He said there were many ways in which people could actively participate in protecting their own neighborhoods and reduce the dangers of global warming. Another way of reducing global warming, according to Arif, was to turn off lights that were not needed, and to grow plants actively because trees could reduce pollution. Arif said global warming would have a negative impact on all aspects of life, not only on the life of human beings but also on that of plants and thus on agriculture. View...

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The Charter: Conservation officers in conflict of interest. The recent wildlife poaching ring bust on the Avalon Peninsula certainly highlighted the significant deterrent our provincial wildlife conservation enforcement officers make toward protecting our wildlife resources from abuse by the general public. However, while there is significant deterrent for the general public from conservation enforcement officers, sadly there has been little or no deterrent from conservation protection...

Green concerns overtake health care - activists; Environment a key election issue / CP Canada - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Updated @ 7:18:54 AM Mainstream political parties vying to become the next Ontario government must bone up on their green policies and give voters more than "empty promises," a coalition of Canada's major environmental groups said Monday. Green concerns overtake health care - activists; Environment a key election issue / CP Canada - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Updated @ 7:18:54...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says millions of children die each year because of environmental hazards and one in five children in the poorest parts of the world will not reach their sixth birthday, mainly because of environment-related diseases. According to a new WHO report the deaths of 4 million children under the age of five each year can be attributed to such hazards as polluted air or water, or exposure to chemicals. The report by an advisory group of 24 scientific experts,...

Tokyo, July 31, 2007 (JCN) -Plastics are commonly made from fossil fuels, a usually irreversible process, but Blest has developed a machine which recycles plastic waste back into oil. The latter is mainly used in schools to recycle the plastic waste accumulated at lunchtimes. It is a functional educational tool for adults and children alike since it is effective in reducing waste plus it instills in people the importance of conserving the earth's resources. Recycling plastics can lead to...

Scientists from the University of Exeter and two other leading UK research institutes have today released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Professor Peter Cox from the Universitys School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics has teamed up with experts from the Met Office and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and found that projections of increasing ozone near the Earths surface could lead to significant...

Led by dad Simon, this family of four are positively potty about making sure everything that can be recycled is recycled. He said: "We wanted to hold this competition to highlight the excellent examples of recycling that are already taking place. As part of the council's recycling awareness campaign, the council launched a search for the area's most environmentally friendly family. For being chosen as the best recycling family in south Wiltshire, the Freemans have won six months free...

Forest communities themselves are also using technology to monitor their forest. In anticipation of payments under the Clean Development Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol, communities near the Aberdares and Mount Kenya forests are assessing the number, species and width of trees, along with the amount of canopy cover, to determine the amount of carbon sequestered. Geospatial technologies include global positioning systems (GPS) for capturing basic location data, remote sensing, which uses...