July 24, 2012Growing prosperity and urbanization could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world's cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute.
July 24, 2012Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are no riskier than their conventionally farmed equivalents, says the European Commission's Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover
July 16, 2012 Health Canada, in collaboration with Statistics Canada, will conduct a research study that will explore the relationship between wind turbine noise and health effects reported by, and objectively measured in, people living near wind power developments.
July 14, 2012Although most analysts assume that the world's population will rise from today's 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, it is quite possible that humanity will never reach this population size.
July 01, 2012There has been a remarkable run of record shattering heat waves in recent years, from the Russian heat wave of 2010 that set forests ablaze to the historic heat wave in Texas in 2011. These events typify the ongoing trend driven by climate change.
June 20, 2012Researchers from the University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment have released a detailed action plan for climate change adaptation in Canada.
June 20, 2012The GLOBE Awards are about celebrating the achievements of people and companies that are making a difference, because their efforts are what can make the world a better place.
June 05, 2012Solar cells do not offset greenhouse gases or curb fossil fuel use in the United States according to a new book published by the University of Nebraska.
May 14, 2012University of British Columbia researchers are making bikeability research easily accessible to consumers and city planners by introducing bikeability "heat maps" in partnership with Seattle-based Walk Score®
May 05, 2012The world needs to move away from measuring success in purely economic terms, and should instead consider other criteria, including distribution of resources, sustainability, health, human rights and education.
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