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Passing the Buck on Environmental Damage -- ScienceNOW
Humans inflicted $47 trillion worth of damage to the environment from 1961 to 2000, according to a new study, and poor nations are disproportionately footing the bill. Taking their estimates a step further, the researchers conclude that high- and middle-income nations owe poor nations $3.2 trillion for the damage their development has caused.
Biotech groups desert international agriculture project | Guardian
Monsanto, Syngenta and BASF resigned after a draft report from the project highlighted the risks of GM crops and said they could pose problems for the developing world.
2006
Guardian | Humans using resources of two planets, WWF warns
If everyone lived as Britons did, three planets would be needed to sustain the world's population, the group said.
Rare Woodpecker Sends a Town Running for Its Chain Saws - NYT
Over the past six months, landowners here have been clear-cutting thousands of trees to keep them from becoming homes for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
BBC | State sues car firms on climate
The state of California is suing six carmakers for costs associated with their cars' greenhouse gas emissions.
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