Water

Andrew J Tanentzap | – Lakes and ponds are the final resting place for many of the Earth’s plants. Rivers collect much of the planet’s dead organic matter, transporting it to rest in calmer waters. But on a microscopic scale, lakes are anything but calm. An invisible metropolis of microbes feeds on these logs and […]

Climate Change

Is Fertile Crescent Drying up? Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris

Niqash

Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing

Israel/ Palestine

Israel isn’t Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It

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Ramona Wadi (@walzerscent) | (The Middle East Monitor) | – – Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders are. In fact, it has refused to demarcate any borders due to the Zionist intention to colonise the whole of historic Palestine. For less desirable requirements, however, it does not […]

Environment

EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

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Middle East Monitor | – – The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as one month, South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries told Reuters on Wednesday, as the blaze raged for a fourth day following a collision with a freight ship. Dozens of rescue boats battled […]

Fossil Fuels

Oil Giants’ $180 Bn Binge on Plastics to Permanently Pollute Oceans

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TeleSur | – – Major chemical and petroleum companies knew about the copious amounts of water pollution caused by them as far back as the 1970’s. Oil giants will put colossal funding in plastic production raising the production by 40 percent over the next decade, and in turn risking a “permanent pollution” scenario in water […]

Climate Change

Is it too Late to Restore Our Relationship to Earth in the New Year?

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We must reduce our burden on Earth’s regenerative systems by approximately 40 percent.

Environmentalism

Can we ever Clean Torrents of Plastic Dumped in the Oceans?

Juan Cole

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – With 30 countries from Kenya to Indonesia and from Canada to Brazil now involved in the world campaign to beat pollution by countering the torrents of plastic trash that are degrading oceans and endangering the life they sustain, the UN has strengthened […]

Donald Trump

As Trump disses Puerto Rico Again, 83% in dark, 36% Drinking Dirty Water

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The Watchers | – – According to latest figures, the death toll in Puerto Rico caused by the passage of Category 4 Hurricane "Maria" on September 20, 2017, has risen to 45. There are still 113 people unaccounted for. Most of the island is still without basic services such as power and running water, nearly three weeks […]

Environment

Is Deregulation behind explosions at Texas Chem Plant, polluting of Air and Water?

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By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “People don’t know what’s seeping into their air and their homes.” “Now the thing’s exploded, and people don’t know what’s seeping into their air and their homes.” —Lydia DePillis‏, Houston Chronicle Two explosions and “plumes of black smoke” were reported early Thursday morning at […]