It helped raise public awareness of the dangerous use of chemicals to kill insects and the pollution of the environment.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

Ships no longer in use contain dangerous materials which can be released into the environment when they are taken apart.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects including equality, responsibility and protecting the environment.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Since November,the Hussins have met Americans living in eco-villages, where people share values and responsibility in caring for the environment.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

The group teaches local communities how to manage their resources in ways that help them economically and protect the environment.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

He says changes to the ice cover also affect Arctic wildlife and people who depend on the local environment.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

He suggested that individual organisms changed in reaction to their environment and passed on these traits to the next generation.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Many of the new parents moved to homes in the new suburbs built outside the urban environment of cities.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

She says that Earth Day is still very much about activism and fighting for the environment on a local level.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

"In general,we find that genetically engineered crops have had fewer adverse effects on the environment than non-GE crops produced conventionally."

VOA: special.2010.04.27

It may look like a natural environment of lakes and woodlands, but it was entirely built by human labor.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

They were part of the city's Green Summer Job Corps, a project of the District Department of the Environment.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Project Green Search is looking for young women who are also concerned about the environment, animal welfare,fair trade and human rights.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

"Spending a number of hours together in that kind of environment,I think, can only help improve the chances of bipartisan cooperation.

VOA: special.2011.06.18