Pollution

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump bombed at the G7 summit in Italy. Despite an “intense” discussion with Germany, France and the others, who made it clear as sunshine that they wanted the US to meet its Paris Climate obligations, Trump refused to join in the issuance of a joint statement […]

Climate Change

CO2 putting Oceans on verge of Oxygen Starvation for next Million Years

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University of Exeter | – – Scientists believe the modern ocean is “on the edge of anoxia” – and the Exeter researchers say it is “critical” to limit carbon emissions to prevent this. The depletion of oxygen in the oceans is known as “anoxia”, and scientists from the University of Exeter have been studying how […]

Environment

Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed

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TeleSur | – – Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, the Dakota Access Pipeline has already suffered its first leak. The April 6 leak, only uncovered this week by local South Dakota outlet Aberdeen News, saw 84 gallons of crude […]

Climate Change

Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board

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Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks) | (Video Report) | – – “Scott Pruitt has let go of scientists and replaced them with industry types. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down: “The Environmental Protection Agency has “eviscerated” a key scientific review board by removing half its members and seeking […]

Climate Change

China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way

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By Oscar Reyes | (Otherwords.org) | – – States that invest in renewables are reaping the rewards. Those that stick to coal are faltering. When you’re in a hole, it’s usually best to stop digging. But when President Trump told supporters at his 100th day rally in Pennsylvania that “we are putting our coal miners […]

Donald Trump

Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future

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By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of sister marches around the country — one question will no doubt be foremost on their minds: How can a march, or indeed any […]

Climate Change

100 Days: How much Damage has Trump already done to the Earth?

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By Martin Khor | (Inter Press Service) | – – PENANG (IPS) – This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It’s time to assess his impact on the world, especially the developing countries. It’s too early to form firm conclusions. But much of what we have seen so far […]

Climate Change

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

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By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | – – “If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state].” At its best, government saves the environment from polluters, prevents companies from exploiting consumers, safeguards individuals against invidious discrimination and other forms of injustice, […]

Acidification of Oceans

Donald Trump: Global Ecocide

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By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into ecocide? In Pittsburgh, where I worked for two months in 1986, I breathed clean air. The steel mills along the rivers leading into […]