But biotech critic Jeremy Rifkin said the company was still missing the point. Genetic engineering creates some serious potential environmental and health problems. In Botswana, fences erected to cordon off areas for cattle are leading to the deaths of wild animals. Wars in central Africa have created hundreds of thousands of refugees who contribute to environmental degradation when they cultivate land and chop down trees to meet their basic needs. A series of articles and photos this week in Newsday examines these and many other environmental challenges in Africa.
Sprawl is big news in the fast-growing Denver area.
A new Environmental Defense report sheds light on the issue by looking at key factors such as land use, transportation, jobs and housing in the region. Some of the world's largest corporations have joined forces with Environmental Defense to fight climate change. The new Partnership for Climate Action, which includes BP, DuPont, and five other major corporations, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in efficient and cost-effective ways. This is the first time that such a wide cross-section of industries has worked with a major environmental organization to dramatically reduce global pollution.