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NewsTrust - Environment - Most Recent Stories: News (Mainstream) Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:05:41 -0800 http://newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/topics/environment/top_stories/news/mainstream http://newstrust.net/topics/environment/top_stories/news/mainstream NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Acid Oceans Leave Fish at More Risk from Predators Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437341 http://newstrust.net/stories/437341 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Nov. 21 (News Report) - Fish reared in water acidified by CO2 may become fatally attracted to the smell of their predators, say scientists.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437341">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/437341">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437341">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Ian Talley - Nov. 18 (News Report) - Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a big climate-change bill until spring, in a sign of weakening political will to tackle a long-term environmental issue at a time of high unemployment and economic uncertainty.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/425747">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/425747">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/425747">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change U.S. Senate Oil and Gas Coal Environment Energy UN: Fight climate change with free condoms Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425539 http://newstrust.net/stories/425539 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Maria Cheng - Nov. 18 (News Report) - "As the growth of population, economies and consumption outpaces the Earth's capacity to adjust, climate change could become much more extreme and conceivably catastrophic," the report said.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/425539">2.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/425539">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/425539">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Social Change Sustainability Climate Change Global Warming NAM Speaks Softly on Climate -- Does It Carry a Big Stick? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422308 http://newstrust.net/stories/422308 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Joel Kirkland - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The biggest U.S. manufacturers' alliance has gone from being a ferocious critic of global warming legislation to being a quiet observer in recent months, even as debate about Senate climate legislation increasingly focuses on global trade issues and jobs.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422308">3.6 average</a> - <a href="/stories/422308">6 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422308">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Environment Lobbying High stakes in Appalachia as greens battle Big Coal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422081 http://newstrust.net/stories/422081 <span><a href="/sources/toronto_star">Toronto Star</a> - By Mitch Potter - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The plan was painfully simple: save a mountain, turn a country, cool the Earth. And for the longest time, it seemed to be working here on Coal River Mountain, ground zero in the American debate over climate change.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422081">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/422081">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422081">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Coal Lobbying Environment Climate Change In Senate, coal fuels climate deals Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/421598 http://newstrust.net/stories/421598 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Lisa Lerer - Nov. 17 (News Report) - Forget the debate over green jobs, wind farms and solar power. In the Senate, all deals on climate change run through coal country. Black gold has maintained a tight hold over the climate bill — despite a damaging lobbying scandal this summer, growing public health concerns and a destructive toxic coal ash spill that smothered 300 acres in eastern Tennessee last December.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/421598">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/421598">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/421598">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Coal Lobbying Jobs Climate Change Environment Green groups split on Danish idea Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/421599 http://newstrust.net/stories/421599 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Eamon Javers - Nov. 17 (News Report) - U.S. environmental groups are split over how to respond to the Obama administration’s decision to go along with a Danish proposal not to push for a binding global climate agreement at a United Nations conference in Copenhagen next month. The global environmental group Greenpeace blasted the move, calling it a sop to President Barack Obama’s political vulnerability. “Danish Prime Minister [Lars Lokke] Rasmussen has become complicit in a U.S. so-called deal which would put Obama’s political difficulties ahead of the survival of the world’s most vulnerable countries,” said Kaisa Kosonen, climate policy adviser for Greenpeace International.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/421599">3.0 average</a> - <a href="/stories/421599">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/421599">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Climate Change Lobbying Foreign Policy Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/422328 http://newstrust.net/stories/422328 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Kate Galbraith - Nov. 17 (News Report) - The solicitations have been flooding people’s mailboxes lately: pay a bit more on your electricity bill for 100 percent clean wind power. Or, the fliers say, buy “green power certificates” to offset your global warming emissions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/422328">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/422328">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/422328">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Energy Climate Change Environment Green Technology Environmental groups debate new tack in climate-change fight Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/419629 http://newstrust.net/stories/419629 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By David A. Fahrenthold - Nov. 16 (News Report) - A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the Senate balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change. Is this really the time to talk about the threat of climate change?</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/419629">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/419629">9 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/419629">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Lobbying Jobs U.S. Congress Energy Pollution Environment Chevron's lobby campaign backfires Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/418855 http://newstrust.net/stories/418855 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Kenneth P. Vogel - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Facing the possibility of a $27 billion pollution judgment against it in an Ecuadorean court, Chevron launched an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign to try to prevent the judgment as well as reverse a deeply damaging story line. Chevron’s tactics — ranging from quietly trying to wield U.S. trade policy to compel Ecuador’s government to squelch the case, to producing a pseudo-news report casting the company as the victim of a corrupt Ecuadorean political system — were designed to win powerful allies in Congress and the Obama administration as well as to shape public opinion and calm shareholders.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/418855">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/418855">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/418855">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Environment Trade Greenland ice loss 'accelerating' Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/406459 http://newstrust.net/stories/406459 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed. Published in the journal Science, it has also given scientists a clearer view of why the sheet is</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/406459">4.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/406459">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/406459">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Global Warming Science Europe Climate Change Can Local Governments Solve Global Warming? Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/402606 http://newstrust.net/stories/402606 <span><a href="/sources/scientific_american">Scientific American</a> - By Douglas Fischer - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The number of cities and regional governments undertaking this transition to a low-carbon economy is growing. These efforts, leaders vow, will continue whatever the outcome of political debates in Copenhagen, Brussels or Washington, D.C.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/402606">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/402606">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/402606">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Climate Change Climate Stakeholders Target Senators Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/418861 http://newstrust.net/stories/418861 <span><a href="/sources/roll_call">Roll Call</a> - By Bennett Roth - Nov. 11 (News Report) - After contentious Senate committee action on climate change legislation last week, industry and environmental interests are focusing on a select group of Senators who are trying to forge consensus on the heated issue.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/418861">3.6 average</a> - <a href="/stories/418861">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/418861">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Climate Change U.S. Senate U.S. Congress Environment Convince public on climate to save planet: experts Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/397112 http://newstrust.net/stories/397112 <span><a href="/sources/reuters">Reuters</a> - By Nina Chestney - Nov. 10 (News Report) - The public needs to be convinced about the threat of climate change so governments are under pressure to adopt strong policies and extend a U.N. pact to fight climate change in Copenhagen this December, experts say. Persuading the public that the long-term effects of climate change could be averted by action now should be a top priority, psychology experts said at a climate change psychology conference in London this week.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/397112">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/397112">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/397112">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Climate Change Psychology US pressure distorted oil figures, says whistleblower Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/394263 http://newstrust.net/stories/394263 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Terry Macalister - Nov. 10 (News) - The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying. The senior official claims the US has played an influential role in encouraging the watchdog to underplay the rate of decline from existing oil fields while overplaying the chances of finding new reserves. The allegations raise serious questions about the accuracy of the organisation?s latest World Energy Outlook on oil demand and supply to be published tomorrow – which is used by the British and many other governments to ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/394263">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/394263">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/394263">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Oil and Gas Global Economy Climate Change Global Warming Energy Environment Scientists: Nuke panel owes Utahns an apology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/393651 http://newstrust.net/stories/393651 <span><a href="/sources/salt_lake_tribune">Salt Lake Tribune</a> - By Judy Fahys - Nov. 09 (News Report) - Three scientists say federal nuclear regulators owe Utahns an apology -- and a policy change -- for allowing shallow burial of depleted uranium, including the 49,000 tons already at EnergySolutions Inc.'s landfill in Tooele County.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/393651">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/393651">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/393651">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Nuclear Power Pollution Green Technology Nuclear Weapons Department of Defense Industry Mining Environment Science Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/397289 http://newstrust.net/stories/397289 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Lindsey Hoshaw - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - ABOARD THE ALGUITA, 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii — In this remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement. Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas. But one research organization estimates that the garbage now actually pervades the Pacific, though most of it is caught in what oceanographers call a gyre like this one — an area of heavy currents and slack winds that keep the trash swirling in a giant whirlpool. Scientists say the garbage patch is just one of five that may be caught in giant gyres scattered around the world’s oceans. Abandoned fishing gear like buoys, fishing line and nets account for some of the waste, but other items come from land after washing into storm drains and out to sea.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/397289">5.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/397289">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/397289">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Britain rules out climate treaty at summit Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/383407 http://newstrust.net/stories/383407 <span><a href="/sources/the_independent">The Independent</a> - By Michael McCarthy - Nov. 06 (News Report) - Although there are various stumbling blocks, there is no doubt that the continued lack of a serious American offer on cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and providing climate finance for the developing nations – the bill which might provide them is stuck in the US Senate – is the principle obstacle to progress. "Copenhagen is one of the most important meetings in human history. But the politicians seem determined to blow it," said Joss Garman, climate campaigner for Greenpeace.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/383407">4.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/383407">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/383407">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Foreign Policy U.S. Senate Global Warming Pollution Hopes fading for Copenhagen climate change treaty Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/378436 http://newstrust.net/stories/378436 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Allegra Stratton - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Political agreement rather than full treaty is now goal of the meeting, says global warming minister Hopes that a full, legally binding treaty on tackling climate change would be signed at next month?s Copenhagen summit are fading, Ed Miliband acknowledged today. The climate change secretary indicated that a political agreement, with a timetable setting out the path to a full international treaty, was now set to be the major goal for the meeting. He told MPs the government would have preferred a full treaty but any deal that does emerge from the talks must contain detailed commitments. African nations walked out of the latest round of UN climate change talks in Barcelona this week in a protest calling for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/378436">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/378436">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/378436">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Oil and Gas Environment Gore’s Dual Role: Advocate and Investor Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/368140 http://newstrust.net/stories/368140 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By John M. Broder - Nov. 03 (News Report) - Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming skeptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/368140">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/368140">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/368140">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Global Warming Environment No Deal: Chamber Chief Battles Obama Agenda Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/355064 http://newstrust.net/stories/355064 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Stephen Power - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is working to defeat Obama on many of his top issues, sparking a furious reaction from the White House.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/355064">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/355064">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/355064">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Oil and Gas Environment Coal Energy Thirsty Gaza Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/344637 http://newstrust.net/stories/344637 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - By Heather Sharp - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Gaza's aquifer and only natural freshwater source is "in danger of collapse," the UN is warning. Engineers have long been battling to keep the densely populated strip's water and sewage system limping along. But in September the UN Environment Programme warned that damage to the underground aquifer - due to the Israeli and Egyptian blockade, conflict, and years of overuse and underinvestment - could take centuries to reverse if it is not halted now.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/344637">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/344637">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/344637">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Middle East Gaza Israel Water Human Rights Environment Wildlife under threat from drug cartels Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/336193 http://newstrust.net/stories/336193 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Jamie Doward - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Colombia, one of the largest environmental hubs in the planet, with a territory of more than 1 million square kilometres, has been warning about the dangers of "ecocide" caused by the country's drug cartels for several years. As one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, it is home to 50,000 plant species and 18% of the world's bird species. But now it is attempting to make children aware that the threats facing its rainforests are a global issue that will have an impact on climatic stability.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/336193">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/336193">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/336193">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Animals Campaign to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Levels Picks a Number to Make a Point Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/335397 http://newstrust.net/stories/335397 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Andrew C. Revkin - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Activists on Saturday performed synchronized demonstrations centering on 350 parts per million, which some scientists have said is the upper limit for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/335397">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/335397">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/335397">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Social Change Global Warming Environment Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/332158 http://newstrust.net/stories/332158 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Dina Cappiello - Oct. 23 (News Report) - At the same time, there has been mounting scientific evidence of climate change — from melting ice caps to the world's oceans hitting the highest monthly recorded temperatures this summer.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/332158">3.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/332158">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/332158">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Global Warming Energy Environment Fake News