By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) – As heads of state and government of the G7 states prepare for their Jun. 7-8 summit in Germany, Oxfam has released a new report titled Let Them Eat Coal which they may find hard to digest. According to the […]
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Pollution
It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists
By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | – National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes are occurring, such as an increasing incidence of heat waves, heavy downpours and rising sea levels. In its Fifth Assessment Report in 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found […]
Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)
Euractiv | – – Forcible displacements, thousands of deaths and harmful CO2 emissions – the “2015 Coal Atlas”, published by Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, shows some of the devastating effects of coal power, calling on the EU to stand up to energy corporations. EurActiv Germany reports. Every year, coal-fired power plants pump 15.5 billion tonnes […]
Now Jeb Bush thinks Scientists are Arrogant for Discovering Climate Change
John Iadarola and Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks) | (Video) – “A few weeks back we gave Jeb Bush credit for admitting that climate change is actually a fact. Well today we get to take that back. Bush expanded on his original thought and it got a little bit less thoughtful. John Iadarola (Think […]
Solar, Wind don’t do this: 21,000 Gallons of Oil Stain Santa Barbara, CA Coastline
By Nicholas Sirianno | (Mountain Weekly News) — About 25 miles north of Santa Barbara, CA Refugio State Beach, a quiet white-sand surf and popular family beach, turned black this morning from a crude oil spill that occurred Tuesday afternoon. The reported cause of the spill is a ruptured pipeline owned by the Houston,TX based […]
Seattle Activists, Native Americans Kayak to Protest Shell Arctic Drilling
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | — Kayaks began lining up on the shores of Seattle’s Elliot Bay early Saturday morning in preparation for the sHell No! “flotilla rally,” organized by social and environmental justice groups in opposition to Shell Oil’s plans to drill for fossil fuels in fragile Arctic waters. Tweets about […]
Obama greenlights Shell’s Arctic drilling, tarnishing his climate legacy
The Tree | — President Barack Obama’s reputation as a climate leader took a hit on Monday when his administration gave its blessing for Shell to begin drilling exploratory oil wells in the Arctic. The move contradicts recent positive actions the US has made on climate, including last year’s historic emissions reductions deal it with […]
One in six species faces extinction as a result of climate change
By James Dyke | (The Conversation) | – The Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of all its species, if carbon emissions continue as they currently are. This global extinction risk masks very large regional variations. Up to a quarter of South American species may be doomed. These are some […]
BP Defends Tar Balls still washing up in Gulf
ThinkProgress | – Confronted with BP tar balls still washing up on Gulf shores, a spokesman denies the toxic chemicals are harmful, sidestepping the damage to pristine beaches. Scientists do not agree with him about the balls’ lack of toxicity and point out they can break down in harmful ways. ThinkProgress Video: “BP Defends Tar […]