ATTENTION: WRITERS COVERING
GLOBAL POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
COVERAGE:
[Note: Some of these links expire after two weeks.]
August 29:
Associated Press: U.N. Summit Discusses the Difficulty Women Farmers Face
Los Angeles Times: Indoor Stoves Killing Millions in Third World, WHO Says
August 28:
Associated Press: World Summit Focuses on Fresh Water
Reuters: Youngsters challenge Earth Summit sceptics
Reuters: Earth Summit delegates clash over renewable
energy 
August 27:
Los Angeles Times: Weak
U.S. Role on Pollution
Newsday (NY): Bush Is Already at War - Against Women
Washington Post: Divergent Agendas at Summit
August 26:
Baltimore Sun (MD): World Aid Through Science
Boston Globe: Let's Hear It for This Year's Heavies
New York Times: Linking Poverty Aid to the Environment
Time: The Challenges We Face
August 25:
Chicago Tribune: Outlook dim for Earth Summit
New York Times: In
Race to Tap the Euphrates, the Upper Hand Is Upstream
San Francisco Chronicle: Staying Alive on a Small Planet
August 23:
Associated Press: Brazil creates world's largest tropical
national park
Reuters: China readying to adopt climate change treaty
August 22:
Associated Press: Bush to propose easing logging restrictions
to lessen threat of wildfires
The Guardian (London): Shackles
of Poverty: Population
The Guardian (London): The
Quest to Grow without Grime
The Guardian (London): Blue
Gold: Earth’s Liquid Asset
Reuters: Higher food prices forecast as drought bites
Reuters: Earth Summit documents lack bite, experts say
August 21:
Associated Press: International gathering of judges
discuss role of the courts in upholding environmental laws
Kansas City Star (MO): Environmental
Problems Need Bush's Attention
Reuters: Bush scorned for skipping Earth
Summit
August 20:
New York Times: Forget Nature. Even Eden Is Engineered.
New York Times: Population Growth by 2025
New York Times: Economic Interests Keep Drive for Renewable Energy
Stuck in Neutral
New York Times: Experts Scale Back Estimates of World Population
Growth
New York Times: On an Altered Planet, New Diseases Emerge as Old
Ones Re-emerge
New York Times: Learning to Live With Logging and (Gasp!) Even
Liking It
New York Times: As Alien
Invaders Proliferate, Conservationists Change Their Focus
Reuters: WWF Says Africa Under Threat from Carbon
Pollution
August 19:
Associated Press: UNICEF
chief calls for greater international help in southern Africa's food crisis
Reuters: Asia Braces for More Rain After Weekend Floods
Reuters: U.N.
Environment Boss Sees Earth Summit Deal
August 16:
Environment News Service: Republicans
Pressure Bush to Snub World Summit
Environment News Service: Top Judges to
Fortify Environmental Law Enforcement
Reuters: Ten years on, the Rio "circus"
heads for South Africa
San Francisco Chronicle: Dirty Water Puts Millions at Risk for Fatal Illnesses
August 15:
Associated Press: Conservatives praise Bush for opting out of
U.N. Earth Summit
Environment News Service: World Summit -
We're Ready!
August 14:
Associated Press: U.N. Report
Paints Gloomy Picture of Planet
Environment News Service: Global Warming Threatens
Ocean Ecosystems
Financial Times: How
to Save the World in Johannesburg
August 13:
Associated Press: U.N. environmental chief calls for action to
prevent global water crisis 
Environment News Service: North American
Success Comes at Global Expense
Reuters: Asian smog impact needs 5 years study, says U.N.
body chief 
Reuters: Study finds rainforest loss slower than
thought 
Science Matters: AIDS crisis needs more than talk
August 12:
Environmental News Service: Soot, Particles, Aerosols:
an Asian Brown Cocktail
Reuters: Asian
Smog Cloud Threatens Millions, Says U.N.
August 11:
Associated Press: Water
Aid for Bangladesh
Environment News Service: Humanity Loses
$250 Billion a Year in Wild Habitat
August 9:
Atlanta Journal and Constitution (GA): Environmental damage price tag put at $250 billion
August 8:
Reuters: South Africa Leads Way in Provision of Water
Reuters: U.S. Pledges Increased Aid for Global Green
Fund 
August 7:
Associated Press: Mahathir dares Singapore to stop buying water
from Malaysia
Environment News Service: Global Warming is
Changing Tropical Forests
August 6:
Reuters: U.N. warns against feasts in midst of famine
Reuters: Floods turn Bangladeshi farmers into nomads
August 5:
Environmental News Service: Britain Sets Tough
New Targets for Cleaner Air
August 2:
Reuters: Urban jungles to test U.N. resolve at summit
Reuters: U.S. Senate Democrats attack Bush
environmental record
August 1:
Environmental News Service: UN Atlas of
Biodiversity Maps Human Impact
July 31:
Environmental News Service: Hundreds Die in
Asia Floods, Millions Homeless
Reuters: Political Climate Cools for Fight on Global
Warming
Reuters: Cambodia Passes Long-Awaited Law to Curb
Logging
July 30:
Associated Press: WHO Says Dengue Fever Risk Raised by Poor
Water Supply and Trash Disposal
Reuters: Envoy Says Earth Summit Back from the Brink
July 29:
National Public Radio: Spinning
the Environment
July 26:
Associated Press: Nigerian
Women End Protests at ChevronTexaco Facilities
July 17:
The Guardian (London): Last Gasp
July 9:
World Wildlife Fund: Humanity’s
Footprint Is Crushing the Earth
June 25:
Associated Press: Flow
of Aid, Water Dry Up in Haiti
June 21:
Wall Street Journal: Warmer
Climate Is Linked To Global Rise in Epidemics
June 17:
Associated Press: Environmental Experts Hope for Concrete Action and a Clear
Message from Summit in Johannesburg
The Independent (London): Water, Water Everywhere, But...
June 15:
BMJ: Lack of Progress at Summit
Spells Disaster for Poor Countries
June 12:
The Guardian: Death
of a Close Relative: The Threat to Chimps Is also a Problem for Man
June 7:
Reuters: Global
Water 'Crisis' High on Earth Summit Agenda
June 6:
Associated Press: Pressure
Mounts on United States to Compromise in Bali Talks
June 5:
Associated Press: U.N.
Unveils Web-Based Oceans Atlas
New York Times: Japan
Ratifies Global Warming Pact, and Urges U.S. Backing
Reuters: U.N.
Urges Governments to Finish Earth Summit Plan
June 4:
MSNBC: White House Makes Second U-Turn on Global Warming
June 3:
Reuters: Negotiators
Try to Wrap Up Earth Summit Plan
Spring 2002:
Brookings Review: Climate
Change after Kyoto
May 24:
New York Times: Water
Crisis Grows Into a Test of U.S.-Mexico Relations
May 23:
New York Times: U.N.
Predicts More Harm to Environment by 2032
May 15:
Associated Press: China to Restore Lost Forest Cover
April 22:
Reuters: US
Senate Marks Earth Day with Global Warming Debate
April 17:
Women's Enews: The Environment Is a
Women's Issue
April 16:
Environmental News Network: Netherlands' Crown Prince Opens Conference on Scarce Water
Resources
March 24:
Reuters: World's Water Fails to Slake Its Rising Thirst
March 23:
The Guardian (UK): Disease Stalks the Megacities and Filthy
Water Poisons the People of Dhaka's Festering Slums
March 7:
Environmental News Network: The Sky Is
Falling! The Sky Is Falling!
January 30, 2002:
Associated
Press: Senators, EPA, Energy Dept. at
odds over air pollution, global warming
October 26:
Independent (London): When
Millions Walk the Planet
October 21:
Washington Post: War
Effort Pushes ‘Green’ Issues Aside
October 11:
Africa News: Expert Mourns
Disappearance of Forests
Associated
Press: Starvation
Threatens Indian Poor
October 10:
The Guardian (London):
On
the Pakistani-Afghan Border, Drought Is a Constant Threat
October 9:
Associated Press: Poverty Drives
Venezuelan Indians into Cities
October 8:
US World
& News Report: For
Afghan Civilians, Fear and the Pangs of Hunger
Washington Post: U.S.
Planes Drop Food in Afghanistan
October 7:
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer: Congressional Funding of Family
Planning a Key to a Sustainable World
October
5:
New York Times: Bush Wants
$320 Million in Provisions for Afghans
October 4:
Washington Post: U.S.
May Boost Aid to Afghans
October 3:
Des
Moines Register: Conference
To Focus on Food Supply
Financial
Times: New
Farming Techniques Could 'Cut Food Crises in South Asia'
October 2:
Associated
Press: Southern Africa Faces Worst Food Shortages in Nearly a Decade
Boston Globe: World
Bank Sees New Peril for Third World
Chicago
Tribune: Isolated
Land Caught in Crosshairs; Latest Threat Lost on Rural Poor
Financial
Times: Six Weeks To Avert
Disaster, Says UN Afghan Relief Effort
October 1:
Des Moines Register: Terror and
Food Supplies
September 28:
Africa News: Output Drops By 50
Percent Due to Aids
September 27:
Africa News: Water Emergency in
Drought-Hit Areas
September 25:
Financial Times: A
Powerful Weapon: Food
September 20:
Associated Press: Rare
Drought in Tropical Sri Lanka
September 19:
Africa News: UNDP Launches Environment
And Energy Trust Funds
September 18:
New York Times: Drought
Chokes Off Iran's Water and Its Economy
September 17:
Washington Times: Drought Starving
Central America
September 4:
Africa News: Biotechnology Holds Key
to Food Security in Africa
Business Recorder: World
To Face Major Water Shortage by 2025
Washington Post: Big
Rise in Hunger Projected for Africa; Report Stresses Need for Massive
Investment
September 3:
Agence France Press: Indian Court Takes States To Task for
Letting Millions Go Hungry
August 31:
Agence France Presse: Indian Government To Introduce Laws
To Check Starvation Amid Surplus
August 29:
Los Angeles Times: Malnutrition
in Children Will Ease, Study Says
August 28:
Associated Press: Child Malnutrition
Worldwide Dropping, but Not Fast Enough Report Says
Inter Press Service: Gloomy Outlook for World’s
Malnourished
Reuters: Fewer Hungry
Children in World by 2020 - Report
United Press International:
Water’s Increasing Currency
August 22:
United Press International: Droughts Give Taste of Global Water Crisis
August 21:
Africa News: Population
Explosion Affects Provision of Safe Water
Reuters: Shell Studies Energy Brick
for Africa
August 16:
Rocky Mountain News: If
Water Can Start a War, Can It Also Secure Peace?
August 14:
Financial Times: Low
Water and Billions
Face Threat of Water Shortage
The Independent: Scientists Search for
a Way to Avery World Water Crisis
Los Angeles Times: Report
Predicts Thirstier World
