Launched in 2008, Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting and debate on global environmental issues. Visit us at http://www.e360.yale.edu
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Yale Environment 360 Prince Charles and 35 nations have agreed to contribute $22 billion to $36 billion to reduce the destruction of tropical forests. http://bit.ly/4FPI8S
Yale Environment 360 Some biologists are challenging the long-held orthodoxy that invasive species are inherently bad for ecosystems. In their view, many introduced species have proven useful - and increased the resiliency of indigenous environments. http://bit.ly/2c1jya
Yale Environment 360 A comprehensive new study documents massive global CO2 increases since 1990 - and says this pace will test the ability of oceans, forests, and soils to absorb the gas. http://bit.ly/UHEga
Yale Environment 360 President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have announced the creation of a joint program to develop clean energy, including a $150 million research center. http://bit.ly/pHa27
Yale Environment 360 Deferral of Copenhagen pact raises hopes for a climate treaty in 2010. http://bit.ly/3tN4by
Yale Environment 360 Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change - Even as climate science becomes more definitive, polls show that public concern declines. Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger look at what it will take to change that. http://bit.ly/ErAjE
Yale Environment 360 The Obama Administration may endorse a scaled-back agreement at Copenhagen, according to a report. http://bit.ly/1zBo16
Yale Environment 360 Plastics are a ubiquitous part of American life, from the diapers our children wear to the cars we drive. But given the proven health threats of some plastics, John Wargo writes, it's time for a national plastics control law. http://bit.ly/34qftC
Yale Environment 360 High levels of BPA, a chemical found in thousands of everyday plastics, may hamper male sexual function. http://bit.ly/37GuFC
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Energy watchdog says that without action at Copenhagen one in six people will still be without electricity by 2030
Yale Environment 360 UK approves construction of 10 new nuclear power stations http://bit.ly/srplT
Yale Environment 360 Australia invests in the world's first utility-scale wave power project http://bit.ly/1qtsa4
Yale Environment 360 Solar Boost: The solar power boom in Germany and Spain has been fueled by government subsidies. But now some U.S. states — led, perhaps surprisingly, by New Jersey — are pioneering a different approach http://bit.ly/1eE3wO
Yale Environment 360 Atlantic fish stocks are moving north as ocean waters get warmer, NOAA study finds http://bit.ly/N1rwU
Yale Environment 360 The Nitrogen Fix: Humankind faces an environmental threat that could be just as devastating as climate change — our addiction to chemical fertilizers. http://bit.ly/x9ZQY
