Earth Share Organizations 'In the News'
Aid agencies' warning on climate - BBC News
Earth Share of Washington organization - Friends of the Earth
The greenhouse effect could wreck attempts to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty and reverse human progress, campaigners say.
A report by a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat.
The Working Group on Climate Change and Development says industrialised countries must cut carbon emissions massively by mid-century.
They must also help developing nations adapt to climate change, it argues.
A report by the coalition, Up In Smoke, says global warming threatens to make the Millennium Development Goals unattainable.
They are the internationally agreed targets for halving world poverty by 2015. The report says the warming could "even reverse human development achievements".
The coalition's 17 members include ActionAid, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF.
Audubon blames habitat losses for drop in bird populations - San Francisco Chronicle
Earth Share of Washington organization - Audubon
The feathered creatures winging across North America have an obvious gift that land-bound humans lack, but their survival is threatened by earthly concerns.
Almost 30 percent of bird populations on the continent are facing a "significant decline," The National Audubon Society said in its first "The State of the Birds" report Tuesday.
The group studied data from 1966 to 2003 for 654 bird species that live in grasslands, shrublands, forests, waterways and urban settings.
Most dire was the finding that 70 percent of the species in grasslands -- such as the Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, Short-eared owl and Greater Prairie-Chicken -- are doing poorly.
For those in shrublands -- including the Northern Bobwhite, Painted Bunting and Florida Scrub-Jay -- 36 percent of species are not doing well. Among forests, a quarter of bird species are declining; for urban areas, 23 percent; wetlands, 13 percent.
What's cost of reducing mercury? About a cup of coffee, group says - The Sun Herald
Earth Share of Washington organization - National Wildlife Federation
Electric utilities could dramatically reduce mercury emissions from power plants for the price of a cup of coffee per household each month, a study released Tuesday concludes.
The study by the National Wildlife Federation contradicts assertions by the electricity and coal industries that requiring coal-fired power plants to sharply reduce mercury emissions would increase electric rates and hurt the economy.
