03/10/2008 TO Enviro-news

Carbon Output Must Near Zero to Avert Danger
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EA.shtml
The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin reports: "The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating that it would require the world to cease carbon emissions altogether within a matter of decades."

Vatican Calls Pollution a "New Sin"
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EB.shtml
>From Philip Pullella, Reuters: "Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of 'new' sins such as causing environmental blight."

Go Green, Save the Indigenous
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008EC.shtml
Tarjei Kidd Olsen of Inter Press Service writes: "African indigenous peoples are important custodians of their natural environments with valuable local knowledge and skills, but are struggling to survive, according to a report."

Part-Time Professors Organizing Unions
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008LA.shtml
Writing for Labor Notes, Paul Abowd says, "One at a time, the teachers came out of the sub-zero January cold and into the lobby of Wayne State University's McGregor Hall in Detroit. By the time the board of governors meeting began - where the teachers had three minutes total to detail their concerns - they were together in force."

Petroleum Feeds Patriarchy
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031008LB.shtml
Shankar Vedantam of The Washington Post reports: "Our gas-guzzling ways have long been associated with a variety of problems, but disturbing evidence now points to a new dimension of our love affair with petroleum: Oil consumption and high oil prices hurt the political, social and economic development of millions of women in oil-producing nations."