farmers
28 Temmuz 2006
Drought has caused Italian farmers losses of some 500 million euros (US$637 million) so far this year, hitting rice and maize producers in...
Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo military tribunals
30 Haziran 2006
In a sharp rebuke of President George W. Bush's tactics in the war on terrorism, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down as unlawful...
Most Employers Cutting Retiree Health Care: Study
30 Haziran 2006
Most U.S. employers are planning to further scale back health benefits offered to retirees, as companies struggle with the upward march in...
Nonprofit Health Care Often Better: Study
22 Haziran 2006
For-profit nursing homes and hospitals on average provide an inferior quality of care compared with their nonprofit peers, according to an...
CO2 Storage Grows; No "Silver Bullet" for Climate
22 Haziran 2006
Energy firms are stepping up projects to bury greenhouse gases but storage will not be a silver bullet to stop global warming, an...
"Myth" that green protection hits economy - UNEP
16 Haziran 2006
The world must lay to rest a "myth" that protecting the environment harms economic growth, the new head of the U.N. Environment Programme...
US Insists on Right to Develop Arms for Outer Space
14 Haziran 2006
The United States on Tuesday reasserted its right to develop weapons for use in outer space to protect its military and commercial...
Global Military Spending Hits $1.12 Trillion: Report
13 Haziran 2006
U.S. spending in Iraq and Afghanistan helped push up global 2005 military expenditure by 3.5 percent to $1.12 trillion, a research body...
Pentagon Endorses Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers
7 Haziran 2006
Ethical codes endorsed by the American Medical Association, including a declaration by the World Medical Association, state that if a...
Poverty more pressing than climate: India
17 Mayıs 2006
India said on Tuesday that poor nations had to give priority to ending poverty rather than fighting global warming at 189-nation U.N....
AIG Adopts First Policy on Global Climate Change
17 Mayıs 2006
American International Group Inc. this week became the first major US insurer to adopt a policy on climate change, saying it would develop...
US-led climate pact gaining interest
17 Mayıs 2006
Countries including Canada were expressing interest in a US-led six-nation scheme to combat global warming set up after Washington rejected...
INTERVIEW - Central Hungary Region Turning Into Desert - Expert
16 Mayıs 2006
Hungary - A large region of central Hungary is turning into desert as a result of irrational communist planning and climate change,...
Three Major Hurricanes to Hit US This Year - Accuweather
16 Mayıs 2006
Three major hurricanes will strike the United States this year, with the storm-battered Gulf Coast most at risk in June and July,...
New England Hit by Worst Floods in 70 Years
16 Mayıs 2006
The worst flooding in 70 years in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire forced thousands of people from their homes on Monday after the...
Canada defends UN climate role, overshoots Kyoto
16 Mayıs 2006
Canada defended its leadership of U.N. talks on fighting global warming on Monday, despite admitting it will not meet its own Kyoto...
US Denies Post-2012 Emissions Discussion With EU
16 Mayıs 2006
The United States on Monday denied it had discussed with the European Commission plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto...
Death Toll From Pakistan Heatwave Crosses 50
16 Mayıs 2006
A heatwave has killed at least 50 people in Pakistan since the start of May, prompting authorities to warn people to stay out of the midday...
Climate change may kill millions in Africa-report
15 Mayıs 2006
Disease spread by global warming could kill an extra 185 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by the end of the century and turn millions...
