IPS Inter Press Service - EnvironmentIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.NORWAY: Farmed Salmon In Hot Water- (Found July 6, 2008 ) OSLO, Jul 2 (IPS) - Environmental damage, diseases or workers rights abuses are common at fish farms in Chile and Canada operated by the world&39;s largest salmon company, according to activists.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43036 ENVIRONMENT-US: Funding Questions Dog Everglades Clean-Up- (Found July 6, 2008 ) TAMPA, Florida, Jul 3 (IPS) - Environmentalists in Florida are excited over the state's planned 1.75-billion-dollar buyout of 187,000 acres of land owned by the United States Sugar Corporation as part of a restoration of the vast Everglades wetlands, although many of the details of the deal remain sketchy.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43064 ICELAND: Smokescreens Over Figuring Emissions- (Found July 6, 2008 ) REYKJAVIK, Jul 4 (IPS) - Emission of greenhouse gases increased from 3.7 million tonnes in 2005 to 4.2 million tonnes in 2006, representing an increase of 14.2 percent, according to Iceland's Environment Agency.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43070 |