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16.05.2006 Global warming is to blame for the rising numbers of Britons suffering from hay fever, in the first direct impact of climate change on human health in this country.
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Why do some people continue to hold Rachel Carson responsible for millions of malaria deaths, ask John Quiggin and Tim Lambert.
From Prospect magazine
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Malaria] [Agriculture]
The aviation industry is exempt from the Kyoto protocol
A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
From: The Independent
Image: The aviation industry is exempt from the Kyoto protocol
President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian.
From: Center for Global Development
Related topics/regions: [Japan] [United States] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food] [Governance]
Chinese flag in front of Tibet's Potala Palace
The West is projecting not only its own spiritual fantasies on Tibet, but its own economic fears on China, imagining a power struggle quite different from that which has actually happened in Tibet. We have to learn to look at Tibet as it is – and China too, says Slavoj Zizek.
From: Le Monde Diplomatique/ Il Manifesto
Related topics/regions: [Tibet] [China] [Geopolitics]
Image: Chinese flag in front of Tibet's Potala Palace © Tibet Information Network
Banner in Sydney, Australia.
Coca-Cola is looking to make huge profits as one of the three primary sponsors of the Olympic Torch Relay despite flagrant human rights abuses perpetrated by China, writes grassroots activist Amit Srivastava.
From: India Resource Center
Related topics/regions: [China] [Germany] [Tibet] [Business] [Corporations] [Human rights]
Image: Banner in Sydney, Australia. © India Resource Center
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