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Photo of the Coorong and Lower Lakes Ramsar site, around Goolwa.
July 25
Rising demands threaten wetlands
The recent surge in demand for food and biofuel has increased the risks facing the world’s wetlands, warn scientists.
A declaration by 700 […]

June 28, 2008
As drylands get drier and violence grows, new crises resembling Darfur will arise.
Jeffrey Sachs
NEWSWEEK
The world will experience a growing risk of conflicts over food, energy and water in coming years. The population rises each year by about 80 million people, with most of the increase in impoverished regions already facing […]

How will economic and social developments drive environmental change to 2030? What policies are needed to address the main environmental challenges? How can OECD and non-OECD countries best work together to tackle these challenges?
The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions […]

January 28, 2008
Davos Diary: The schmooze of the world
Extreme brainpower meets extraordinary wealth at the annual World Economic Forum. Sean O’Grady reports from the plutocrats’ playground. Having followed much of the serious Davos coverage over the past days, we can recommend this somewhat light-hearted look at the events from The Independent
January 26, 2008
Japanese PM […]

We are so accustomed to bad environment news, we are compelled - and delighted - to publish this article in the hope of inspiring similar undertakings around the world.

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BRAVO! A wonderful initiative from a Québec icon. Interesting that the announcement was not made in conjunction with the forthcoming Montreal Millennium Summit

October 29, 2007
Cirque founder drops $100 million for clean water
The founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, pledged $100 million to fund a new foundation that will help provide fresh water to the […]

27 September 2007
SHIJIAZHUANG, China — Hundreds of feet below ground, the water supply for this provincial capital of more than two million people is steadily running out. Municipal wells have already drained two-thirds of the local groundwater, and the water table is sinking fast.
Above ground, this city in the North China Plain is having a […]

26 September 2007
At the end of a day-long forum yesterday on what to do about Quebec’s blooming blue-green algae problem, Premier Jean Charest and Environment Minister Line Beauchamp announced Quebec will move to ban phosphates in dishwashing detergents as early as this fall.
Ideally, the province says, Ottawa will get on board and prohibit phosphates across […]

 
Drought strategy treats H2O like an energy resource
Reuters
Thursday, July 19
How much is a drop of water worth? That was the question posed yesterday by the European Union’s environment chief as part of his plans to put a price on the liquid, which he said was becoming a scarce commodity.
As part of his strategy paper to […]

May 30, 2007
After three weeks of stimulating and highly informative environment and energy (including nuclear) focus, we return to other thoughts.
We are suffering from election blues and that’s not a reference to any political preference.
At this writing, we have no idea how the deal-cutting between Premier Charest and the PQ is working out, but […]