Since 1993, a group of Ecuadorans had been pursuing an apparently fruitless legal struggle to hold Texaco responsible for environmentaldestruction in the Oriente.
In other green design news, artist Michael Jantzen has released designs for a solar-powered seed-sowing machine that would plant flowers at sites of environmentaldestruction.
In these cases, pollution or environmentaldestruction is the result of an unnatural and reductionist vision which at times leads to a genuine contempt for man.
As an environmental consultant I am deeply concerned that the lack of a proper planning process will result in direct destruction to important environmental features such as bat roosts, which can often be found in residential properties being extended.
We had mentioned that tourism will take a serious hit in Africa if global warming was to continue its steady destruction of our environmental heritage.
Environmental groups have long complained that the WTO speeds the destruction of the world's forests and other resources by pressing its member nations to throw open their markets to increased trade.