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Kenya Government secures Kshs.9 billion to tackle drought

Kenya Government secures Kshs.9 billion to tackle drought

Posted Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:23:00 GMT by Peter Kahare

The Kenyan Government has set aside Kshs. 9 billion towards emergency relief programmes for those affected by the current drought situation in the country, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka Said Sunday the 24 July. The government's announcement comes when the government's strategic food reserves continue to dwindle currently holding less than three million bags of food as opposed to the required eight million bags.

Kenya Government secures Kshs.9 billion to tackle drought

Forest squatters oppose resettlement committee

Forest squatters oppose resettlement committee

Posted Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:37:00 GMT by Peter Kahare

People who were evicted from Kenya's largest water catchment, the Mau forest have rejected a Committee formed by Prime Minister Raila Odinga to arrange and lead in resettlement exercise. The displaced families said Monday that they did not have confidence in the committee since their representatives were not included.

Forest squatters oppose resettlement committee

Drought persists, as legislators differ on GM maize

Drought persists, as legislators differ on GM maize

Posted Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:23:00 GMT by Peter Kahare

Drought continues ravaging different parts of Kenya with the number of people receiving relief food in East Pokot district tripling over the last three months as cabinet and parliament stand divided on whether to allow importation of genetically modified maize.

Drought persists, as legislators differ on GM maize

Controversial badger cull one step closer

Controversial badger cull one step closer

Posted Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:37:00 GMT by Ruth Hendry

Scientists and the public against the government's plans. UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today that the government is ''strongly minded to back'' a cull of badgers in an attempt to halt the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).

Controversial badger cull one step closer

Water infrastructure spending takes big hit

Water infrastructure spending takes big hit

Posted Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:53:00 GMT by Michael Clark

The House Interior and Environment Appropriation Committee passed an EPA budget cut of 18%, including a 33% cut to a critical water and wastewater infrastructure funding program. This will only exacerbate the massive water infrastructure spending gap identified by EPA.

Water infrastructure spending takes big hit

The reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy

The reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy

Posted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:41:01 GMT by Michael Evans

Propoals to reform the EU Common Fisheries Policy hope to reduce over fishing, ban the process of discarding unwanted fish and conserving existing stocks. After some years of operation it became clear that the policy was not achieving its key objectives, with overfishing continuing and fish numbers declining, some almost to the point of extinction.

The reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy

The battle to protect the Grand Canyon

The battle to protect the Grand Canyon

Posted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:33:00 GMT by Laura Brown

Debate heads to Congress over the future of uranium mining at national beauty spot. Republicans and Democrats found themselves on partisan lines at a heated debate on the Hill this week as the industrialisation of the Grand Canyon was put on the table.

The battle to protect the Grand Canyon

'Big Six' energy firms dominance could end

'Big Six' energy firms dominance could end

Posted Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:17:00 GMT by Laura Brown

UK Government looks to end the domination of the country's Big Six energy firms, but could there be implications for its green agenda? The 'Big Six' are British gas, npower, E.ON, EDF, Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern. They generate 80% of the electricity used in the UK, with 99% of people receiving their electricity from them.

'Big Six' energy firms dominance could end

Wildlife charity hits out a Conservative MEPs over CO2 target vote

Wildlife charity hits out a Conservative MEPs over CO2 target vote

Posted Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:56:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts

British Conservative MEPs were instrumental in throwing out an EU report that goes against the wishes of their party's national government says WWF-UK. The European Parliament voted not to follow the recommendations of an EU report that called for a 30% reduction from 1990 levels in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

Wildlife charity hits out a Conservative MEPs over CO2 target vote

Fracking again in New York

Fracking again in New York

Posted Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:28:00 GMT by Michael Clark

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is set to release a report with recommendations for regulating hydrofracking. A public comment period will follow the release, and DEC will write regulations based on the final recommendations. The fight will be intense. Opponents would do well to focus on strict regulations rather than an outright ban, which is not likely feasible.

Fracking again in New York

Give me a green lawn or give me death

Give me a green lawn or give me death

Posted Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:23:01 GMT by Michael Clark

West Palm Beach is facing a water shortage crisis due to drought. The city has implemented once per week outdoor watering restrictions but demand remains unchanged because residents are either willfully or unintentionally non-compliant. The willful violators elect to risk fines rather than a dead lawn. But if demand isn't reduced soon, the next phase of the drought plan may be implemented and it is much harsher.

Give me a green lawn or give me death

'Don't take ax to Amazon laws' say Brazilian public

'Don't take ax to Amazon laws' say Brazilian public

Posted Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:35:01 GMT by Martin Leggett

A poll on Brazil's controversial proposed laws, to offer amnesty to those who have cleared protected forests, shows massive majorities in the country against the amendments. Only 1 in 20 Brazilians support landowners being able to avoid sanctions under the 1965 Forest Law act, a part of the proposed new law - and nearly 80% want the president to veto it, the act if passed by the Senate.

'Don't take ax to Amazon laws' say Brazilian public

Come on in, the water's lovely

Come on in, the water's lovely

Posted Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:46:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts

European bathing waters remain largely clean and safe although there has been a recent decline in standards and inland waters are less likely to hit the EU's strictest guidelines than coastal waters. Cleanest of all is Cyprus, where every beach meets water standards.

Come on in, the water's lovely

Showcasing continent's growing forests - Forest Europe 2011, Oslo

Showcasing continent's growing forests - Forest Europe 2011, Oslo

Posted Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:34:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

Forestry ministers from across Europe are gathered in Oslo, Norway, today, at the start of a 3-day event - Forest Europe 2011 - to hammer out new continent-wide policy on managing forests. That could include the kicking off of negotiations on new laws to protect Europe's forests, and so enshrine sustainability as the key foundation for looking after its growing forests.

Showcasing continent's growing forests - Forest Europe 2011, Oslo

Will China Divert Yarlung Tsangpo River?

Will China Divert Yarlung Tsangpo River?

Posted Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:19:00 GMT by Melanie J. Martin

China could divert waters from international river flowing through Tibet to India. The Yarlung Tsangpo River flows across Tibet to India, where it merges with the Ganges. Due to severe drought in China, leaders of the 1.3-billion-person nation may be considering diverting the 1,800 mile river's waters northwest toward Xinjiang.

Will China Divert Yarlung Tsangpo River?

Study paints grim picture of future of Colorado River

Study paints grim picture of future of Colorado River

Posted Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:38:00 GMT by Michael Clark

A study released by the US Bureau of Reclamation finds that, over the next 50 years, flows in the Colorado River may decrease and the frequency and duration of droughts may increase, posing a threat to the water supply of millions.

Study paints grim picture of future of Colorado River

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Carnivores good for hunters or farmers or just plain dangerous?

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