ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The United States Responds to Asia-Pacific Disasters
November 12, 2009 Following a series of devastating natural disasters that hit the Asia-Pacific region in the past two months, the United States has responded with over $34.5 million in comprehensive assistance for disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction. Recent US disaster relief for the Asia-Pacific region includes ...
President Obama Challenges United Nations to “New Era of Engagement”
September 23, 2009 Washington — The interests of the world’s peoples are shared, more than at any point in human history, and the international community must embrace “a new era of engagement” to confront pressing challenges such as nuclear proliferation, climate change and economic crisis, President Obama told the United Nations General Assembly.
President Obama UN Climate Change Speech
September 22, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our generation's response to this challenge ...
International Partners Reduce Methane Greenhouse Gas Emissions
December 2, 2008 Washington — A new report from an international public-private partnership formed in 2004 to reduce industrial and agricultural emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane details the success of U.S.-supported projects among partnership accomplishments. According to the third annual report, The U.S. Government’s Methane to Markets Partnership ..
Water Projects Worldwide Benefit from U.S. Expertise, Funding
September 4, 2008 Littleton, Colorado – Conflicts over water supplies strike at the heart of what people and wildlife need to survive, as in Africa, where Kenyan subsistence farmers compete for limited water with world-renowned Tanzanian wildlife reserves. Globally, water disputes between countries and between the powerful and the powerless create complex ...
2008 World Water Week Highlights Water-Related Challenges
September 4, 2008 Littleton, Colorado – U.S. experts and water specialists from more than 140 countries met August 17 to 23 in Stockholm, Sweden, at the 2008 World Water Week conference to lend momentum to solving water-related problems that cause millions of deaths each year. Increasing access to adequate sanitation was the conference theme for the 2,400 ...
EPA Releases Report on Climate Change and Health
July 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C. - July 17, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems," also identifies ...
Climate Change
