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Syncrude bird deaths, Nexen pipeline spill show oilsands’ degradation of ecosystem: First Nation
Syncrude bird deaths, Nexen pipeline spill show oilsands’ degradation of ecosystem: First Nation ‘Something is seriously wrong,’ says Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation The recent bird deaths at a Syncrude oilsands facility in northern Alberta along with last month’s Nexen Energy pipeline spill — one of the biggest in the province’s history — show the need for better oversight, a local […]
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think?
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think? This week U.S. President Barack Obama took aim at the American coal industry as part of a comprehensive climate change plan to limit air emissions from what many consider the country’s worst polluter. Under the plan, states will have until 2030 to cut CO2 levels by a third from […]
Are US Regulators Trying to Cover Up Influence Of Lobbyists On New Oil-By-Rail Regulations?
Are US Regulators Trying to Cover Up Influence Of Lobbyists On New Oil-By-Rail Regulations? It’s no secret that the oil and rail industries lobbied the Obama Administration heavily during the creation of new oil-by-rail regulations released this past May, with lobbyists reportedly not even taking a break the day after a major oil train accident. But just how […]
Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source
Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source Many hydroelectric dams produce modest amounts of power yet do enormous damage to rivers and fish populations. Why not take down these aging structures, build solar farms in the drained reservoirs, and restore the natural ecology of the rivers? Hydroelectric power is often touted as clean energy, […]
Toxic algae blooming off West Coast endangering marine life and forcing seafood bans
Toxic algae blooming off West Coast endangering marine life and forcing seafood bans Algae bloom is 64 km wide and 198 metres deep in places A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and […]
THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
The Workshop/Store in Paris’ 18th Arrondissement – Photo (CC): Carton plein THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX In the North of Paris, the Carton plein association collects, cleans and sells discarded boxes. People in precarious situations recycle, deliver by bike and help move – gaining professional and life skills in the process. It all began with […]
Key Greenhouse Gas Study May Have “Systematically Understated” Methane Leaks, New Research Shows
Key Greenhouse Gas Study May Have “Systematically Understated” Methane Leaks, New Research Shows A widely cited study on the amount of methane leaking from oil and gas sites, including fracked wells, shows signs of a major flaw, a newly published peer-reviewed paper concludes. “The University of Texas reported on a campaign to measure methane emissions from […]
As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’
As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’ With the world’s coral reefs increasingly threatened by warmer and more acidic seas, scientists are selectively breeding corals to create species with the best chance to survive in the coming century and beyond. Are genetically modified corals next? In Hawaii this summer, as corals engage […]
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected The Obama administration unveiled a much-anticipated, controversial rule on the regulation of greenhouse gases from power plants on August 3. The first-of-their-kind limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants will actually require slightly tougher cuts than the original proposal. The EPA is calling for a 32 percent reduction in […]
Koch Political Machine Focuses on “Freedom” to Pollute and Pay Less Taxes
Koch Political Machine Focuses on “Freedom” to Pollute and Pay Less Taxes Billionaire conservative activist Charles Koch on Sunday likened his political efforts to the struggles of Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass, saying that “we, too, are seeking to right injustices that are holding our country back.” We know this because Politico and the Washington Post […]
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm The oceans of the world are currently experiencing a “perfect storm” that is nasty, real nasty with too much warming, too much acidification, too much CO2, too much fishing, too many chemicals, too much Ag runoff, too much radiation (Fukushima), and too little ice (Arctic Ocean) bringing on too much […]
