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Are The US And China’s Climate Goals Realistic?
Are The US And China’s Climate Goals Realistic?. At first glance, the agreement between China and the United States to impose new limits on their greenhouse gas emissions looks like an effort for significant cooperation between two huge global rivals. But not everyone’s convinced that their plan will address the problem adequately. The leaders of […]
Canadians, Stay Strong Against the TransCanada Pipeline | Ben Gostschall
Canadians, Stay Strong Against the TransCanada Pipeline | Ben Gostschall. I am first and foremost a rancher. I am now also an anti-pipeline activist. I was 10 years old when I started my own herd of cattle on my family’s ranch in Nebraska. I learned early on from our 75-year history of ranching about the value of […]
Mali Reports Five Ebola Cases With Sixth Possible – Bloomberg
Mali Reports Five Ebola Cases With Sixth Possible – Bloomberg. Mali reported the death of a girl suspected of having Ebola, as the nation races to contain the virus that has ravaged three of its West African neighbors. Results from tests to confirm whether the girl had the virus will be known today, Alassane Souleymane, a […]
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency – Africa – Al Jazeera English
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency – Africa – Al Jazeera English. President Sirleaf says while country has made progress against virus, more still needs to be done to end the epidemic. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that she would not seek an extension to a state of emergency imposed in August over […]
The Most Destructive Generation Ever – The Automatic Earth
The Most Destructive Generation Ever – The Automatic Earth. I’m afraid I got to delve into a particularly unpopular topics once again today. Blame it on Bloomberg. They ran a piece on the Silent Generation (people born between 1928-’45), which finds it self in a ‘sweet spot’ but refuses to spend enough. A funny problem: […]
Back-To-The-Future Agriculture: ‘Farming Like the Earth Matters’ | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Back-To-The-Future Agriculture: ‘Farming Like the Earth Matters’ | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. It is easy to forget that once upon a time all agriculture was organic, grassfed, and regenerative. Seed saving, composting, fertilizing with manure, polycultures, no-till and raising livestock entirely on grass—all of which we associate today […]
The U.S. and China agree to cap carbon pollution. Are we saved?
The U.S. and China agree to cap carbon pollution. Are we saved?. The United States and China announced a historic climate-change agreement on Wednesday. The leaders of the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters promised to cap carbon pollution in 15 to 20 years. Here’s a quick rundown: 1. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CLIMATE? It’s a […]
Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English
Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English. Australia continues to frustrate efforts by fellow G20 members to include climate change on the agenda at the upcoming leaders’ summit in the eastern city of Brisbane this weekend. As the host nation sets the G20 meeting’s agenda, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – an avowed […]
Frackquake: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Throughout Kansas | Zero Hedge
Frackquake: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Throughout Kansas | Zero Hedge. While it is unclear if moments ago the Mississippian Lime Play under south Kansas was the first major shale quake to hit Kansas, or this was simply the first yet to be named shale company going Chapter 11, but moments ago the USGS reported that […]
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee. A landmark lawsuit that challenges the lax regulation of hydraulic fracturing in Canada has just scored a major victory. In a lengthy decision, Alberta Chief Justice Neil Wittmann dismissed all key arguments made by the government of Alberta against the lawsuit of Jessica […]
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki. It’s become a cliché to say that out of crisis comes opportunity. But there’s no denying that when faced with crises, we have choices. The opportunity depends on what we decide to do. What choices will we make when confronted with the […]
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Discussing future economic growth and not mentioning climate change is like staging Hamlet and forgetting to mention that his father recently died. Greg Jericho previews the G20. The G20 this week in Brisbane will discuss a number of topics. But […]
Ebola health workers go on strike in Sierra Leone — RT News
Ebola health workers go on strike in Sierra Leone — RT News. More than 400 health workers in only Ebola treatment clinic in southern Sierra Leone have gone on strike over unpaid risk allowances promised by the government. More than 400 health workers in only Ebola treatment clinic in southern Sierra Leone have gone on […]
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen. Something is happening in the Pillaga in western NSW. Coal Seam Gas exploration and drilling by Santos is under concerted attack. While the protests are not new, the profiles of those locking on or taking a stand are no longer the regular sterotype. Yesterday a Coonabarabran […]
The movement for environmental rights is building | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation
The movement for environmental rights is building | Science Matters | David Suzuki Foundation. By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington. The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction at Canada’s highest political levels. Federal Opposition MP Linda Duncan recently introduced “An Act to Establish […]
