World Watch articles from January 2001

World Watch archives from January 2001

The Second Generation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Late last year, I was selected by the Worldwatch Board of Directors to be the Institute's second president. I am honored by the Board's decision and by the responsibility that it represents: to take this unique institute into a second...

Celts and Californians: Invaders of the World.
January 1, 2001... Historically, one of the things our species has feared most, short of death itself, is invasion. For millennia, that meant the prospect of being overrun by hordes of other humans bent on pillage, abduction, and confiscation of land. That fear...

FROM READERS.
January 1, 2001... Is Our Outlook For Solar Energy Too Sanguine? Although this letter is several months late, I would like to raise important questions about Chris Flavin's short essay, "Energy for a New Century," in the Earth Day 2000 issue. The essay (and,...

Corrections.
January 1, 2001... In "The Hydrogen Experiment," November/December 2000, the map of Iceland was used with permission from Landmaelingar Islands in Akranes, Iceland. Also, a hydrogen fueling station exists at Germany's Munich airport, not the airport in Frankfurt,...

Scientists clone endangered species.
January 1, 2001... * Scientists clone endangered species: In October 2000, scientists with the Massachusetts-based biotech firm Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) announced that they had successfully produced the first clone of an endangered species, a humpbacked,...

Evidence of global extinction crisis builds.
January 1, 2001... * Evidence of global extinction crisis builds: On September 28, 2000, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) released an update of its Red List of Threatened Species, further documenting the acceleration of biodiversity loss. The 2000 survey found...

Study finds modern farming is costly.(impact on environment)
January 1, 2001... * Study finds modern farming is costly: A new study by an international team of economists, ecologists, and agricultural scientists finds that the benefits farmers reap from employing modern agricultural techniques are eroded by the costs of...

Japan defies an IWC request to stop expansion of its whale harvest.(International Whaling Commission)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Japan defies an IWC request to stop expansion of its whale harvest: In September 2000 the Japanese government announced that Japanese "researchers" had harvested 43 Bryde whales and 5 sperm whales. In past years, the country's ships have...

Peddling bikes in South Africa.(Afribike)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Peddling bikes in South Africa: In an effort to provide communities with much needed transportation options, South Africa-based Afribike last year launched several "bike aid franchises" to promote and maintain bicycling. For decades,...

Leaked report says climate scientists now see higher projected temperatures.(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revises forecast)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Leaked report says climate scientists now see higher projected temperatures: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made two momentous revisions in its forecasts of global warming, according to a summary report that was...

AIDS Has Arrived in India and China.(speculation on an AIDS pandemic)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... How will the world's two most populous countries cope with the pandemic? In 1348, the Black Death arrived in Europe from its probable home in Central Asia, and over the next couple of years it is believed to have killed 25 million people....

Connection and Disconnection.
January 1, 2001... Average number of people who tuned in to watch George W. Bush and Al Gore speak about their candidacies for U.S. president on the Fox TV network between 8 and 9 p.m. on October 27 2.9 million Number who tuned in to watch Martin Sheen...

Going to Work for Wind Power.
January 1, 2001... The renewable energy of the future is already beginning to generate new jobs to replace the ones that are disappearing in the older energy sectors. This is not your grandfather's windmill Think of the Netherlands, and what may come to...

LIBERATING THE RIVERS: All the Wild Rivers.(three articles included; environmental effects of dams)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... In the United States, the number of dams being torn down now outnumbers those being built. Elsewhere as well, people are having second thoughts about the great 20th-century enthusiasm for controlling arid harnessing rivers. In 1966, Floyd...