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Check out the latest headlines from Yahoo! Environment News
[ headlines as of Monday, September 8, 2008 - 1:19AM ]

Poll shows hopeful signs for Harper (Reuters)

Reuters - A majority of Canadians aren't especially worried about the economy and support the Conservative government's approach to climate change, according to a poll released on Sunday, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper triggered an October 14 general election.

Afghanistan, economy, environment top Canada election agenda (AFP)

AFP - The role of Canada's military in Afghanistan, the global economy and climate change are expected to top the agenda in upcoming snap elections called on Sunday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Deforestation and poverty behind Haiti flood crisis (AFP)

AFP - With severe flooding, hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands lacking food and basic provisions, Haiti has been hit badly so far this hurricane season, with four severe storms in less than four weeks.

Bangladesh seeks billions to fight climate change (AFP)

AFP - Bangladesh wants rich nations to pay the billions of dollars it says it needs to help fight the effects of climate change because they are the biggest environmental culprits.

Eat less meat to fight climate change: UN expert (AFP)

AFP - People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper.

Check out the latest headlines from EarthWire/UK
[ headlines as of Monday, September 8, 2008 - 2:04AM ]

Pollution can make you fat, study claims
Pollution can make children fat, startling new research shows. A groundbreaking Spanish study indicates that exposure to a range of common chemicals before birth sets up a baby to grow up stout, thus helping to drive the worldwide obesity epidemic.

Electronic smog 'is disrupting nature on a massive scale'
Mobile phones, Wi-Fi systems, electric power lines and similar sources of "electrosmog" are disrupting nature on a massive scale, causing birds and bees to lose their bearings, fail to reproduce and die, a conference will be told this week.

UN says eat less meat to curb global warming
Top expert's advice on diet change to save environment likely to provoke strong reaction from food industry

Meat by numbers
It takes 7lb of grain to produce just one pound of beef and the average Briton eats eight cows in their lifetime

Is our taste for Sunday roast killing the planet?
A UN expert has blamed meat eaters for environmental mayhem as demand for beef drives deforestation, water scarcity, air pollution and climate change. Robin McKie and Caroline Davies report

Check out the latest headlines from NPR Environment
[ headlines as of Monday, September 8, 2008 - 1:09AM ]

Relief Efforts Under Way In Flood-Stricken Haiti
Haitians are heading to higher ground to escape massive flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna, and they're bracing themselves for Hurricane Ike. More than 150 people have been killed.

African Dust Linked To Hurricane Strength
In 2005 and 2006, winds off of Africa contained large amounts of dust, which scientist say may have dampened storms in the Atlantic Ocean. But this year, the air is clear and powerful storms are lining up to strike the U.S.

Study: Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted
Sea levels could rise between 2.5 and 6 feet this century as a result of global warming, a new study reports. That estimate is lower than some widely circulated figures.

Tuna: A Favorite Fish Faces Dangerous Depletion
One of the biggest, fastest and warmest fish in the sea is also one of the most sought after, and one of the most threatened. Can bluefin tuna stocks around the world be saved? Experts explain the history of the tuna, and discuss tracking methods that might help preserve the fish.

Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble
Conservationists are starting to raise the alarm about native oysters and their disappearing habitat. The situation is so serious that a band of scientists went to a remote inlet on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in search of Olympia oyster reefs.

Check out the latest headlines from MetaEfficient
[ headlines as of Monday, September 8, 2008 - 1:09AM ]

Bags Made With 95% Recycled Material
I’ve been testing a new line of bags called Terraclime by Lowepro. I was impressed by the fact that 95% of the material used to make these bags is recycled content. The fabric is made with recycled PET bottles (i.e. post-consumer plastic). The hooks and zippers are made from plastic salvaged from the factory floor, [...]

Efficient Natural Deodorizer: MultiFresh
I’ve been testing a new deodorizer called MultiFresh. It is made with pyroclastic rock called Ignimbrite, which is found in volcanoes. This natural deodorizer absorbs odors like baking soda, but it is said to be many times more effective. Ignimbrite is one of the few negatively charged minerals in existence, so it also works by [...]

80,000 Homes To Be Powered By Chicken Manure
The world’s largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure has opened in the Netherlands. The power plant will deliver renewable electricity to 90,000 households. It has a capacity of 36.5 megawatts, and will generate more than 270 million kWh of electricity per year. (...)Read the rest of 80,000 Homes To Be Powered By Chicken [...]

Highly Efficient House Uses 80% Less Power and Water
I have to mention this highly optimal house recently completed in California. Jetson Green has all the details, so I won’t repeat them here. Basically, the Margarido House is on its way to being the first home the nation that’s both LEED-H certified and GreenPoint rated. I’m impressed by how many green elements are incorporated [...]

Sharp Introduces Earthquake-Detecting Solar LED Streetlights
Sharp is introducing a new range of solar-powered LED streetlights. These self-contained lights charge during the day, and switch on automatically when darkness falls. They can operate for 10 years straight without maintenance. They make use of new, high-intensity LED spotlights, which are ideal for public parks. The LEDs illuminate with a directed light and [...]

Check out the latest headlines from Treehugger.com
[ headlines as of Monday, September 8, 2008 - 1:54AM ]

RailRoad Folk Tour by Train
Two of us folk singers are ditching our station wagons to tour the country by train instead. The music and the mechanism that will propel us around the country has become appropriately named Railroad Folk. Here is the story of how we sewed together our tour by train. ...

Do High Diesel Prices, Or Consumer "Hostilities," Keep 65 Mile-Per-Gallon Sedans Off The US Market?
Mike reported to us, earlier, that Ford will not be selling its 5-seat, 65mpg Fiesta diesel sedan model in the USA. See Ford Introduces 63.6 MPG ECOnetic Diesel Fiesta... Only in Europe ... for technical details on the vehicle. Business Week offers interesting explanations for why Ford Motor Co. is instead making a gasoline version for the US market, cutting the vehicle's efficiency back significantly. As the 65 mpg diesel version currently is made and offered in Europe only, the devalued US dollar figures into the decision not to im...

A Picture is Worth... Algae-Dyed Polar Bears
Image from Shuzo Shikano/Kyodo News Before you start getting worried, let me reassure you that this is not a case of a genetic engineering experiment gone terribly wrong. No, apparently it's just your typical case of polar bears swimming in a particularly algae-rich pond, as the AP reports:

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. Hi...

Canadian Election Called for October 14
The party leaders by LeDaro They do it fast up here; 36 days from the announcement until the election. But then unlike the States, all the leaders are in place and well known, all of the policies and platforms ready to go, as the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries to get a majority government. Stephane Dion's Liberals used to be known as the Natural Governing Party, having been in power for most of the 20th century, but the center/ left is now split among four parties- the Liberals, the New Democrats with Jack Layton as leader, the Greens with Elizabeth May, and the Quebec Separatist Bloc Quebecois. It ...

What is in Your Cookies?
You probably have faced the dilemma of how to find out which products are Good and which products are Bad, never mind sorting out when Bad companies make Good products, or vice versa. A lot of consumers turn to the internet, to bloggers and reviews. But who can you trust? Who is the judge when a reputable company is accused of unsuitable practices? And what can you expect from a vendor of premium quality products? Almost Vegetarian sent TreeHugger a tip linking their article about New Moon Kitchen cookies, asking us to spread the word to our readers. The accusations are sensational. But....are they true?...