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Archives: Environment

CO2 putting Oceans on verge of Oxygen Starvation for next Million Years

University of Exeter | - - Scientists believe the modern ocean is “on the edge of anoxia” – and the Exeter researchers say it is “critical” to limit carbon emissions to prevent…

Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed

TeleSur | - - Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, the Dakota Access Pipeline has already suffered…

Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board

Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks) | (Video Report) | - - "Scott Pruitt has let go of scientists and replaced them with industry types. Cenk Uygur and…

China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way

By Oscar Reyes | (Otherwords.org) | - - States that invest in renewables are reaping the rewards. Those that stick to coal are faltering. When you’re in a hole, it’s usually best…

China’s covering a Football field with Solar Panels Every Hour in Quest to End Coal

By Janet Xuanli Liao | (The Conversation) | - - China’s remarkable growth over the past three decades has elevated it to global superpower status. But its economic miracle has also attracted…

Who are the Children suing Trump over Climate Future?

By John Light | ( BillMoyers.com) | - - Congress and the White House aren't going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges? “We are not going to wait until…

Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic

By Jane Palmer | Mosaic, the science of life | - - A mysterious kidney disease is striking down labourers across the world and climate change is making it worse. Jane Palmer…

Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources? Since it is the…

Extreme: Missouri, Arkansas Floods smash Century-Old Records

Via | The Watchers: Watching the World Evolve and Transform | - - Historic flooding hits Missouri and Arkansas, more heavy rain on the way Parts of Missouri and Arkansas are experiencing…

Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future

By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of…

20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan…

Climate Change Is Melting Antarctica From the Inside Out: Study

TeleSur | - - Two recent studies published in the journal Nature detail Antarctica's internal melting while explaining its consequences. Scientist have discovered that Antarctica, like Greenland, is melting from the inside…

As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An estimated 200,000 climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, braving record temperatures in the 90s, well above the average temperature for…

Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The People's Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration's pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just…

Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | - - If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. - Thich Nhat Hanh War and Warming: Can We…

The Last time there was this much CO2 in the air, Florida was under Water

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has reported that in April, for the first time in human history the level of carbon dioxide…

Can Climate Solutions also help Low-Income Consumers fight inequality?

By Basav Sen. | ( Inequality.org) | - - Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong…

100 Days: How much Damage has Trump already done to the Earth?

By Martin Khor | (Inter Press Service) | - - PENANG (IPS) - This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It’s time to assess his impact…

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…

Human-Caused Climate Change is Human-Caused Genocide

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Not since World War II have more human beings been at risk from disease and starvation than at this very moment. On…