Poverty is an issue affecting countries in approximately two thirds of the world we live in, and with increased globalization it is a problem that has ramifications never felt before in the Western world. The question of how to alleviate poverty and suffering in our world is one that has plagued the minds of people […]
Flushing Meadows Park has a long and unusual history. It is located ten miles east of Manhattan on Long Island in the Borough of Queens, New York City, between the towns of Flushing and Corona. The park started out as swampy land situated along Flushing Creek. The area skirted ancient Native American trails that were […]
Hardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination. But there again when it comes to institutional reform and changes to the constitution, the subject matter is hardly guaranteed to instill much enthusiasm.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting constitutional reform on two fronts. There is of course the debate over how to deal […]
The recession is really taking its toll in the US and over here in the UK, every day more and more people are getting further and further in debt. The US and the UK housing markets are spiraling ever downward with house prices dropping on a daily level. The numbers of repossessions are increasing daily […]
On the 15 July, the Florida Public Services Commission granted FPL permission to begin work on three major Solar Power plants across the state.
The first of these projects is ‘The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center’, scheduled for construction at the company’s already existent ‘Martin Plant’ site. It is expected to be operational in 2010, […]
With talk of China’s high rates of pollution dominating headlines in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it is important to remember that sport and the environment can go hand in hand.
In the last year, the Chinese capital has been the subject of much media scrutiny surrounding its environmental and emissions policy. In […]
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology studying satellite date have found that only 1 to 2 percent of forest disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon occured in protected areas, which means that land-use and conservation policies have been successful. Protected areas are 18 times more effective at reducing deforestatio than unprotected areas.
Lead […]
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) international tree planting campaign, “Plant for the Planet:Billion Tree Campaign”, aimed at recovering forests globally has begun garnering support. One nation that has embraced the concept is Cuba, which will plant 135 million trees this year to recover forests in the Caribbean country. National Forest Director Elias Linares Landa said […]
The cerrado, a wooded grassland that once spanned 204 million hectares, half the size of Europe, is quickly being changed into croplands to meet rising demand for soybeans, sugarcane, and cattle.
According to a Brazilian expert on the savannah ecosystem, the cerrado is now disappearing at a breakneck rate, twice that of the Amazon rainforest.
Dr Ricardo […]
What do you think of when you hear the word recession? Ruin? Breadlines? Layoffs? Used cars? Repossessed homes? A mountain of Home Depot coupons? Everyone fears a recession, but believe it or not, a recession does not mean the end of the world as you know it. In fact, economists view a recession as a […]
There was an end of a television era here yesterday as Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, affectionately known in this country as PPDA, made his final broadcast as anchorman on TF1’s prime time news slot.
Think of a news anchor in your own country, someone who has been around for donkeys years and at a certain time of […]
This is a political piece that by its very definition can only be filed under “Strange” on any website.
It concerns last year’s defeated candidate in the French presidential elections, S
So it’s official. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be attending the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing,
After a “productive” 30-minute meeting with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, Sarkozy’s office officially released the news on Wednesday that it had already leaked to the French media last Friday.
To many in France, the news will have […]
The recent conference on global deforestation held in Sydney co hosted by the Australian Ministers for Environment and Foreign Affairs drew a crowd of ministers, officials from all over the world and international development agencies. Preservation of natural forests was proven to be of particular interest, especially when it is largely believed that deforestation contributes […]
He was bored, the poor man. You could see it in his eyes and his body language. Miles away from home in a country he’s not madly keen on, talking the talk and little else with a bunch of other G8 leaders.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, didn’t really enjoy himself at this year’s G8 yak-fest […]
Since the dramatic rescue last week of 15 hostages held by Colombia’s leftist rebel movement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, much of this country’s attention - if not the world’s - has been focused on Ingrid Betancourt.
Finally though one of France’s leading national daily newspapers, Le Figaro, has caught up with reports […]
Sometimes a politician can believe his or her own spin just a little too much that it leaves many onlookers gasping in disbelief and checking their ears to make sure they’ve heard correctly
Such has been the case here in France since Saturday when the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, came up with what surely has to […]
Weird but true, France is being threatened with a
People of a certain generation remember when a neighbor whispered a hot tip into the Graduate’s ear, “Plastics.” That was a reflection of the 1960’s excitement over the material that promised to revolutionize manufacturing, industry and household living.
To a large part, that prediction came true. It’s hard to imagine daily life without plastic. I type […]
One of France’s top news anchors, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, will bid farewell to viewers this summer and be replaced by the darling of the French media, Laurence Ferrari.
PPDA as he is more affectionately known has been a familiar face on prime time news for more than three decades. For Ferrari it marks a return to […]
