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 By 2040, there will be no ice left at the North Pole, scientists predictBy Jerome Douglas, December 19 2006
(NewsTarget) A study published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal this week indicated that the Arctic pole could go from winter wonderland to warm water in a little over 30 years.
Currently, Earth's North Pole is already warmer than the South Pole because it lies at sea-level in the middle of an ocean. This causes the pole to act as a heat collector rather than at altitude in a continental land mass like the South Pole.
The North Pole sea ice is about two to three meters thick with...
 Small-scale nuclear war could devastate global environment for years, researchers sayBy Ben Kage, December 18 2006
(NewsTarget) The environmental impacts of a nuclear war -- nuclear winter, decades of radiation fallout -- are terrifying enough, but a team of researchers concluded today that even a small-scale, regional nuclear war could vastly disrupt the global climate for a decade or longer.
"Considering the relatively small number and size of the weapons, the effects are surprisingly large," said Richard Turco, a researcher from the University of California, Los Angeles. "The potential devastation would...
 Cattle raised for beef cause more damage to planet than emissions from cars, report findsBy Ben Kage, December 14 2006
(NewsTarget) Rising gas prices and global warming issues have spurred an increased interest in clean cars, but a report by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization suggests that the real culprit for the latter problem isn't the car but the cow.
The 400-page report, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, states that the world's surging cattle herds are the No. 1 threat to the climate, forests and other wildlife, as they cause environmental problems from acid rain and the introduction of...
 China collecting environment tax to curb pollution that threatens economic futureBy Jerome Douglas, December 13 2006
(NewsTarget) An environmental tax may be coming to China since widespread pollution could hold back the country's continued economic growth, according to new reports fro China's Southern Daily newspaper.
Mao Rubai -- chairman of the Environment and Resources Committee of the National People's Congress -- said "The country will gradually levy environment tax when conditions are ripe." Rubai indicated that the Chinese government only takes into account production cost and sometimes the scarcity...
 Bush administration considers reversing four decades of Clean Air Act lead restrictions in gasolineBy Ben Kage, December 12 2006
(NewsTarget) The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that the Bush administration's proposal to rescind health standards that disallow lead in gasoline might be justified, as lead concentrations in the air have dropped more than 90 percent in the last 25 years.
The EPA said in a preliminary paper published last week it will "evaluate the status of (lead) as a criteria pollutant ... and assess whether revocation of the standard is an appropriate option for the (EPA) administrator...
 Healing the Earth through Faith and Action:
An Interview with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-ShalomiBy Jared Rosen and David Rippe, December 6 2006
(NewsTarget) Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi is the sage of a worldwide movement of Jewish renewal who encourages a meeting of his tradition with the psychological, ecological, and spiritual revolutions of our age. As the founder of the P'nai Or (Children of Light) religious fellowship and the rabbinic chair of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi has inspired and guided a movement for an observant, deeply traditional Judaism that is at the same time gender-equal, environmentally aware...
 California condors being decimated by hunters' use of lead ammoBy Ben Kage, December 5 2006
(NewsTarget) The California Fish and Game Commission and State Department of Fish and Game were named as defendants in a suit filed by environmental groups Thursday, for allegedly violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing hunters to continue using lead ammunition, which the plaintiffs say poisons rare California condors.
The plaintiffs -- made up of the Nature Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Wishtoyo Foundation...
 Global warming already impacting monsoons, crop production in IndiaBy Jerome Douglas, December 4 2006
(NewsTarget) The quantity of monsoons in India has increased in the last 50 years, and for some, the monsoon rains can be seen as either a huge advantage or an equally large disadvantage. Although the average rainfall amount has not increased, the number of heavier monsoons has increased since the 1950s.
Researchers have recently discovered a trend within annual monsoon measurements toward fewer, more extreme downpours -- and this raises the concern of more potential floods and other natural disasters...
 U.S. government may be getting ready to regulate carbon dioxide emissions as pollutants, experts sayBy Ben Kage, December 1 2006
(NewsTarget) A case before the Supreme Court over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to refuse to regulate carbon dioxide emissions may actually be the first sign of impeding government regulation of greenhouse gasses, experts say.
The case -- brought by Massachusetts, New York, California and other states -- charged the EPA with regulating CO2 emissions to protect Massachusetts' coastline and other environmental concerns, but the EPA says it neither has the authority...
 Genetic code of human race is deteriorating due to environmental factorsBy Jerome Douglas, December 1 2006
(NewsTarget) Small damages to sequences in the human genome are causing evolutionary changes in our DNA. Recent findings from a Japanese group prove that a common form of DNA damage caused by oxidation is a primary cause of mutagenesis -- damage to DNA during the genome replication process.
As a result, the human race is genetically mutating, according to Japanese geneticist Yusaku Nakabeppu of Kyushu University and his team, who released their findings Monday in the trade journal Genome Research...
 Coalition of EPA scientists calls for agency to regulate carbon dioxide emissionsBy Jerome Douglas, December 1 2006
(NewsTarget) EPA scientists from across the nation are in the process of petitioning the U.S. Congress to stem global warming resulting from human-created causes. A letter attached to the EPA petition states "We are writing to protest the lack of progress in addressing global warming."
The letter and petition from the EPA scientist group goes on to say that "the federal government is using primarily voluntary and incentive-based programs to reduce the bulk of emissions … (the EPA) could do more...
 Environmental Protection Agency refuses to regulate greenhouse gasses; brought before Supreme CourtBy Ben Kage, November 30 2006
(NewsTarget) The case of Massachusetts v the Environmental Protection Agency was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as judges considered oral arguments over the role of greenhouse gasses in global warming, and whether the EPA has the power to refuse to regulate said gasses.
Spurred by environmental activists -- who feel Congress or the Bush administration has failed to act on global warming -- the state of Massachusetts told the court that its coastline would be threatened by EPA...
Living True: An Interview with Daryl HannahBy Jared Rosen and David Rippe, November 30 2006
Daryl Hannah is an accomplished actress with films like Splash, Blade Runner, Steel Magnolias, Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 and many others to her credit. More importantly to Ms. Hannah is her commitment to the environment. She is a strong advocate for biodiesel, a clean, renewable fuel alternative for cars and other vehicles. In addition to supporting environmental causes and projects Daryl is a person who has already made the flip so we asked her how she puts her principles into action. "I drive a 1983...
 Global warming could wipe out 90 percent of human population, warns Gaia scientist LovelockBy Ben Kage, November 29 2006
(NewsTarget) James Lovelock, a controversial climate scientist, announced Tuesday that the earth's temperature might rise by 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and threaten billions of lives, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Scientists currently expect a 42.8-degree shift in average temperatures by the end of the century, which will cause floods, famines and lethal storms. However, they say that cutting carbon emissions could prevent these catastrophes. Lovelock says there is no such luck.
Lovelock...
 Amazon rainforest destruction accelerated by fragmentationBy Jerome Douglas, November 29 2006
(NewsTarget) Many species of trees and other plants and animals that depend on the Amazon rain forest are disappearing more quickly than most experts anticipated, according to William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
"Rain forest trees can live for centuries, even millennia, so none of us expected things to change too fast … but in just two decades -- a wink of time for a thousand year-old tree -- the ecosystem has been seriously degraded."
Laurance and his...
 E-waste from advanced nations creating toxic dumping grounds in Asia, AfricaBy Jerome Douglas, November 29 2006
(NewsTarget) According to new United Nations (UN) report, the world's richest nations are dumping hazardous electronic waste on poor African countries. The head of the UN's Environment Program (Unep), Achim Steiner, was recently in Nairobi and said that consumerism was driving a "growing mountain of e-waste."
Unep estimates that up to 50 million tons of waste from discarded electronic goods is generated annually, and improper disposal of e-waste can release hazardous chemicals and heavy metals...
 Global warming threatens crocodile populations with exterminationBy Jerome Douglas, November 29 2006
(NewsTarget) Crocodile populations across the globe may experience a reduction in numbers if the continual rise in the earth's temperature remains constant, according to new statements by independent scientists.
Alison Leslie, a noted crocodile expert, recently said that the rise in global temperatures may cause a larger female population among the world's crocodiles. This means the possibility of eventual extinction of these aquatic reptiles.
Leslie is looking at crocodile populations from...
 NASA draws up plans to land astronaut on doomsday asteroidBy Jerome Douglas, November 27 2006
(NewsTarget) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- NASA -- is formulating plans to land an astronaut on an asteroid which is hurtling through space at more than 30,000 mph. NASA's goal is to know whether humans could master techniques needed to deflect such a doomsday object if one is ever identified.
NASA's proposals are just at the initial stages, and the spacecraft needed to send an astronaut that far into space doesn't even exist yet. But, with a smallish asteroid called Apophis...
NASA okays the polluting of outer space with space station wasteBy Ben Kage, November 23 2006
(NewsTarget) The buildup of unwanted clutter from the International Space station has sparked years of debate, so NASA has finally decided that the best approach is to jettison some of the waste into space.
NASA has a reputation for ingraining responsible waste management into its astronauts and partners in space exploration, and has often noted that celestial jumble is a growing concern. Currently the Earth's orbit is littered with old rockets, satellites, motors, nuts, bolts and other disposable...
 Bush administration pressures Britain to oppose new laws limiting use of toxic chemicals in everyday productsBy Jessica Fraser, November 21 2006
(NewsTarget) A leaked document shows that the British government recently switched positions to oppose a European Union law that would seek to control manufacturers' use of toxic chemicals that cause brain disorders in children, after pressure from the Bush administration.
According to The Independent online, the leaked document reveals that the British government caved to pressure from the Bush administration and successfully led opposition to the EU law that would have forced companies to swap...
Europeans overwhelmingly support restrictions to halt global warmingBy Ben Kage, November 20 2006
(NewsTarget) A Harris Interactive poll carried out in Germany, France, the U.K., Italy and Spain for the Financial Times found that an overwhelmingly large number of Europeans believe humans are contributing to global warming, and would be willing to accept lifestyle restrictions to help control it.
According to the poll, 86 percent of the respondents felt that humans were a direct cause of climate change, and 45 percent believed it could be a threat to them and their families within their lifetimes...
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