The Associated Press November 17, 2010 ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — With its Macondo well dead and few visitors on the coast during the offseason, BP has launched its biggest push yet to deep-clean the tourist beaches that were coated with crude during the worst of the Gulf oil spill. Machines are digging down into […]
Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2010 – Japan took centre stage Friday at talks on the future of Atlantic bluefin tuna, issuing a call for negotiators to respect science and crack down on renegade fishing. Facing declining stocks and over-exploitation of a fish prized in Japan as gourmet sashimi and sushi, Tokyo issued a sharp warning […]
Nusa Penida, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 21, 2010 – Indonesia on Sunday declared the coral-rich waters around Bali — a popular scuba diving spot which is home to the giant Mola-Mola ocean sunfish — a protected zone. The 20,000-hectare (49,500 acre) area around Nusa Penida, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan islands will be protected from destructive […]
Caption by Holli Riebeek and Adam Voiland9 November 2010 Of all the pollution that fills our lungs on any given day, the most dangerous is the small stuff. Aerosol particle pollution—airborne solid particles and liquid droplets—comes in a range of sizes. Particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers pose the greatest risk to human health because they […]
Pest infestations are on the rise as cash-strapped councils phase out free extermination services By Emily DuganSunday, 21 November 2010 They spread disease, feast on our blood and destroy our clothes. And their numbers are soaring. Britain’s populations of rats, mice, cockroaches, bedbugs, wasps and moths are growing, in some cases unchecked, as more local […]
By Staff WritersNov 17, 2010 Tashkent (AFP) – Uzbekistan Wednesday warned world powers of a looming environmental disaster from Tajikistan’s plan to build a huge hydro-electric dam, in a new show of tensions from the ex-Soviet neighbors. Tashkent also accused Tajikistan’s main aluminum plant, the largest in Central Asia and located near Uzbekistan’s southern border, […]
By GEORGE SAYAGIE gsayagie@ke.nationmedia.com and JULIUS SIGEI jsigei@ke.nationmedia.comThursday, October 28 2010 at 22:44 One year since illegal settlers were kicked out of South West Mau to pave the way for the forest rehabilitation, criticism is mounting over their continued stay in transitional camps. A politician is accusing the government of neglecting the evictees. The 4,985 […]
Associated Press; Angela Doland in Paris contributed to this report18 November 2010 BRUSSELS (AP) — France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat Thursday from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the 27-nation EU abandoned a plan to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas […]
From 1950 to 2008, most land areas have warmed up by 1–3°C, with the largest warming over northern Asia and northern North America. During the same period, precipitation decreased over most of Africa, southern Europe, South and East Asia, eastern Australia, Central America, central Pacific coasts of North America, and some parts of South America. […]
Baku (AFP) Nov 18, 2010 – The five nations littoral to the Caspian Sea may introduce a five-year ban on sturgeon fishing within the next three months amid falling stocks of the fish famous for producing caviar, Russia said Thursday. The proposal on the moratorium was put forward during a summit of Caspian Sea […]
