Growing a greener future? USDA and natural resource conservation.
I. INTRODUCTION There shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human...

Sharing the Planet: Can Humans and Nature Coexist?
The fate of birds, mammals, fish, and other species depends on humans finding ways to reduce the size of their impact on the planet. LIKE THE DINOSAURS 65,000,000 years ago, humanity finds itself in the midst of a mass extinction, a global evolutionary convulsion with few parallels...

Poisoning the big apple. (Pesticides: A Chemical Weapon).
Widespread and indiscriminate pesticide spraying, purportedly for West Nile Virus, began in New York City two years before 9-11. Such spraying is now recommended policy for urban areas throughout the country. Spraying was, and remains, one important but neglected piece in the biological warfare puzzle. Mass spraying...

Green chemistry ensures the bright prospects of the chemical industry.
While promoting the progress of mankind, the development of the chemical industry, we must admit, has also brought with it negative impacts such as environmental damage and the greenhouse effect. Some well known environmental events including the hole in the ozone, white pollution, acid rain and eutrophication of bodies...

Protecting environmentally-sensitive areas and promoting tourism in "the back patio of the United States:" thoughts about shared responsibilities in ecosystem and biodiversity protection.
I. INTRODUCTION II. WHY PROTECTED AREAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (OR ANYWHERE ELSE) MATTER A. What is an Environmental Protection Area? B. Extent of Dominican Biodiversity C. Importance of Protected Areas D. Tourism: Engine of Protection or Destruction? 1. Lack of Economic Diversity 2. Distributional Justice Concerns: Privileged Tourism...

Accident page.
Poison Gas Leakage in Nanjing Shuguang On August 22nd, 2006, poison gas leakage happened at a horizontal trichlorosilane reactor in Nanjing Shuguang Lehvoss Silane Co., Ltd. located in Yuhuatai District of Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The reactor got burnt with chemical gas blowout. Most of the facilities in...

Does privatising water make us sick?
ABSTRACT Water is vital for life and development. It is one of the world's greatest renewable resources and is a natural monopoly essential to health and wellbeing. This paper examines three broad issues pertaining to the ownership and control of drinking water: (1) the transnational privatisation of...

The Biodiversity That People Made.
The intricate genetic diversity of the world's crops is largely a human invention--and it remains essential for human sustenance. The complex landscape of traditional farmland is also a human invention, and it is now essential natural habitat. Traditional farmers really know what they are doing, and there are good...

New pesticide formulation with high effect and low toxicity.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Nanjing University (SCCT) has recently developed DDVP insecticide, a new pesticide formulation with high effect, low toxicity and small pollution. It has been displayed in the Scientific and Technological Innovation Achievements of the university. DDVP has already started commercial production. ...

Environmental scholarship for a new millennium.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM: We are here tonight to celebrate the work accomplished by last year's law review staff and to inspire the new staff members for their work ahead. In the spirit of this occasion I would like to focus my remarks this evening...