United States and India Embark on a Green Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC, November 24, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today reaffirmed the global strategic relationship between the United States and India. Recognizing that energy security, food security and climate change are linked, and that eliminating poverty and ensuring sustainable development and a clean energy future are global objectives, the two leaders agreed to forge a “Green Partnership” to address these issues.
Energy Poverty Crucial to Copenhagen Climate Talks
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK, New York, November 24, 2009 (ENS) – Energy poverty is an issue that must be addressed at the climate change summit in Copenhagen say top United Nations experts on health and development. “Almost half of humanity is completely disconnected from the debate on how to drive human progress with less emissions and greener energy because their reality is much more basic than that,” said Olav Kjorven of the UN Development Programme.
Obama Could Tip the Balance at Copenhagen Climate Summit
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK, New York, November 19, 2009 (ENS) -The United Nations’ climate agency chief says he wants U.S. President Barrack Obama to join world leaders at the international summit on climate change in Copenhagen in December. “Obama’s presence would make a huge difference,” said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
November 24, 2009
Mass Roundup of Nevada Wild Horses Illegal, Lawsuit Alleges
Wisconsin Groundwater Standards for Explosives Could Set National Precedent
TVA Reinforces Dams Against Extreme Weather
Clean Energy Leaders Emerge in New State-by-State Report
Maryland Coal Ash Landfill Leaks Trigger Lawsuit Threat
Chicago Fish Fence Fails to Deter Giant Asian Carp
Judge Orders Army to Disclose Impacts on Sacred Hawaiian Valley
TVA Permit to Dump Liquid Waste from Air Scrubbers Appealed
Senate Delays Climate Bill to Focus on Health Care
California’s New TV Energy Efficiency Standards Highest in the World
Energy-Saving Tips For Greener, Less Costly Holidays
Risks of Mammography: Hidden Role of the American Cancer Society
CHICAGO, IL, November 24, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/– The series of recent articles on mammography which report the harm done by overscreening, written by New York Times columnist Gina Kolata, as well as in other newspapers, have made no reference to the critical role of the American Cancer Society, warns Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Rocket Science Leads to New Whale Discovery
ARLINGTON, VA, November 24, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Rocket science is opening new doors to understanding how sounds associated with Navy sonar might affect the hearing of a marine mammal – or if they hear it at all. The same type of large industrial sized x-ray scanners that NASA uses to detect flaws in the space shuttle’s behemoth solid fuel rockets is now allowing scientists to peek inside the giant head of a whale.