UN urges biofuel investment halt Palm oil is one of the biofuel crops stirring controversy. The UN’s new top adviser on food has urged a freeze on biofuel investment, saying the blind pursuit of the policy is “irresponsible”. Olivier de Schutter also wants curbs on investors whose speculation is,… Continue reading
Climate change warms Arctic, cools Antarctica Fri May 2, 2008 5:07pm EDT By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Arctic and Antarctica are poles apart when it comes to the effects of human-fueled climate change, scientists said on Friday: in the north, it is melting sea ice, but… Continue reading
Rain and snow spell relief for Great Lakes Fri May 2, 2008 1:26pm EDT By Jonathan Spice TORONTO (Reuters) – Twice as much autumn rain and early winter ice helped Lake Superior, the biggest of North America’s Great Lakes, bounce back from record low water levels reached last year. The… Continue reading
[from the Indigenous Environmental Network and others] New York City, NY – Indigenous Peoples attending the Permanent Forum are outraged that their rejection of the carbon market has been ignored in the final report of the 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII). The final… Continue reading