IPS Inter Press Service Earth Alert: Confronting Climate ChangeGreenhouse gases / Kyoto Protocol / Melting glaciers / Biofuels / Species extinction / Weather extremes / Climate migrants / Carbon trading / Nuclear power (a lesser evil?) / Rising sea levels / Desertification / Indigenous peoples' livelihoods / Clean energy alternatives / Accountability / Growing citizen awareness...CLIMATE CHANGE: Chemical Lobby Weakening Ozone Treaty- (Found September 22, 2008 ) UXBRIDGE, Canada , Sep 16 (IPS) - In hard economic times, protecting the environment is often seen as a luxury -- or ignored completely. But had that attitude prevailed 20 years ago when it came to taking action to protect the ozone layer, skin cancer rates would have soared and climate change would be even more dramatic than it is today.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43888 CANADA: Energy Politics Could Make or Break Liberals- (Found September 22, 2008 ) VANCOUVER, Sep 16 (IPS) - While U.S. media pundits dub the race for the White House as a battle between the "warrior" and the "orator", Canada's current election campaign might be characterised as "the meanie" versus "the weenie".http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43890 MEXICO: Time Running Out for Capital's Garbage- (Found September 22, 2008 ) MEXICO CITY, Sep 19 (Tierramrica) - If the Mexico City government were to keep its promises, laid out in laws and plans in 2003 and 2004, the treatment of the 12,300 tonnes of garbage generated daily by this city of 19 million people would be more environmentally friendly. But instead there is a looming threat of collapse and the contaminated area remains enormous.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43937 CARIBBEAN: The Stormy Face of Climate Change- (Found September 22, 2008 ) HAVANA, Sep 22 (IPS) - The devastation wrought by hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike in the Caribbean has fuelled concern about the effects of global warming on the formation and intensity of tropical storms, an issue that has divided the scientific community and is causing alarm among island nations and coastal communities.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43952 |