AS FRACKING CHEMICALS REACH A ...

Apr 15, 2016 by

AS FRACKING CHEMICALS REACH A CREEK COMPANIES FIGHT AGAINST A FRACKING WASTE BAN

[Translate] CREDIT: Bill Dickinson/Flickr View of the New River bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. A tributary of the New River...

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WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIE...

Apr 15, 2016 by

WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIED OF WATER SHORTAGES

[Translate] From Yemen to Syria to Arizona, droughts are a growing threat. —By Nathan Halverson MOTHER JONES WVillagers ride donkeys...

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The 3 Most Environmentally Dam...

Apr 15, 2016 by

The 3 Most Environmentally Damaging Habits You Might Be Able to Change

[Translate] Environment If going green seems complicated, here are a few key choices that can have a big impact on the planet we call...

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OIL INDUSTRY’S SUPPRESSI...

Apr 14, 2016 by

OIL INDUSTRY’S SUPPRESSION OF CLIMATE SCIENCE BEGAN IN 1940’S, DOCUMENTS REVEAL

[Translate]   By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams   VIA TRUTHDIG Tim J Keegan / CC BY 2.0 A trove of newly uncovered documents shows...

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CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS SWARM B...

Apr 14, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS SWARM BILL NYE’S FACEBOOK PAGE, NASA SHOWS UP TO HELP SMACK THEM DOWN

[Translate] By Jen Hayden  DAILY KOS   Now THAT’s an awesome selfie Everyone’s favorite Science Guy, Bill Nye, shared an...

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GOOD NEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE &#...

Apr 13, 2016 by

GOOD NEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE ….. AND BAD NEWS

[Translate]   Global emissions may have peaked—but temperatures are rising at record speed, threatening a massive sea-level rise...

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Meet Monsanto’s Evil Twi...

Apr 13, 2016 by

Meet Monsanto’s Evil Twin, an Industry That Does Major Damage and Gets Shockingly Little Attention

[Translate] Food Chemical fertilizer pollutes the environment, disrupts the climate and damages human and animal health. By Martha...

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HOW A PAPER PLANT IN ARKANSAS ...

Apr 13, 2016 by

HOW A PAPER PLANT IN ARKANSAS IS ALLEGEDLY POISONING THE PEOPLE OF CROSSETT

[Translate] Tech & Science By Emily Crane Linn NEWSWEEK The Georgia-Pacific’s aeration pond in Crossett, Arkansas. The...

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Infographic: How Ocean Polluti...

Apr 12, 2016 by

Infographic: How Ocean Pollution Impacts Marine Life—and All of Us

[Translate] Environment Much of the plastic we produce ends up in the ocean, where it kills fish, sea turtles and marine mammals. By...

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WE’RE OUT OF TIME ON CLI...

Apr 11, 2016 by

WE’RE OUT OF TIME ON CLIMATE CHANGE. AND HILLARY CLINTON HELPED US GET HERE. BY NAOMI KLEIN

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN   Naomi Klein Clinton’s conviction that she can get the fossil fuel companies on board is mistaken: this...

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The ‘Careful, Thoughtful...

Apr 11, 2016 by

The ‘Careful, Thoughtful’ Approach to Indian Point Is to Close It

[Translate] Environment Federal agencies have found New York’s twin reactors to be high-risk for earthquakes and terrorist attacks....

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STUDY: POLLUTION LEADS THOUSAN...

Apr 11, 2016 by

STUDY: POLLUTION LEADS THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS TO GIVE BIRTH PREMATURELY EACH YEAR

[Translate] TRUTHDIG     Los Angeles from the sky. (Jared eberhardt / (CC BY-SA 2.0)) Air pollution contributes to 16,000 premature...

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TREATING SOIL A LITTLE DIFFERE...

Apr 11, 2016 by

TREATING SOIL A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY COULD HELP IT STORE A HUGE AMOUNT OF CARBON

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Climate change is a massive problem with the potential to...

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TEA PARTY WAVE WASHES UP ̵...

Apr 11, 2016 by

TEA PARTY WAVE WASHES UP ‘ANTI-PARKS CAUCUS’ IN CONGRESS

[Translate] by Mary Ellen Kustin — Guest Contributor CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker, File In this Monday,...

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WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD...

Apr 11, 2016 by

WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD SCIENCE JOURNALS

[Translate] Climate by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   A deeply flawed new study tries to challenge the basic...

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WE’RE SPEEDING TOWARD A ...

Apr 10, 2016 by

WE’RE SPEEDING TOWARD A CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHE — AND THAT MAKES 2016 THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN A GENERATION

[Translate] How the U.S. confronts climate change will shape the world for generations; neither Clinton nor Trump seems to care Phil...

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WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING ̵...

Apr 10, 2016 by

WHILE THEY WERE SHOUTING — A BOTANIST’S LAMENT ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

[Translate]  By Andrew C. Revkin   Photo Clockwise from top left, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont...

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UTAH CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO SELL...

Apr 10, 2016 by

UTAH CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO SELL AMERICA’S 4TH MOST POPULAR WILDLIFE REFUGE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS

[Translate] by Nicole Gentile – Guest Contributor CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: wikimedia commons Vieques National Wildlife Refuge....

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A TINY ISLAND TERRITORY HAS AN...

Apr 9, 2016 by

A TINY ISLAND TERRITORY HAS AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR OCEAN PROTECTION

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Pew Charitable Trusts Rapa, French Polynesia.   A small chain of islands in...

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, A STATE JU...

Apr 9, 2016 by

FOR THE FIRST TIME, A STATE JUST BANNED NEONICOTINOIDS, A PESTICIDE THREATENING POLLINATORS

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Bonnie Raindrop has been beekeeping for just nine years, but...

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Nuclear Winter on a Planetary ...

Apr 8, 2016 by

[Translate] A war between India and Pakistan could produce human suffering the likes of which the world has never seen before. By...

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CORPORATE AND POLITICAL CORRUP...

Apr 8, 2016 by

CORPORATE AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION: THE LESSONS NOT LEARNED FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER

[Translate] 0 By Farron Cousins, DeSmogBlog | Op-Ed Day 30 of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; June 1, 2010....

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SEA SENDS EARLY WARNING OF HEA...

Apr 8, 2016 by

SEA SENDS EARLY WARNING OF HEATWAVES

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     New York City in the summer. (Bill via Flickr) This piece...

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WE’RE TELLING OUTER SPAC...

Apr 8, 2016 by

WE’RE TELLING OUTER SPACE ALL ABOUT OUR BIGGEST EARTH MISTAKES

[Translate] Maria Starovoytova / Shutterstock By Suzanne Jacobs   GRIST Don’t answer right away, but here’s a question for you: “How...

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CRAZY CLIP SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS ...

Apr 8, 2016 by

CRAZY CLIP SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CONNECT GAS BAGS TO COWS – METHANE

[Translate] Discovery VIA GRIST This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate...

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HALF OS U.S. OIL IS NOW FRACKE...

Apr 8, 2016 by

HALF OS U.S. OIL IS NOW FRACKED — BUT IT MIGHT NOT STAY THAT WAY

[Translate] Simon Fraser University By Melissa Cronin  GRIST The U.S. has quickly become a global fracking powerhouse, and it’s not...

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THE PLANET IS A BIG WOBBLY TOP...

Apr 8, 2016 by

THE PLANET IS A BIG WOBBLY TOP — AND MELTING ICE IS CHANGING HOW IT SPINS

[Translate] By Brian Kahn GRISTSHUTTERSTOCK Cross-posted from Climate Central The spin of the earth is a constant in our lives. It’s...

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ONE FACT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ...

Apr 8, 2016 by

ONE FACT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT’S WORTH REPEATING

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT:   The overwhelming majority of climate scientists — over 97 percent — understand...

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ALMOST HALF OF NATURAL WORLD H...

Apr 8, 2016 by

ALMOST HALF OF NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES ARE THREATENED BY INDUSTRY, NEW REPORT SAYS

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer A view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon...

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OIL LEAK FROM KEYSTONE PIPELIN...

Apr 8, 2016 by

OIL LEAK FROM KEYSTONE PIPELINE 89 TIMES WORSE THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Nati Harnik   Nearly a week after pipeline operator...

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