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February 24, 2013

Earth Is Dying, Yet Climate and Forest Movements Lack Urgency and Substance

Human industrial growth is systematically liquidating the natural ecosystems that are the habitat for humans and for all life. Earth is dying, one logged old-growth tree and tank of gasoline at a time, yet most environmental groups are...

Native Americans Are Saying No to Coal, and Yes to Solar :

Earth Island Journal: Covenant Solar Initiativ […]
A better future for Scotland's woods

Woodland Trust: Hundreds of you responded to the consultation on Scotland's Forestry Strategy 2019-2029. Together, we’ve improved the outlook for Scotland’s valuable woods […]
‘It Is the Largest National Forest, and I'm Going to Keep It That Way'

Earth Justice: Indigenous women from Southeast Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Ru […]
This startup seeks to identify water problems before they become crises

MarketWatch: Ketos raised $9 million in its latest funding round that it will use to grow a platform that aims to upgrade and […]
2019 Fort Collins election: City Council candidates on water issues

Coloradoan: Council candidates have diverse opinions on issues facing Fort Collins, including water, based on responses to Coloradoan questionnaires […]
Hunger, disease stalk Africa cyclone survivors, UN sees 1.7 mln affected

Reuters: Cyclone Idai battered Beira, a low-lying city of 500,000 residents, with strong winds and torrential rains last week, before moving inland to […]
Great Lakes are rapidly warming, likely to trigger more flooding and extreme weather

CBC: The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., which likely will bring more flooding and other extrem […]
Shocking Images Of Marine Life Being Suffocated Highlight The Problem Of Plastics In The Ocean

IFL Science: Sea Shepherd is hoping to make people think twice about single-use plastics […]
Report: Climate change will have profound effects on Great Lakes region

Michigan Radio: A new report commissioned by the Environmental Law and Policy Center urges Great Lakes states to mitigate and prepare for the "profound" […]
Three Flaws In Framing Clean Water Access And Climate Change As Rivals

Forbes: The global water crisis is a subset of climate change. Here are 3 flaws with framing them against each other […]
What Exxon Valdez crisis can teach us about climate action 30 years later

ThinkProgress: The impacts of the spill left an entire generation reeling from the impacts of oil pollution […]
Access to safe water for all is key to sustainable development

Africanews: With climate change and population growth putting increasing pressure on finite water resources, FAO is urging countries to step up efforts to […]
A Single Thundercloud Is More Powerful Than Any Nuclear Power Plant on Earth. Cosmic Rays Prove It

LiveScience: Researchers used muons to map the energy inside a thundercloud — and it's unfathomably massiv […]
“Water Is Life”: Midwestern Floods Threaten Indigenous Communities at Forefront of Climate Crisis

Democracy Now: As Nebraska and the U.S. Midwest recover from devastating climate change-fueled floods, we speak with Lakota historian Nick Estes on how two […]
“Remember the South”: Devastating Cyclone Idai Another Example of Global South Paying for Polluters

Democracy Now: Cyclone Idai, the worst weather disaster in the history of the Southern Hemisphere, has caused extensive flooding and left tens of thousand […]
Our new movement aims to propel Labour into a radical Green New Deal

Guardian: It’s time for bold, transformative thinking to steer us away from social and ecological catastrophe, says Angus Satow, co-founder of Labour for […]
Climate changes make some aspects of weather forecasting increasingly difficult

ScienceDaily: The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study. The study, focusing […]
Arctic deep sea: Colonization in slow motion

ScienceDaily: There is a wide variety of animals living on the Arctic seabed. Attached to rocks, they feed by removing nutrients from t […]
Climate change affecting fish in Ontario lakes

ScienceDaily: Researchers have found warmer average water temperatures in Ontario lakes over the past decade have forced fish to forage in deeper water […]
Man who shot sleeping lion dead named as notorious trophy hunter

Evening Standard: A man who shot a sleeping lion dead has been named as a notorious American trophy hunter. The video, thought to hav […]
EU leaders fail to step up climate action, despite mass youth protests

Climate Action Network Europe: Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe) is Europe's largest coalition working on climate and energy issues […]
Canada: Pressing Need to Improve First Nations' Water Supply

Human Rights Watch: World Water Day on March 22, 2019 is a reminder that many of Canada’s First Nations communities do not have safe drinking […]
UN to step up human rights monitoring at Gaza protests

Deutsche Welle: A United Nations report found Israel's shooting of demonstrators could amount to crimes against humanity. The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution […]
Fiji: Despite UN scrutiny ahead, no progress on human rights

Amnesty International: Fiji are now the vice-presidents of the world’s top human rights body, and that leadership must start with their actions at hom […]

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