Threat Posed by Asian Carp in the Great LakesHARRISBURG, PA – Attorney General Tom Corbett joined colleagues from several other Great Lakes states in calling for a national discussion concerning the environmental and economic threat posed by Asian Carp.Attorneys General from Michigan, Indiana,…
National Oceanic And Atmospheric AdministrationStratospheric Water VaporA 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth’s surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers in a study published online January 28 in the journal Science. The findings might help explain why global…
NOAA Awards Grants — Coastal residents, businesses and decision-makers around the country will consider how their communities can adapt to climate change through eight newly awarded NOAA National Sea Grant College Program grants.Each of these $25,000 climate engagement mini-grants will support…
Pune, India — “We should help people who are in trouble. Medicines should be free for people below the poverty level,” pleads Amith Nair a world citizen from India.
A United Nations independent human rights expert today voiced hope that he will be able to hold talks with pro-democracy leader and Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits Myanmar next week.
The United Nations agency that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability has teamed up with the Government of India in a $40-million pilot project to help the country's healthcare system dispose of hazardous medical waste.
Meeting Tomorrow’s ChallengesU.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey — In a fiscally responsible budget that emphasizes cost containment, management efficiencies and program savings, the President’s proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in fiscal…
New office would target nation’s fast-accelerating climate information needs NOAA launches www.climate.gov as portal for climate science and services.Individuals and decision-makers across widely diverse sectors – from agriculture to energy to transportation – increasingly are asking NOAA for…
“The factory ship (Nisshin Maru) turned on their water cannons and were surprised when the Steve Irwin responded with a more powerful water cannon that had a couple of the whalers diving for the bridge doors,” said the group.The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker have successfully…
Chicago, IL — Magnitude 3.8 earthquakeWednesday, February 10, 2010 at 03:59:33 AM at epicenterDistance: 65 km (40 miles) WNW (292°) from Chicago, ILEARTHQUAKES IN THE STABLE CONTINENTAL REGIONMost of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. Here and there earthquakes…
The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new case of human H5N1 avian influenza infection.
Despite fighting that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Mogadishu, health workers have fanned out across the war-torn capital of Somalia in a three-month United Nations-backed campaign that has immunized nearly 300,000 women of child-bearing age and 288,000 children.
9 February, 2010 -- Intensive efforts are ongoing to detect potential disease outbreaks in earthquake-affected Haiti, and while there have been reports of acute respiratory infections and diarrhea, no outbreaks have been recorded.
Seems like Goldman Sachs is too big to ignore any thieving. Their motto went from “Any scam,anywhere, anytime” to “Every scam, everywhere, every time.” They are involved in every financial crisis, and they profit from all of them. From participation in only the largest robberies to control…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a sustainability forum at Portland State University and a speech to the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Seattle, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the launch of HUD’s new Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities…
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is working to boost the nutrition of children at risk of malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases through state-of-the-art nuclear technology.
The United Nations and MTV are reaching out to young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series exploring the lives and love of a group of friends in Nairobi.
Sanitation has become a pressing need in Haiti and the lack of it could pose health problems for the nearly 1 million people living in temporary settlements ahead of the rainy season, United Nations officials warned today.
Officials from the United Nations health agency and the Beninese Government are urging the West African nation's citizens to be extra vigilant in observing good hygiene amid a recent cholera outbreak that has already claimed several lives.
A group of United Nations experts today stressed that the needs of Haitians with disabilities must be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the earthquake that battered the small Caribbean nation last month.