Court orders Paris car-share scheme Autolib' to change name
03/07/2012 - FRANCE

Court orders Paris car-share scheme Autolib' to change name

Just as it was beginning to pick up pace, the French capital’s much vaunted car-sharing scheme, known as Autolib’, has hit a bump in the road after a Paris court ruled that its name must be changed because it breaches trademark laws.
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Pesticides: used and abused
01/07/2012 - ENVIRONMENT

Pesticides: used and abused

Since the 1950s the use of pesticides has increased fifty-fold. While these pest-killing chemicals have helped produce better quality crops and larger yields, they’ve also been associated with a wide range of undesirable side-effects.
Beloved giant tortoise 'Lonesome George' dies
25/06/2012 - ENVIRONMENT

Beloved giant tortoise 'Lonesome George' dies

Lonesome George, the last remaining giant tortoise of his kind, was found dead on Sunday, officials at the Galapagos National Park said Sunday. The giant tortoise was thought to be about 100 years old and had become a symbol of endangered species.
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Rio+20: The Future We Want
23/06/2012 - ENVIRONMENT

Rio+20: The Future We Want

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro has just hosted the largest ever international sustainability summit. Rio+20 marks two decades since the Rio Earth Summit put sustainable development high up on the global agenda for the first time. How far have we come since 1992, and how far do we still have to go?
Rio summit ends with 'meaningless' agreement
23/06/2012 - ENVIRONMENT

Rio summit ends with 'meaningless' agreement

The Rio development summit ended Friday with world leaders signing an agreement that many critics have slammed as too weak to solve the world's pressing environmental concerns.
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Critics label Rio summit a 'failure'
22/06/2012 - ENVIRONMENT

Critics label Rio summit a 'failure'

With the global summit on the environment in Rio wrapping up Friday, a 53-page statement was issued outlining an action plan. However, critics lined up to complain about the lack of concrete measures agreed on.
Rio Earth Summit opens under shower of criticism
21/06/2012 - Rio+20 summit

Rio Earth Summit opens under shower of criticism

Thousands of activists staged a protest in Brazil on Thursday against the UN's Rio+20 summit, where world leaders are discussing measures to reduce poverty and protect the environment. Greenpeace has called the summit "an epic failure".
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Proud to be an American
20/06/2012 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Proud to be an American

Immigration migrates onto the US presidential election agenda. As Barack Obama vows to help young illegal migrants, we've been to meet some newly-naturalized citizens being wooed by politicians. Next, the Rio+20 conference is on. But as heads of state try to make our lives more sustainable, the host country's accused of being two-faced over building projects in the Amazon.
Rio Earth Summit opens with 'weak' blueprint
20/06/2012 - Rio+20 summit

Rio Earth Summit opens with 'weak' blueprint

World leaders at the UN's RIO+20 summit on sustainable development in Brazil are set to endorse an action plan for reducing poverty and protecting the environment that critics have called "disappointing" and "weak", as the summit opens Wednesday.
Brazil: Jardim Gramacho, Rio’s wasteland
19/06/2012 - PLANET HOPE

Brazil: Jardim Gramacho, Rio’s wasteland

Jardim Gramacho, on the edge of Rio de Janeiro, is the largest landfill in Latin America. But with the UN Summit on Sustainable Development coming to town, it's finally shutting down after 30 years. That means the end of an era for thousands of "catadores" who make their living sorting through the trash - they’ll have to move on. But its closure heralds the dawn of a new age in Rio: separating garbage and recycling it.
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