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World Watch articles from July 1998
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World Watch archives from July 1998
Eco-isolationism. (US' hesitance to sign environmental treaties)(Editorial)
July 1, 1998... When a last-minute deal was struck in last December's contentious Kyoto climate change talks, environmentalists initially breathed a sigh of relief. But it soon became clear that celebration was premature. With the ink not yet dry on the Kyoto...
Green power spreads to California. (electricity derived from cleaner energy sources)
July 1, 1998... Two years after the state of New Hampshire began the first U.S. experiment with allowing citizens to choose their electricity supplier (See "Power of Choice," September/October 1997), the next big test for greenpower marketing has begun. On March...
Antarctic ice shelf crumbling.
July 1, 1998... The Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen B ice shelf retreated past its historical minimum in March 1998 when a 200 square kilometer block of ice collapsed into the sea. Scientists believe the ongoing loss of such massive quantities of ice has...
Plants in peril. (World Conservation Union's 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants)
July 1, 1998... At least one in eight of the world's known vascular plant species is under threat of extinction, according to the World Conservation Union's new 7-pound, 800-page 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.
The report, released on April 8, 1998,...
China's water shortage could shake world food security. (includes related article on the issue of global food security)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1998... An abrupt decline in the supply of irrigation water to China's farmers has aroused growing concern in the world's capitals.
An unexpectedly abrupt decline in the supply of water for China's farmers poses a rising threat to world food security....
An epidemic of guns. (proliferation of guns in civilian societies)(includes related article on arms manufacturers' new target market)
July 1, 1998... The world is being flooded by small arms, many of them left over from past wars. But as wars end, the deadly work of guns isn't going away. Killing more people than all the tanks, missiles, bombs, and fighter planes on Earth, these easy-to-buy,...
What does India want?
July 1, 1998... The government in New Delhi sent a defiant message when it began setting off nuclear bombs in May. But hundreds of millions of Indians, if they had a voice, might have sent a very different message. The threat they feel most acutely - the...