While it's undoubtedly important to know who J.Lo's dating since Ben, and everyone wants to know about the latest fabulous party attended by the Hilton sisters, you'd think the news media could spare at least a few column inches for information on a recently uncovered Pentagon report predicting widespread nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine, rioting and a plunging of Great Britain's temperatures into something resembling Siberia. Why? Because global warming is real.
The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) advises consumers to be cautious with conventional lice treatments, including shampoos and lotions, since they contain toxic, and in some cases carcinogenic, pesticides.
A recently uncovered Pentagon report warns that over the next 20 years climate change could lead to nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting across the world. The report was released internally four months ago, but was leaked to the media only last week.
Grist Magazine reports that most mainstream environmentalists are opposed to the recently announced presidential bid by Ralph Nader, citing his spoiler role in the 2000 election as well as the overwhelming priority of unseating George W. Bush in 2004.
If the U.S. is to participate at the first meeting for an historic international treaty to ban or severely restrict a dozen of the world’s most hazardous chemicals, Congress must pass legislation enabling it to do so within the next several weeks.
The University of Queensland's Centre for Marine Studies is predicting that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will lose 95 percent or more of its living coral by mid-century as a result of global warming.
Unfortunately, most of the more than 750 million alkaline batteries sold each year to power our cameras, flashlights and Discmans are landfilled and incinerated, not recycled. The chemicals in these batteries
Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water where freshwater and saltwater mix. They are key coastal habitats for many a species of mammal, fish and bird—and are used as spawning grounds for much of our nation’s commercial fish and shellfish. The wetlands associated with estuaries buffer uplands from flooding. Estuaries also provide many recreational opportunities
Despite outcries about deficits, Congress is debating a massive $318 billion highway bill. This is the same Congress that routinely attempts to defund Amtrak, which has absorbed a tiny fraction of road spending. Congress wouldn’t even think of passing such a budget buster in an election year were it not for the enormous highway construction contracts that land like fat golden goose eggs in lawmakers" districts.
According to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, 315 million computers are expected to become obsolete by the end of 2004. Given the lightening speed of computer technology, some environmental groups estimate the average lifespan of a computer is only three years.
