Because of an insufficient and cheaper alternative to charcoal and a large former refugee population, tree felling and a great dependence on charcoal in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are adversely affecting the environment.
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With the enthusiastic complicity of the State and the participation of Canadian, US, British and South African transnational mining companies, Venezuela is seeing the execution of a project promoting the immediate exploitation of a rich gold reserve which, according to its promoters and beneficiaries, will turn out to be the discovery of the famous El [...] Most people associate New England with vast, thick, beautiful forests. But less than 150 years ago, much of the New England countryside had been laid waste by settlers in need of lumber for homes and businesses, and open fields for agriculture and livestock. Research scientists who have performed studies at Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park have confirmed high levels of mercury in park bats. The endangered Indiana bat is now among the species which have dangerously-elevated mercury levels. Experts from the park and Western Kentucky University conducted the research, which was intended to measure the amount of the [...] At approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, 2005, an F3 tornado tore a path through parts of Kentucky before jumping the Ohio River into southwest Indiana. This tornado produced drastic results for many areas, but did the most damage to Evansville, Indiana. |
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