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- Fossil fuels, transport, and public health. Haines, Andy; McMichael, Tony; Anderson, Ross; Houghton, John // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);11/11/2000, Vol. 321 Issue 7270, p1168
Editorial. Examines the environmental and public health impact of Great Britain's dependence upon fossil fuels. Potential adverse effects of modern transportation on health; Relationship between the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity and the decline in the number of children who walk...
- OIL: Over a barrel. // Marketing Week (01419285);8/28/2008, Vol. 31 Issue 35, p12
In this article the author discusses the impact of increase demand and supply shortages of oil as a factor on the oil price increase in Great Britain. It explores an analysis that the high prices of crude barrels can create severe damage to the world economy. However, the decline in oil prices...
- Accenture Study: Consumers Want Governments Addressing Climate Change. // Sustainable Brands Weekly;3/18/2010, p7
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- An idea that won't end up all wet. Winston, Paul D. // Business Insurance;09/18/2000, Vol. 34 Issue 38, p49
States that residents of European lowlands and coastal cities have been doing the most protesting against the high cost of gasoline taxes due to environmental reasons. Impact on coastal cities by rising sea levels which can be triggered by burning fossil fuels; Scientists' discovery that the...
- It's time to break the fossil fuel habit. Schmookler, Andrew Bard // Christian Science Monitor;10/6/97, Vol. 89 Issue 218, p19
Opinion. Discusses the so-called profligate consumption of fossil fuels in the world in the late 1990s. The danger to the atmosphere and the environment of spewing gasses into the atmosphere; The relative certainty about the problem of global warming; The economic and political power held by...
- Global Environmental Snapshot. // Marshall Islands Country Review;2011, p166
The article offers information on worldwide environmental conditions including soil degradation and depleted forests in Africa, loss of natural forest and increased usage of fossil fuel in Asia and the Pacific, and chlorofluorocarbon emissions and overexploitation of groundwater in Europe.
- CO[sub 2] Chlorofluorocarbons. // Monkeyshines on America;Nov99 Alternative Energy Sources, p11
Reports that fossil fuels release gases called chlorofluorocarbons. Effect of such gases on the ozone layer; Health problems related to exposure to too much ultraviolet radiation.
- `Slitting the economy's throat.' Koch, George // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;10/21/96, Vol. 23 Issue 45, p23
Describes how environmental groups in Canada have been pressuring the government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien for a carbon tax on fossil fuel production. Aim of the green campaign to force large-scale reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide; Rejection by federal Natural Resources Minister...
- Just say `less' to fossil fuels. // Science World;4/15/94, Vol. 50 Issue 13, p23
Focuses on the effects of the burning of fossil fuels on the environment. Global warming; Appeal to cut on carbon dioxide emission by cutting fuel consumption; Chart illustrating common activities and the amount of Energy Saving Units (ESU) per hour of abstinence.
