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We’re Trashing the Arctic. Literally.
John Metcalfe – Mother Jones
March 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on We’re Trashing the Arctic. Literally.)
While Our Attention Is Elsewhere, Climate Change Worsens
Mel Gurtov | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Sevice
March 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on While Our Attention Is Elsewhere, Climate Change Worsens)
347 Native Bee Species ‘Spiraling Toward Extinction’
Center for Biological Diversity | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on 347 Native Bee Species ‘Spiraling Toward Extinction’)
Study Shows Massive Global Permafrost Melt Underway While Trump Mentions Climate Not Once
Nika Knight – Common Dreams
March 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Study Shows Massive Global Permafrost Melt Underway While Trump Mentions Climate Not Once)
Three Years since the Kitty Litter Disaster at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Paul DeRienzo | This Can’t Be Happening – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Three Years since the Kitty Litter Disaster at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)
Germany Bans Meat at Official Functions to ‘Set a Good Example for Climate Protection’
Lorraine Chow | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Germany Bans Meat at Official Functions to ‘Set a Good Example for Climate Protection’)
UN Declares War on Ocean Plastic
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on UN Declares War on Ocean Plastic)
Fukushima: A Lurking Global Catastrophe?
Robert Hunziker | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Fukushima: A Lurking Global Catastrophe?)
Sea Ice around Antarctica Hits Record Low, Preliminary U.S. Data Show
Alister Doyle | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Sea Ice around Antarctica Hits Record Low, Preliminary U.S. Data Show)
The Globalization of Environmental Degradation
George Abert and Paul Craig Roberts – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The Globalization of Environmental Degradation)
Trump Administration Sued for Suspending Protections for Endangered Bumble Bee
Natural Resources Defense Council | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Trump Administration Sued for Suspending Protections for Endangered Bumble Bee)
Fukushima: Still Getting Worse After Six Years of Meltdowns
William Boardman - Reader Supported News
February 20th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Fukushima: Still Getting Worse After Six Years of Meltdowns)
India Just Banned All Forms of Disposable Plastic in Its Capital
Ian Johnston – The Independent
February 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on India Just Banned All Forms of Disposable Plastic in Its Capital)
To Bee, or Not To Bee: Will Bumblebees Become Extinct?
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on To Bee, or Not To Bee: Will Bumblebees Become Extinct?)
Is America’s Most Common Pesticide Responsible for Killing Our Bees?
Alison Moodie – The Guardian
February 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Is America’s Most Common Pesticide Responsible for Killing Our Bees?)
Record High Fatal Radiation Levels, Hole in Reactor Detected at Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Facility
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 13th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Record High Fatal Radiation Levels, Hole in Reactor Detected at Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Facility)
BREAKING: Radiation at Fukushima Spikes to Highest Levels Since 2011
Whitney Webb | True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on BREAKING: Radiation at Fukushima Spikes to Highest Levels Since 2011)
The PolyMet Project and the Lethal Risks to the St Louis River Watershed and Lake Superior
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 6th, 2017 ( Comments Off on The PolyMet Project and the Lethal Risks to the St Louis River Watershed and Lake Superior)
Trump Signs Executive Actions to Advance Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
Andrew Restuccia and Josh Dawsey – Politico Magazine
January 30th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Trump Signs Executive Actions to Advance Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines)
Iowa Oil Spill Underscores Pipeline Risks Day after Trump Revives Major Projects
Julia Carrie Wong – The Guardian
January 30th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Iowa Oil Spill Underscores Pipeline Risks Day after Trump Revives Major Projects)
97% of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides
EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 23rd, 2017 ( Comments Off on 97% of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides)
Hackers Downloaded US Government Climate Data and Stored It on European Servers as Trump Was Being Inaugurated
Zoë Schlanger | Quartz – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 23rd, 2017 ( Comments Off on Hackers Downloaded US Government Climate Data and Stored It on European Servers as Trump Was Being Inaugurated)
Poison Fruit: Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sharon Lerner – The Intercept
January 16th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Poison Fruit: Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Every Single Piece of Plastic Ever Made Still Exists – Here’s the Story
Diego Gonzaga | Greenpeace – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2017 ( Comments Off on Every Single Piece of Plastic Ever Made Still Exists – Here’s the Story)
10 Most Radioactive Places on Earth
Brainz – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2017 ( Comments Off on 10 Most Radioactive Places on Earth)
Poisoned Snow Geese in Butte: The New “Canaries” Warning Us Humans about the Toxic Nature of Copper Mining
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Poisoned Snow Geese in Butte: The New “Canaries” Warning Us Humans about the Toxic Nature of Copper Mining)
Circle of Poison
Al Jazeera News – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Circle of Poison)
Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Edward Bernays, the Father of American Propaganda)
Food Politics: The GMO Conspiracy
Mel Gurtov | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Food Politics: The GMO Conspiracy)
Battle of the Desert: UNCCD ‘s Louise Baker on the Silk Road (III)
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Battle of the Desert: UNCCD ‘s Louise Baker on the Silk Road (III))
COP22 Declaration Calls for ‘Immediate Action and Mobilization’
teleSUR | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on COP22 Declaration Calls for ‘Immediate Action and Mobilization’)
As the Planet Warms, Trump Sends a Chill through Marrakech
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
November 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on As the Planet Warms, Trump Sends a Chill through Marrakech)
Battle of the Desert: To Fight or to Flee? (I)
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Battle of the Desert: To Fight or to Flee? (I))
Battle of the Desert: A ‘Great Green Wall for Africa’ (II)
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Battle of the Desert: A ‘Great Green Wall for Africa’ (II))
Why Fighting Donald Trump on Climate Change Is a Waste of Time
Captain Paul Watson | Sea Shepherd – The Huffington Post
November 21st, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Climate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story
Naomi Klein – The Guardian
November 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story)
Toxic Air – The ‘Invisible Killer’ That Stifles 300 Million Children
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Toxic Air – The ‘Invisible Killer’ That Stifles 300 Million Children)
World to Cut Gas Emissions by 25 Percent More than Paris Agreement
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on World to Cut Gas Emissions by 25 Percent More than Paris Agreement)
North Dakota Had 292 Oil Spills in 2 Years–Officials Disclosed 1 to the Public
Nathan Wellman | US Uncut – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on North Dakota Had 292 Oil Spills in 2 Years–Officials Disclosed 1 to the Public)
Wildlife Populations Have Dropped by Almost 60% in 40 Years, WWF Says
TIME Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Wildlife Populations Have Dropped by Almost 60% in 40 Years, WWF Says)
Living Planet Report 2016
WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Living Planet Report 2016)
Living Planet Index 2016
WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Living Planet Index 2016)
Climate Doomsday – Another Step Closer
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Doomsday – Another Step Closer)
Just 90 Companies Are Accountable for More Than 60 Percent of Greenhouse Gases
Dan Drollette Jr | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions
Rainforest Action Network | EcoWatch - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Doc Exposes Destruction of Rainforest for Palm Oil as Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions)
Fukushima Radiation in the Pacific (Revisited)
RP Siegel | Triple Pundit – TRANSCEND Media Servic
October 31st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Radiation in the Pacific (Revisited))
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) RIP
Rowan Jacobsen | Outside Online – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 17th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Take a Deep Breath? But 9 in 10 People Worldwide Live with Excessive Air Pollution!
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
October 10th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Take a Deep Breath? But 9 in 10 People Worldwide Live with Excessive Air Pollution!)
Greenland’s Receding Icecap to Expose Top-Secret US Nuclear Project
Jon Henley – The Guardian
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Greenland’s Receding Icecap to Expose Top-Secret US Nuclear Project)
Bees Added to US Endangered Species List for the First Time
The Guardian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Bees Added to US Endangered Species List for the First Time)
The World Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently
Brian Kahn | Climate Central – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2016 ( Comments Off on The World Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently)
Carmageddon Beckons
George Monbiot – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Carmageddon Beckons)
Loss of Planet Reflectivity an Impending Catastrophe
Robert Hunziker | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Loss of Planet Reflectivity an Impending Catastrophe)
How Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming
Harvey Wasserman - Reader Supported News
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on How Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming)
Sunoco, behind the Dakota Pipeline, Has Spilled More Oil than Any Other Operator in USA: Charts
Liz Hampton | Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Sunoco, behind the Dakota Pipeline, Has Spilled More Oil than Any Other Operator in USA: Charts)
Greenpeace Investigation Uncovers Studies Showing Pesticides Pose Serious Harm to Honeybees
Joe Sandler Clarke | Greenpeace – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Greenpeace Investigation Uncovers Studies Showing Pesticides Pose Serious Harm to Honeybees)
Conservation Congress Sets Ambitious Target to Protect Oceans
Guy Dinmore – Inter Press Service-IPS
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Conservation Congress Sets Ambitious Target to Protect Oceans)
What You May Not Know about the Dakota Access Pipeline
Naomi Cohen - teleSUR
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on What You May Not Know about the Dakota Access Pipeline)
The Military Tries to Sell Itself as Positive Environmental Force
Chad Blair | Civil Beat – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Military Tries to Sell Itself as Positive Environmental Force)
Study: Scientists Who Won’t Link Pesticides to Bee Deaths Are Often Funded by Agrochemical Industry
MintPress News Desk – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 19th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Study: Scientists Who Won’t Link Pesticides to Bee Deaths Are Often Funded by Agrochemical Industry)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: Where Is the Concern over Military’s Environmental Impact?
Kelsey Amos | Honolulu Civil Beat – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: Where Is the Concern over Military’s Environmental Impact?)
The Sick Ocean
Robert Hunziker - CounterPunch
September 12th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Sick Ocean)
Millions of Honeybees Killed in Attempt to Prevent Zika
Dan Zukowski | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 5th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Millions of Honeybees Killed in Attempt to Prevent Zika)
Dieselgate in Europe: How Officials Ignored Years of Car Emissions Evidence
Markus Becker and Gerald Traufetter – Der Spiegel
August 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Dieselgate in Europe: How Officials Ignored Years of Car Emissions Evidence)
A World at War: We’re under Attack from Climate Change—And Our only Hope Is to Mobilize like We Did in WWII
Bill McKibben – New Republic
August 22nd, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
War on Climate Terror (I): Deserts Bury Two Thirds of African Lands
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on War on Climate Terror (I): Deserts Bury Two Thirds of African Lands)
War on Climate Terror (II): Fleeing Disasters, Escaping Drought, Migrating
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on War on Climate Terror (II): Fleeing Disasters, Escaping Drought, Migrating)
The Recarbonisation Revolution
Dr. Petri Vasara – The Economist
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Recarbonisation Revolution)
Greenland Ice Melt Could Expose Hazardous Cold War Waste
Andrea Thompson | Climate Central, Scientific American – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 15th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Greenland Ice Melt Could Expose Hazardous Cold War Waste)
Earth Overshoot Day Is Aug 8, 2016
Earth Overshoot Day – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Earth Overshoot Day Is Aug 8, 2016)
Our Deteriorating Environment: Is Anybody Listening?
Mel Gurtov | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 8th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Our Deteriorating Environment: Is Anybody Listening?)
What We’re Doing to the Environment May Be Costing Us Our Drinking Water
Chelsea Harvey - The Washington Post
August 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on What We’re Doing to the Environment May Be Costing Us Our Drinking Water)
Forests: To Farm or Not to Farm? This Is the Question!
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
August 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Forests: To Farm or Not to Farm? This Is the Question!)
‘Monster’ El Niño Subsides, La Niña Hitting Soon
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
July 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘Monster’ El Niño Subsides, La Niña Hitting Soon)
We Ignore Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Livestock Industry at Our Own Peril
Risto Isomaki – Inter Press Service-IPS
July 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on We Ignore Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Livestock Industry at Our Own Peril)
Radiation Along Fukushima Rivers Up to 200 Times Higher Than Pacific Ocean Seabed
Greenpeace | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Radiation Along Fukushima Rivers Up to 200 Times Higher Than Pacific Ocean Seabed)
Rio Tinto (the River, the Mine and the Corporation): Still Polluting After All These Years (5,000 Years Later, That Is)
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 18th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Rio Tinto (the River, the Mine and the Corporation): Still Polluting After All These Years (5,000 Years Later, That Is))
No Longer a Conspiracy Theory: CIA Director Admits Plans of Aerosol Spraying for Geoengineering
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Going Green: Morocco Bans Use of Plastic Bags
Aida Alami – Al Jazeera
July 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Going Green: Morocco Bans Use of Plastic Bags)
Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom
Lorraine Chow | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom)
Duty to Warn | Inconvenient Truths about This Weekend’s Duluth Air Show
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Duty to Warn | Inconvenient Truths about This Weekend’s Duluth Air Show)
Top 5 Green Energy Good News Stories Today
Juan Cole | Informed Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Top 5 Green Energy Good News Stories Today)
Scientists Find New Kind of Fukushima Fallout
Sam Lemonick - Forbes
July 4th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Scientists Find New Kind of Fukushima Fallout)
World Oceans Day, 8 Jun – A Death Sea Called Mediterranean
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
June 13th, 2016 ( Comments Off on World Oceans Day, 8 Jun – A Death Sea Called Mediterranean)
Fukushima: Worse Than a Disaster
Robert Hunziker - CounterPunch
June 13th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Fukushima: Worse Than a Disaster)
El Niño and the Acceleration of Global Warming
Matthew MacEgan | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 6th, 2016 ( Comments Off on El Niño and the Acceleration of Global Warming)
How Modern Slavery Is Destroying the Environment
Kevin Bales - CNN
June 6th, 2016 ( Comments Off on How Modern Slavery Is Destroying the Environment)
600 Tons of Melted Radioactive Fukushima Fuel Still Not Found, Clean-Up Chief Reveals
Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 30th, 2016 ( Comments Off on 600 Tons of Melted Radioactive Fukushima Fuel Still Not Found, Clean-Up Chief Reveals)
Sea-Level Rise Claims Five Islands in Solomons: Study
teleSUR – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Sea-Level Rise Claims Five Islands in Solomons: Study)
The Political Economy of Dead Meat: Why Mad Cows are the Least of It
Jeffrey St. Clair & Alexander Cockburn – Counter Punch
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Political Economy of Dead Meat: Why Mad Cows are the Least of It)
GPS Tracking Devices Catch Major U.S. Recyclers Exporting Toxic E-Waste
Elizabeth Grossman – The Intercept
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on GPS Tracking Devices Catch Major U.S. Recyclers Exporting Toxic E-Waste)
Beekeepers Lost 44% of Honey Bee Colonies Last Year in the USA
Friends of the Earth | EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Beekeepers Lost 44% of Honey Bee Colonies Last Year in the USA)
How Water Corruption Leaves Millions Mired in Misery
Callum Clench – The Huffington Post
May 16th, 2016 ( Comments Off on How Water Corruption Leaves Millions Mired in Misery)
Hanford’s Leaky Nuke Tanks and Sick Workers, a Never-Ending Saga in the U.S.
Joshua Frank – CounterPunch
May 9th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Hanford’s Leaky Nuke Tanks and Sick Workers, a Never-Ending Saga in the U.S.)
The Chernobyl Secret Protocols: Lies in the Aftermath of Disaster
Alla Yaroshinskaya | The Right Livelihood Award Foundation - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 9th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Chernobyl Secret Protocols: Lies in the Aftermath of Disaster)
Ocean’s Oxygen Starts Running Low
Niina Heikkinen | ClimateWire – Scientific American
May 9th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Ocean’s Oxygen Starts Running Low)
TTIP Leaked Documents Show Obama Demands Killing Paris Accord against Climate Change
Eric Zuesse, Zero Hedge – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 9th, 2016 ( Comments Off on TTIP Leaked Documents Show Obama Demands Killing Paris Accord against Climate Change)
Solar Impulse Pilot: ‘I Flew Over Plastic Waste As Big As a Continent’
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2016 ( 1 Comment »)
Chernobyl’s Ongoing Toll: 40,000 More Cancer Deaths?
Ian Fairlie - CounterPunch
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Chernobyl’s Ongoing Toll: 40,000 More Cancer Deaths?)
Touring Tragedy: A Day of Disaster Porn in Chernobyl
Hilmar Schmundt and Phil Thoma - Der Spiegel
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Touring Tragedy: A Day of Disaster Porn in Chernobyl)
Nuclear Emergencies and the Masters of Improvisation
Sonja Schmid – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
May 2nd, 2016 ( 2 Comments »)
Call of the Forests – Seeking Joy and Peace
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Call of the Forests – Seeking Joy and Peace)
Learning from Nuclear Accidents, Expanding Nuclear Energy
Augustin Simo – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
May 2nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Learning from Nuclear Accidents, Expanding Nuclear Energy)
Climate Change: Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’? (I)
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Change: Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’? (I))
Climate Change and the Middle East: No Water in the Kingdom of the Two Seas—Nor Elsewhere (II)
Baher Kamal – Inter Press Service-IPS
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Change and the Middle East: No Water in the Kingdom of the Two Seas—Nor Elsewhere (II))
The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers Is Starting an Economic Revolution
Bren Smith - YES! Magazine
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers Is Starting an Economic Revolution)
Creating the Future
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Creating the Future)
Romance of Names – Their Environmental and Religious Significance
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Romance of Names – Their Environmental and Religious Significance)
Duty to Warn – Enbridge Energy’s 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill: The Worst and Most Expensive Pipeline Disaster in the History of America
Gary G. Kohls, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Duty to Warn – Enbridge Energy’s 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill: The Worst and Most Expensive Pipeline Disaster in the History of America)
We Had All Better Hope These Scientists Are Wrong about the Planet’s Future
Chris Mooney – The Washington Post
March 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on We Had All Better Hope These Scientists Are Wrong about the Planet’s Future)
Fukushima Radiation: A Killer
Robert Hunziker – Dissident Voice
March 28th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Radiation: A Killer)
Seeking Peace in a Healthy Environment
Dr Ravi P Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 21st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Seeking Peace in a Healthy Environment)
5th Anniversary: Even Robots Can’t Stand Fukushima Radiation for Long
CNBC – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 14th, 2016 ( Comments Off on 5th Anniversary: Even Robots Can’t Stand Fukushima Radiation for Long)
No Bliss in This Ignorance: The Great Fukushima Nuclear Cover-Up
Linda Pentz Gunter – The Ecologist
March 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on No Bliss in This Ignorance: The Great Fukushima Nuclear Cover-Up)
The Mercury Doesn’t Lie: We’ve Hit a Troubling Climate Change Milestone This Week
Bill McKibben – The Boston Globe
March 7th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Mercury Doesn’t Lie: We’ve Hit a Troubling Climate Change Milestone This Week)
Contaminated Nuclear Weapons Sites
Robert Alvarez – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Contaminated Nuclear Weapons Sites)
Climate Protection through Nuclear Power Plants? Hardly
Lutz Mez – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Protection through Nuclear Power Plants? Hardly)
Peruvian Oil Spill Prompts Water Emergency for Thousands
Alejandro Davila Fragoso – Think Progress
February 22nd, 2016 ( Comments Off on Peruvian Oil Spill Prompts Water Emergency for Thousands)
Climate Change: Post-Paris Challenges and Concerns
Hilal Elver and Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 1st, 2016 ( Comments Off on Climate Change: Post-Paris Challenges and Concerns)
By 2050, There Will Be More Plastic than Fish in the World’s Oceans, Study Says
Sarah Kaplan – The Washington Post
January 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on By 2050, There Will Be More Plastic than Fish in the World’s Oceans, Study Says)
‘Voluntary’ International Law and the Paris Agreement
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 25th, 2016 ( Comments Off on ‘Voluntary’ International Law and the Paris Agreement)
The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare
Nathaniel Richjan – The New York Times Magazine
January 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare)
Drought and Heat Took a Heavy Toll on Crops, Study Finds
Nicholas St. Fleur – International New York Times
January 11th, 2016 ( Comments Off on Drought and Heat Took a Heavy Toll on Crops, Study Finds)
Sacrifice: Meat Producing Worse Than Airplanes for Environment
George Monbiot - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Sacrifice: Meat Producing Worse Than Airplanes for Environment)
New Infrared Video Reveals Growing Environmental Disaster in L.A. Gas Leak
Joby Warrick – The Washington Post
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on New Infrared Video Reveals Growing Environmental Disaster in L.A. Gas Leak)
It Wasn’t only Exxon That Knew about Global Warming since the 1970s
Lauren McCauley - Common Dreams
December 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on It Wasn’t only Exxon That Knew about Global Warming since the 1970s)
Fukushima Amplifies Murphy’s Law
Robert Hunziker - CounterPunch
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Amplifies Murphy’s Law)
Climate Change and the Road Through Paris
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan – Democracy NOW!
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Climate Change and the Road Through Paris)
India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes into a River of Death and Disease
Adrian Levy – The Center for Public Integrity
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes into a River of Death and Disease)
Paris: We Need System Change!
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Paris: We Need System Change!)
We Are Going Backwards; COP21 Is the Opposite of Progress
Frank Barat interviews Naomi Klein – New Internationalist Magazine
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on We Are Going Backwards; COP21 Is the Opposite of Progress)
World Leaders Agree to Historic Global Climate Agreement
Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on World Leaders Agree to Historic Global Climate Agreement)
The Five Key Decisions Made in the UN Climate Deal in Paris
Ewa Krukowska and Alex Morales - Bloomberg
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Five Key Decisions Made in the UN Climate Deal in Paris)
Eight Lessons from the Climate Disaster and Why Paris Worked
Alex Morales - Bloomberg
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Eight Lessons from the Climate Disaster and Why Paris Worked)
Climate Deal Requires $16.5 Trillion Investment to Cut Pollution
Alex Morales and Ewa Krukowska - Bloomberg
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Climate Deal Requires $16.5 Trillion Investment to Cut Pollution)
Corporations Will Never Solve Climate Change
Naomi Oreskes and Auden Schendler – Harvard Business Review
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Corporations Will Never Solve Climate Change)
Extinction is Forever
Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Extinction is Forever)
The Taboo of Radiation Exposure in Japan: The Social Effects of Fukushima
Erin O’Flaherty – Activist Post
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Taboo of Radiation Exposure in Japan: The Social Effects of Fukushima)
Paris and the Long-Term Future
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Paris and the Long-Term Future)
Paris, India, and Coal
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Paris, India, and Coal)
A Big Win for Cheap, Clean Energy
Bill Gates – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on A Big Win for Cheap, Clean Energy)
Fake Ads Mocking Corporate Sponsors of the COP21 Climate Talks Pop Up in Paris
Lauren O'Neil - Radio Canada CBC News
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Fake Ads Mocking Corporate Sponsors of the COP21 Climate Talks Pop Up in Paris)
Unearthing America’s Deep Network of Climate Change Deniers
Eric Roston - Bloomberg
December 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Unearthing America’s Deep Network of Climate Change Deniers)
Education for Environment and Peace
Surya Nath Prasad, Ph. D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Education for Environment and Peace)
Reflections about the Dam Burst in Brazil and the (In)Visibility of Structural Violence
Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Peace Reflections – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Reflections about the Dam Burst in Brazil and the (In)Visibility of Structural Violence)
Why a Climate Deal Is the Best Hope for Peace
Jason Box and Naomi Klein – The New Yorker
November 30th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Why a Climate Deal Is the Best Hope for Peace)
Anger Rises as Brazilian Mine Disaster Threatens River and Sea with Toxic Mud
Bruce Douglas – The Guardian
November 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Anger Rises as Brazilian Mine Disaster Threatens River and Sea with Toxic Mud)
What Is Really at Stake at the Paris Climate Conference Now That Marches Are Banned
Naomi Klein – The Guardian
November 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on What Is Really at Stake at the Paris Climate Conference Now That Marches Are Banned)
The Dangers of the Gates Foundation: Displacing Seeds and Farmers
Mariam Mayet, Other Worlds – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Dangers of the Gates Foundation: Displacing Seeds and Farmers)
Dam Collapse in Brazil Destroys Towns and Turns River into Muddy Wasteland
Bruno Weis – Greenpeace
November 18th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Dam Collapse in Brazil Destroys Towns and Turns River into Muddy Wasteland)
Fukushima Gets A Lot Uglier
Robert Hunziker - CounterPunch
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Gets A Lot Uglier)
These Five Countries Account for 60 Percent of Plastic Pollution in Oceans
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2015 ( Comments Off on These Five Countries Account for 60 Percent of Plastic Pollution in Oceans)
Anthropocene or Capitalocene?
Paul Street - TeleSur
November 2nd, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
Storming the Bastille at the Paris Climate Summit
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan – Truthdig
November 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Storming the Bastille at the Paris Climate Summit)
Radiation and Cancer: Risks of Leukemia in Nuclear Workers More Than Double Previous Estimate
Ian Fairlie - CounterPunch
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Radiation and Cancer: Risks of Leukemia in Nuclear Workers More Than Double Previous Estimate)
Déjà Vu Again: Hot September Drives 2015 to Hottest Year on Record
Joe Romm, Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Déjà Vu Again: Hot September Drives 2015 to Hottest Year on Record)
‘Capitalism is Mother Earth’s Cancer’: World People’s Summit Issues 12 Demands
Deirdre Fulton – Common Dreams
October 19th, 2015 ( Comments Off on ‘Capitalism is Mother Earth’s Cancer’: World People’s Summit Issues 12 Demands)
Four More Carmakers Join Diesel Emissions Row
Damian Carrington – The Guardian
October 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Four More Carmakers Join Diesel Emissions Row)
Wide Range of Cars Emit More Pollution in Realistic Driving Tests, Data Shows
Damian Carrington – The Guardian
October 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Wide Range of Cars Emit More Pollution in Realistic Driving Tests, Data Shows)
DuPont Found Liable in Teflon Toxin Trial
Sharon Lerner – The Intercept
October 12th, 2015 ( Comments Off on DuPont Found Liable in Teflon Toxin Trial)
The Magna Carta of Integral Ecology: Cry of the Earth – Cry of the Poor
Leonardo Boff – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Magna Carta of Integral Ecology: Cry of the Earth – Cry of the Poor)
World Wide Fund for Nature Says Nearly Half the World’s Marine Animals Wiped Out in Single Generation
Lucy Cormack – The Sydney Morning Herald
September 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on World Wide Fund for Nature Says Nearly Half the World’s Marine Animals Wiped Out in Single Generation)
What Exxon Knew about Climate Change
Bill McKibben – The New Yorker
September 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on What Exxon Knew about Climate Change)
Hawai’i: 5 Million Gallon Oil Plume beneath Pearl Harbor
Rick Daysog – Hawaii News Now
September 21st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Hawai’i: 5 Million Gallon Oil Plume beneath Pearl Harbor)
Hidden Problem of ‘Ghost Gear’: The Abandoned Fishing Nets Clogging Up Oceans
Hannah Gould – The Guardian
September 14th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Hidden Problem of ‘Ghost Gear’: The Abandoned Fishing Nets Clogging Up Oceans)
Humankind Has Halved the Number of Trees on the Planet
Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams
September 7th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Humankind Has Halved the Number of Trees on the Planet)
Pesticides Killing Bees: Study Shows What ‘Everybody Suspected’
Coco McPherson – Rolling Stone
August 31st, 2015 ( Comments Off on Pesticides Killing Bees: Study Shows What ‘Everybody Suspected’)
The Case of Glyphosate: Product Promoters Masquerading as Regulators?
Colin Todhunter - CounterPunch
August 31st, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Case of Glyphosate: Product Promoters Masquerading as Regulators?)
Unspoken Death Toll of Fukushima: Nuclear Disaster Killing Japanese Slowly
Sputnik News – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 24th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Unspoken Death Toll of Fukushima: Nuclear Disaster Killing Japanese Slowly)
The Teflon Toxin – Part 3: How DuPont Slipped Past the EPA
Sharon Lerner – The Intercept
August 24th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
The Teflon Toxin – Part 1: DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception
Sharon Lerner – The Intercept
August 17th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
Needed: Political Will . . .
Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 3rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Needed: Political Will . . .)
Earth’s Most Famous Climate Scientist Issues Bombshell Sea Level Warning
Eric Holthaus, Slate – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Earth’s Most Famous Climate Scientist Issues Bombshell Sea Level Warning)
Elephant in the Room: The Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Footprint
Lisa Savage - CounterPunch
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Elephant in the Room: The Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Footprint)
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: ‘Radiation Will Wash Down from Mountains, Forests into Other Lands’
Russia Today - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: ‘Radiation Will Wash Down from Mountains, Forests into Other Lands’)
With Pope Francis at the Helm, World’s Mayors Pledge to Fight Climate Change
Nadia Prupis – Common Dreams
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on With Pope Francis at the Helm, World’s Mayors Pledge to Fight Climate Change)
Photo of ‘Mutant Daisies’ Near Fukushima Goes Viral
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Photo of ‘Mutant Daisies’ Near Fukushima Goes Viral)
Bill Nye on Glyphosate: ‘We Accidentally Decimated the Monarch Butterfly Population’
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Bill Nye on Glyphosate: ‘We Accidentally Decimated the Monarch Butterfly Population’)
Dead Dolphins Found Stranded in Fukushima Have White Radiated Lungs
Neon Nettle - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 20th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Dead Dolphins Found Stranded in Fukushima Have White Radiated Lungs)
Hawaii Just Banned Plastic Bags at Grocery Checkouts
Amanda Froelich, True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 13th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Hawaii Just Banned Plastic Bags at Grocery Checkouts)
“People and Planet First”: Watch Naomi’s Press Statement at the Vatican
Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 6th, 2015 ( Comments Off on “People and Planet First”: Watch Naomi’s Press Statement at the Vatican)
6 Devastating Heat Waves Hitting the Planet
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 29th, 2015 ( Comments Off on 6 Devastating Heat Waves Hitting the Planet)
Moment of Truth Nears for Nuclear Waste Time Bomb
Vera Eckert, Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Moment of Truth Nears for Nuclear Waste Time Bomb)
Ecuador Just Set the World Record for Reforestation!
Amanda Froelich, True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Ecuador Just Set the World Record for Reforestation!)
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Urges Swift Action on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Climate Talks
Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Pope Francis’ Encyclical Urges Swift Action on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Climate Talks)
Is Stratospheric Geoengineering Worth the Risk?
Seth Baum – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
June 15th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
German Companies Stop Sales of “Roundup”
Eric Zuesse, Washington’s Blog – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2015 ( Comments Off on German Companies Stop Sales of “Roundup”)
8 June: World Oceans Day
The United Nations – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 8th, 2015 ( Comments Off on 8 June: World Oceans Day)
U.S. Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40%, USDA Finds
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 25th, 2015 ( Comments Off on U.S. Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40%, USDA Finds)
Will THIS Spill in California Change Anything?
Preeti Desai – Greenpeace
May 25th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Will THIS Spill in California Change Anything?)
Brazil Plans to ‘Nationalise’ Rainforest in Pioneering Plan to Protect Amazon
Donna Bowater – The Independent
May 18th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Brazil Plans to ‘Nationalise’ Rainforest in Pioneering Plan to Protect Amazon)
A Picture of Loneliness: You Are Looking At the Last Male Northern White Rhino
Jonathan Jones – The Guardian
May 18th, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
A Sharp Spike in Honeybee Deaths Deepens a Worrisome Trend
Michael Wines – The New York Times
May 18th, 2015 ( Comments Off on A Sharp Spike in Honeybee Deaths Deepens a Worrisome Trend)
Climate Change: At Last a Breakthrough to Our Catastrophic Political Impasse?
Julia Powles and Tessa Khan – The Guardian
April 13th, 2015 ( 3 Comments »)
Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2015 ( 4 Comments »)
Oligarchy and Climate Change: A Catastrophic Coincidence
Naomi Klein - The Guardian
March 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Oligarchy and Climate Change: A Catastrophic Coincidence)
Red-Dead Pipeline Is the Wrong Answer, Politically and Environmentally
Keren Simons - +972 Magazine
March 16th, 2015 ( Comments Off on Red-Dead Pipeline Is the Wrong Answer, Politically and Environmentally)
The Warming World: Is Capitalism Destroying Our Planet?
Alexander Jung, Horand Knaup, Samiha Shafy and Bernhard Zand – Der Spiegel
March 2nd, 2015 ( Comments Off on The Warming World: Is Capitalism Destroying Our Planet?)
Naomi Klein: ‘The Economic System We Have Created Global Warming’
Klaus Brinkbäumer – Der Spiegel
March 2nd, 2015 ( 1 Comment »)
Seed Bombers Can Plant an Entire Forest of 900,000 Trees A Day!
John Vibes, True Activist – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 23rd, 2015 ( Comments Off on Seed Bombers Can Plant an Entire Forest of 900,000 Trees A Day!)
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