World Watch articles from November 2000

World Watch archives from November 2000

Setting the Cheez Whiz Standard.(call for cheese pasteurization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... When French farmer lose Bove drove his tractor into a newly built McDonald's to protest corporate disregard for local and traditional dietary preferences, he hadn't anticipated the most recent challenge to small-scale farmers. While Bove has...

Public Radio: In-depth ... or Head-in-Sand?(farming communities in Canada)
November 1, 2000... On August 4, I tuned in to the public radio program "Marketplace," just in time to hear a report on the decline of farming communities in Canada. The report noted that small farms have been going out of business across the continent, but it...

THE MELTING OF THE WORLD'S ICE.(effects of polar and mountain ice melting)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... In the past century, much of the world's polar and mountain ice has melted, and in the past few decades the melting has accelerated. Ice is essential to global climatic and ecological stability, and as the ice turns to water, several major...

FROM READERS.
November 1, 2000... Romantically Revanchist Nattering Nabobs Wendell Berry says that we live in "an era of sentimental economics, and consequently, of sentimental politics" ("A Return to the Local," September/October). Oh, yes, indeed, and in spades....

Correction.
November 1, 2000... In the September/October issue's article by Brian Halweil, on the global decline of small farm communities ("Where Have All the Farmers Gone?"), we included five photos but the credit appeared in only one place--and may have been hard for...

Paying a Price for Democracy.
November 1, 2000... Amount bid (as of August 25) on the Internet auction eBay for the vote of one U.S. citizen who had put his ballot up for sale to protest corporate influence in politics more than $10,000 Amount that the American Gas Association, the...

Mortgages aim to inhibit sprawl.(Location Efficient Mortgage lending program)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... * Mortgages aim to inhibit sprawl: In an effort to reduce urban sprawl, air pollution, and other negative urban transportation impacts, the U.S. lending company Fannie Mae has introduced a program to provide more substantial mortgages to...

U.S. and Japan sink emissions reductions plans.("carbon sinks" loophole in 1997 Kyoto Protocol)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... The U.S. State Department report calculated that each year the nation's forests, crops, and rangelands take in 310 million metric tons of [CO.sub.2] from the atmosphere, an amount that, if credited, could nearly halve the emissions cuts needed...

Cultivating biotech trees.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... * Cultivating biotech trees: While the spread of genetically modified crops has raised concerns around the world, research into biotech trees has increased exponentially in the last few years with little attention, according to separate reports...

The Hydrogen Experiment.(Reykjavik, Iceland's hydrogen economy)
November 1, 2000... In Reykjavik, Iceland, scientists, politicians, and business leaders have conspired to put into motion a grand experiment that may end the country's--and the world's--reliance on fossil fuels forever. The island has committed to becoming the...

The Oceans Are Coming Ashore.
November 1, 2000... Wilson Vailoces stands knee deep in mud as he inspects his prized stand of red mangrove trees--trees that he planted himself over a decade ago on the tidal flats in front of his house. Vailoces lives just north of Bais Bay on the southeast...

Ice Breaker.
November 1, 2000... The rapid and unexpected breakup of the Arctic icecap may help break the icejam at critical climate negotiations in the Hague this November. But the equally dramatic collapse of the coal market in China may turn out to be an even more effective...