Environment

Even before the fairly recent discovery of global warming people were beginning to become more conscious of their impact on the environment.

I am now on Day Ten of my personal Big Quit from the cigarettes - double figures! I know it is only a small milestone on the road to me being able to confidently say that I am now a non-smoker, but if you had asked me a month ago what it would be like to go ten days without a fag and I would have said it would be "like hell."

Discarded appliances such as the stove are better off being carried away by a junk hauler because more material will be recycled. Subsequently less junk is thrown away in the dump.

Tropical storm Washi struck the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines on Friday night, blanketing the area with heavy rain and high winds. Flash floods and landslides washed away entire houses with families inside in dozens of coastal villages in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. According to Philippine Red Cross, most of the victims are children and women. The death roll continues to increase whereas Philippine residents try their best to recover from the strong storm. More than 600 people have been pronounced dead and hundreds are missing. Thousands of people are homeless in the wake of the storm. Although every year the Philippines is hit by 20 typhoons, the Mindanao region rarely gets severe storms.

According to American Lung Association’s recent report 2011 State of Air, over half the country’s population live in areas where air pollution levels are often dangerous to breathe. It’s time to check the World Health Organization’s rankings and find out America’s most polluted cities.

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Building green, affordable houses, owning hybrid cars, using reusable bags and water bottles, and designing earth-friendly clothing lines are effective ways some Hollywood celebrities save Mother Earth.

Tropical Storm Irene was downgraded from a hurricane which headed to New York on Sunday killed at least 18 people and caused extensive damage.