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Current UK and European Biofuels Policies Are Unethical, Says Report
April 12, 2011 — Current UK and European policies on biofuels encourage unethical practices, says a new report. Policies such as the European Renewable Energy Directive are particularly weak when it comes to ... > full story -
Excessive Nitrogen Harms the Economy and Environment: First Europe-Wide Assessment Published
April 11, 2011 — A major new study finds that nitrogen pollution is costing each person in Europe around 150-740 Euros a year. The first European Nitrogen Assessment (ENA), carried out by 200 experts from 21 ... > full story -
Food Insecurity Undermines Your Future
April 11, 2011 — Food insecurity not only compromises your health and resilience. It brings along poor school attendance and educational attainment that thwart your future chances in life. Researchers confirmed this ... > full story -
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Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities
April 7, 2011 — Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect residents from the likely impacts of climate change, even though billions of urban dwellers are vulnerable to heat waves, sea level ... > full story -
Top 40 Science Questions from US Conservation Policy Makers
April 6, 2011 — A wide-ranging group of experts has published a set of 40 key environmental questions to help align scientific research agendas with the needs of natural resource decision ... > full story -
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Climate Change Threatens Global Security, Warn Medical and Military Leaders
April 5, 2011 — Medical and military leaders have come together to warn that climate change not only spells a global health catastrophe, but also threatens global stability and ... > full story -
The Population Bomb: How We Survived It
April 1, 2011 — World population will reach 7 billion this year, prompting new concerns about whether the world will soon face a major population ... > full story -
America's Most Distressed Areas Threatened by Emerging Infections of Poverty
March 29, 2011 — Neglected infections of poverty are the latest threat plaguing the poorest people living in the Gulf Coast states and in Washington, D.C., according to ... > full story -
Malaria as a Complication to Landmines and War Injuries
March 25, 2011 — Malaria can complicate the course of disease in poor farmers with landmine injuries in underdeveloped countries, where both malaria and war injuries are frequent causes of illness and death. New ... > full story -
New Study Predicts Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Will Far Exceed UN Projections
March 15, 2011 — A new study predicts that the cholera epidemic in Haiti this year will be far worse than United Nations' projections, which had estimated 400,000 cases of the diarrheal disease over the course of the ... > full story -
Water for an Integrative Climate Paradigm
March 14, 2011 — International climate negotiations are deadlocked between the affluent global North and "developing" South, between political left and right, and between believers and deniers. Now, experts argue ... > full story -
Mapping Human Vulnerability to Climate Change
March 3, 2011 — Researchers already study how various species of plants and animals migrate in response to climate change. Now, a researcher has taken the innovative step of using the same analytic tools to measure ... > full story
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