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Newspapers Complicit In Selling Phony “War On Coal” | DeSmogBlog
Newspapers Complicit In Selling Phony “War On Coal” | DeSmogBlog. U.S. newspapers are helping conservatives push their misleading “war on coal” narrative, according to a new report.There are a number of reasons why thetide has turned against the coal industryaround the globe. Mining and burning coal for energy poses huge risks for human health and the […]
Living Minimally | Sierra Club
Living Minimally | Sierra Club. ‘Tis the season for sales. We’ve got Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday — days designated for buying more stuff. Yet most of us have spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon decluttering our homes and unloading bags full of unwanted goods at our local thrift store. […]
Victorian fires: Emergency warnings remain in place for Kyneton, Benalla, Longwood fires – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Victorian fires: Emergency warnings remain in place for Kyneton, Benalla, Longwood fires – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Hot weather and a cool gusty change has sparked over 200 fires in Victoria with a number of emergency watches still in place. There are three main trouble spots in and around Kyneton, Benalla and Longwood East, south […]
Earth could face another mass extinction – study — RT News
Earth could face another mass extinction – study — RT News. Animals on Earth continue to disappear at an alarming rate, which could result in another mass extinction over the next few centuries, a study by the journal Nature claims, although researchers are struggling to understand the scale of the problem. Thousands of animals become […]
GRAIN — Right to land and seed
GRAIN — Right to land and seed. “Food sovereignty” is the main political demand of the landless and peasant movement in Bangladesh in times of climate change and intensifying land conflicts. The concept of food sovereignty is based on the right to grow their own food, with own seeds and in an ecologically sustainable way […]
Chemicals from fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing make us sick – Faces of Fracking
Chemicals from fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing make us sick – Faces of Fracking. It is well-known that many of the chemicals used in fracking, acidizing, and gravel packing are harmful to our bodies. Just look at the above graphic. What hasn’t been so clear is the evidence that highlights incidences where these chemicals have actually made […]
Skyception – Chapter Two | Two Ice Floes
Skyception – Chapter Two | Two Ice Floes. Before an analysis can be done of the most common explanations given for the aerosol program, we must first look at the various explanations through the clarifying lens of Psychological Operations (psyops) to circumvent deliberate attempts to mislead and deceive us as previously described in Chapter One. The background found […]
Ocean Plastic Estimated at 5.25 Trillion Pieces — But Where’s the Rest? – Our World
Ocean Plastic Estimated at 5.25 Trillion Pieces — But Where’s the Rest? – Our World. The deluge of plastic detritus — from the large to the microscopic — swirling about in our oceans weighs in at 269,000 metric tons, according to the most comprehensive research on marine plastic hot off the press yesterday. One of the […]
The Largest Seed Exchange in the World Inspires Change – Shareable
The Largest Seed Exchange in the World Inspires Change – Shareable. Ethical consumers in the US are increasingly concerned with the seeds used in the production of their food. However, this has been an issue in Europe for many years. In fact, there are several transnational seedsaver networks, like Arche Noah, which have become policy reform experts […]
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
MYEFO: Australia set to emerge from once-in-a-century resources boom with little to show for it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). “It’s the economy, stupid.” That famous phrase, uttered by advisor James Carville in 1992 to then presidential hopeful Bill Clinton, has resonated across the globe. It doesn’t matter how successful a leader is at […]
Weakened deal reached in Peru climate talks – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Weakened deal reached in Peru climate talks – Americas – Al Jazeera English. About 190 nations have agreed upon the building blocks of a deal to combat climate change in 2015 amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to cut rising world greenhouse-gas emissions. The Lima deal, reached early on Sunday, lays out […]
RESOURCE CRISIS: First, thou shalt not scare them
RESOURCE CRISIS: First, thou shalt not scare them. A fundamental tenet of scientists and climate concerned people is that “you must not scare people about the climate threat”. Sure: we all know that. It is reasonable, it makes sense, it is even obvious: if you say how bad you think the situation is, if you […]
7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture – Verge Permaculture
7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture – Verge Permaculture. What is permaculture? For those of you who’ve only heard of the term in passing, and ever for you seasoned “permies” who struggle to explain this exciting (and sometimes life-changing) idea to others, here’s the gist in 7 points: 1. Permaculture is a Design System […]
Lima climate summit extended as poor countries demand more from rich | Environment | The Guardian
Lima climate summit extended as poor countries demand more from rich | Environment | The Guardian. Climate talks in Lima ran into extra time amid rising frustration from developing countries at the “ridiculously low” commitments from rich countries to help pay for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The talks – originally scheduled to wrap up […]
Blockading Australia’s largest coal mine – Features – Al Jazeera English
Blockading Australia’s largest coal mine – Features – Al Jazeera English. Maules Creek, Australia – On a balmy Sunday in late November, the renowned Rugby Union Wallabies player David Pocock chained himself to mining equipment where he spent the next 10 hours with a handful of others to protest against the bulldozing of a state forest […]
