People’s Daily Online – Beijing, China The last generator of China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River went online yesterday, meaning that the world’s largest hydropower plant has become fully operational. Launched in 1993, the project’s original plan called for the 26 generators to produce 84.7 billion kWh of electricity annually after its completion. [...]
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New Treaty Aims to Protect Shared International Groundwater
UN General Assembly is reviewing a new international treaty to safeguard enormous pools of underground water shared by more than one country. AlertNet | Paris, France — Underground aquifers contain 100 times the volume of fresh water found on the Earth’s surface but they have been neglected under international law despite their environmental, social, economic [...]
The UN’s Gloomy Forecast for Global Warming Refugees
Environmental Graffiti | Cole Hendricks A new report prepared in advance of the largest ever conference on climate change, details the findings of a two year preliminary study regarding how people react migrationally to changing climates. The conference, sponsored by the UN, will be held in Bonn, Germany and will be attended by over 600 [...]
Environment, economy weigh on bottled water sector
Wed Oct 29, 2008 | By Emma Thomasson – Analysis ZURICH (Reuters) – The world’s top sellers of bottled water are trying to stop western consumers turning back to the tap by addressing environmental issues and trumpeting health benefits, while expanding aggressively in emerging markets. Nestle, the world’s biggest bottler of water with brands like [...]
World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch
The Guardian | Wednesday October 29 2008 | Juliette Jowit The world is heading for an “ecological credit crunch” far worse than the current financial crisis because humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet, an international study warns today. The Living Planet report calculates that humans are using 30% more resources than the [...]
India gets $800m ADB loan to tap Himalayan hydropower
The Times of India | 24 Oct 2008 MANILA: The Asian Development Bank said on Friday that it had approved an $800m loan to help the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh expand hydropower generation with a series of projects in the western Himalayas. With the help of the eight-year loan package, Himachal Pradesh plans to [...]
Safe Water as the Key to Global Health
Safe Water as the Key to Global Health Download the UN Policy Brief from this page
The 2008 Top Ten World's Worst Pollution Problems
List of Environmental Issues Contributing to Death and Disability Around the World Blacksmith Institute in collaboration with Green Cross Switzerland issued a Top Ten list of the world’s most dangerous pollution problems. The report names pollution as one of the leading contributing factors to death and disability in the world and highlights the disproportionate effects [...]
