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Alice Springs counts cost of torrential downpour, faces risk of mosquito-borne diseases
Alice Springs counts cost of torrential downpour, faces risk of mosquito-borne diseases With more than 200mm of rain hitting some parts of Alice Springs since Wednesday, dozens of houses across Alice Springs have found themselves battling rising floodwater. Environmental health officers have also begun preparing for a spike in the number of mosquitoes, warning of […]
SUBURBAN SPRAWL DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ECOLOGICALLY DEVASTATING
SUBURBAN SPRAWL DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ECOLOGICALLY DEVASTATING As development gobbles up open space, conservationists take a fresh look at subdivisions with biodiversity in mind. Fort Collins, Colo., is a growing, vibrant college town with a typical American problem: Beyond its idyllic historic city center, cookie-cutter subdivisions are eating away at farm fields, ranches and […]
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making A green stegosaurus graces the logo of Uintah County, Utah, a gateway to the famed Dinosaur National Monument, where breathtaking landscapes and fossils preserved in sandstone attract thousands of visitors every year. That logo has taken on new meaning over the past decade as prehistoric remains […]
Wind change upgrades Bullsbrook bushfire to emergency warning as firefighters focus on the northern flank
Wind change upgrades Bullsbrook bushfire to emergency warning as firefighters focus on the northern flank A bushfire in the northern Perth suburb of Bullsbrook has been upgraded to an emergency warning after a wind change drives the blaze north-east. There is a risk the northern flank could become the new head of the fire and […]
Energy round-up: unburnable oil
Energy round-up: unburnable oil Three things you shouldn’t miss this week Chart: Unburnable carbon Source: The Guardian Chart: Price Chart for Crude Oil Brent Source: Baker Hughes …click on the above link to read the rest of the article…
How to Think of Climate Change on a Small Scale
How to Think of Climate Change on a Small Scale When I used to live near the waterfront in Toronto’s east end, I would wake before dawn and go sit at the end of a breakwater to catch the sunrise. I would face the lake, close my eyes, and notice a subtle warmth on my […]
The Climate Mash
The Climate Mash Our favorite subjects for this blog are climate change, energy and civilization collapse. We spend equal amounts of time describing the remedies for these evils — permaculture, ecovillage, biochar, and carbon farming, for instance, because we hold out a sliver of hope humanity still might be able to redirect our otherwise dismal […]
How Falling Oil Prices Could Help Stop the Keystone Project
How Falling Oil Prices Could Help Stop the Keystone Project At 3 p.m. on a Friday last January, two days before the 2014 Super Bowl, the State Department released a favorable assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline’s environmental impacts. Though citizens had submitted nearly two million comments during consideration of the report, the timing suggested […]
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped Researchers have identified the major producers of coal, gas and oil that stand to lose most financially if agreement is reached on radical cuts needed to avoid dangerous climate change. LONDON, 8 January, 2015 − The sheer scale of the fossil fuel reserves that will need to […]
Flames ‘higher than rooftops’ as blaze threatens homes in Bullsbrook, WA
Flames ‘higher than rooftops’ as blaze threatens homes in Bullsbrook, WA An out-of-control bushfire is raging in the Perth suburb of Bullsbrook with flames “higher than rooftops”, emergency services say. Hundreds of firefighters are tackling the blaze, in the semi-rural area about 40 kilometres north-east of Perth. The fire was reported at 9:20am and 5,500 […]
What is Food Security?
What is Food Security? Food Security means that all people at all times have physical & economic access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate foods, which are produced in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner, and that people are able to make informed decisions about their food choices. Food Security also […]
Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation
Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation The new Republican majority in Congress wants to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. President Obama announced he will veto bills that bypass the official review of Keystone XL. There are plenty of reasons to block these bills […]
On the ‘Cancer Train’ of India’s pesticides
On the ‘Cancer Train’ of India’s pesticides Bathinda, India – As the digital clock beamed 21:00, the shabby and dimly lit Bathinda train station came to life as frail patients swarmed the platform and jostled for seats on the “Cancer Train”. Ramkishan, a man of about 50 breathing heavily and coughing, remained seated until the rush […]
An Unexpected Success Story Links Our Health to Wild Lands
An Unexpected Success Story Links Our Health to Wild Lands Environmental disasters caused by human folly are all too familiar. But what about the environmental serendipity? The unexpected stories where nature and humans co-exist harmoniously. They do happen, and some may be found close at hand by looking at your faucet and following the water back to its […]
