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Volume 13, No.123, June 2008
CONTENTS


7 A green revolution to protect the green banknote editorial by Najib Saab
16 Twelve steps to kick the CO2 habit (cover story)
24 Iraq war enrages the desert Farouk El-Baz writes about dust storms caused by military activities
28

Green investment brings profit interview with Lorraine Bolsinger, GE's vice president for Ecomaginationr

33 Biting ants

34

Privatizing the water and wastewater sector in Saudi Arabia Veolia Water wins the first contract in Riyadh

36 An environmental strategy for Abu Dhabi
40 Natural disasters in Algeria
42 IFAT 2008 exhibition of water, wastewater and solid wastes technologies in Munich
46 Plants that drink salt applied research in the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture in Dubai
52 Turning poachers into guardians of hornbills story of a Thai laureate of Rolex Awards for Enterprise
58 Nuclear pollution in Iraq: allegation or reality?
62 Nanotech's health and environmental impacts
69 Namibia exports its recyclable wastes

Letters 8 Environment in a month 18 UNEP news 22 New science 74 Environment market 78 Green library 80 Calendar 82