THE FUTURE FOR FLINT’S C...

Mar 26, 2016 by

THE FUTURE FOR FLINT’S CHILDREN

[Translate] By MONA HANNA-ATTISHA   NYTIMES Credit Arianna Vairo Flint, Mich. — THE World Health Organization’s “action level” for...

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WALL STREET’S RETREAT FR...

Mar 26, 2016 by

WALL STREET’S RETREAT FROM KING COAL

[Translate]   Photo Credit Ty Wright/Bloomberg, via Getty Images The grave environmental damage from coal-fired power plants has...

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MICHAEL SHEEN AND MASSIVE ATTA...

Mar 25, 2016 by

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Welsh actor narrates A River documentary highlighting risk of river pollution from shale gas drilling in...

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GLOBAL WARMING’S TERRIFY...

Mar 25, 2016 by

GLOBAL WARMING’S TERRIFYING NEW CHEMISTRY

[Translate] Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong. By Bill McKibben / The Nation  VIA...

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NOW, EVEN SOIL IS ACCELERATING...

Mar 24, 2016 by

NOW, EVEN SOIL IS ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Climate change is being accelerated by gases such as...

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FIVE (OF THE MANY) WAYS THIS G...

Mar 24, 2016 by

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Isaiah J. Poole Jasmine Tucker, senior research analyst at the National Priorities Project,...

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VIDEO: ‘DAYS OF REVOLT&#...

Mar 23, 2016 by

VIDEO: ‘DAYS OF REVOLT’: CHRIS HEDGES, NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE URANIUM POISONING

[Translate] TRUTHDIG teleSUR The United States has waged a long war against Native Americans. That war continues with abandoned...

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U.S. FACES FLOOD OF INTERNAL C...

Mar 23, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG       Thousands of people lost their homes in floods that...

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HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAI...

Mar 23, 2016 by

HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAILED?

[Translate] by The Dirt Contributor Welcome to the Anthropocene / The Topograph “A sense of crisis has brought us together. What is...

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Thousands Are Gathering in New...

Mar 23, 2016 by

[Translate] With the BP oil spill still in recent memory, activists are planning a massive protest to stop destructive drilling in...

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LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: &#...

Mar 22, 2016 by

LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: ‘WE HAVE A GLOBAL EMERGENCY.’ MUST SLASH CO2 ASAP

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP/DENNIS COOK   James Hansen and 18 leading climate experts have published a...

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MARYLAND BEES JUST CAUGHT A BR...

Mar 22, 2016 by

MARYLAND BEES JUST CAUGHT A BREAK

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstockMaryland — a state that takes its agriculture seriously — is...

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NOT A FISH TALE: HUMANS ARE IN...

Mar 21, 2016 by

NOT A FISH TALE: HUMANS ARE INGESTING PLASTIC THANKS TO OCEAN POLLUTION

[Translate]    By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report (Photo: Plastic Bag via Shutterstock; Edited: LW / TO) Humans generate more than 300...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Mar 21, 2016 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (MARCH 1 – 15)

[Translate] THE DIRT   by J.R. Taylor Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston / Jon Shapley, The Houston Chronicle Saving Water Is So Hot Right...

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TO BE A BETTER DESIGNER, UNDER...

Mar 21, 2016 by

TO BE A BETTER DESIGNER, UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Tiffany’s blue / Tiffany’s “Color is like a mind-altering drug. It has the power to make us feel...

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO GIVES $1MILL...

Mar 21, 2016 by

LEONARDO DICAPRIO GIVES $1MILLION TO HELP ISLAND NATION PROTECT ITS OCEANS

[Translate] REUTERS/Danny Moloshok By Kate Yoder GRIST From Shutter Island to Manatee Island, Leonardo DiCaprio keeps winning our...

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CALIFORNIA’S WORLD-CLASS...

Mar 21, 2016 by

CALIFORNIA’S WORLD-CLASS COASTLINE COULD BE RAVAGED BY GREEDY DEVELOPERS BECAUSE ONE MAN WAS UNJUSTLY FIRED

[Translate] Environment The unwarranted dismissal of Charles Lester, the respected head of the California Coastal Commission, was...

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THE COASTS OF WESTERN EUROPE F...

Mar 19, 2016 by

THE COASTS OF WESTERN EUROPE FACE AN OCEANIC POUNDING

[Translate] By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Massive waves smash onto Chesil Beach in Dorset, southern...

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A SINKING JAIL: THE ENVIRONMEN...

Mar 18, 2016 by

[Translate] GRIST By Raven Rakia There’s a known stench on Rikers Island in the New York summertime. Neither the people incarcerated...

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TO CUT OCEAN TRASH, ADRIAN GRE...

Mar 17, 2016 by

TO CUT OCEAN TRASH, ADRIAN GRENIER AND DELL ENLIST FILMMAKERS AND VIRTUAL REALITY

[Translate]  NYTDOTAndrew C. Revkin   Photo Two scenes from a virtual-reality “ride” that takes viewers into the realm of whales,...

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EXPERIMENT ON RENEWABLES COULD...

Mar 17, 2016 by

EXPERIMENT ON RENEWABLES COULD MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

[Translate] By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     An illustration shows blue spheres of one metric ton each,...

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ADMINISTRATION CANCELS ATLANTI...

Mar 17, 2016 by

ADMINISTRATION CANCELS ATLANTIC DRILLING PLANS (UPDATED)

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Dave Martin In a in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy...

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MERRICK GARLAND KNOWS HE’...

Mar 17, 2016 by

MERRICK GARLAND KNOWS HE’S NOT A SCIENTIST

[Translate] Climate by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland...

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METHANE EMISSIONS ARE SPIKING,...

Mar 17, 2016 by

METHANE EMISSIONS ARE SPIKING, BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE COW THAN CAR

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Since 2006, atmospheric levels of methane — a greenhouse gas 86...

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WETLAND RESTORATION: A NEW DRI...

Mar 15, 2016 by

WETLAND RESTORATION: A NEW DRIVER FOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA?

[Translate] Zach Mortice  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE The bird viewing corridor is designed to blend into its surroundings, and to reduce...

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THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT MAY...

Mar 15, 2016 by

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT MAY BE NEGLECTING THE ANIMALS THAT NEED IT MOST

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert   The U.S. Endangered Species Act has helped...

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STUNNED BY FEBRUARY TEMPERATUR...

Mar 15, 2016 by

STUNNED BY FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE SPIKES, SCIENTISTS DECLARE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

[Translate]   Environment NASA data shows that global surface temperatures warmed last month by an unprecedented margin. By...

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MIDDLE EAST SUMMERS COULD BECO...

Mar 14, 2016 by

MIDDLE EAST SUMMERS COULD BECOME UNLIVABLE BY THE END OF THE CENTURY

[Translate]   The “father of global warming” has a dire warning for people living in hot, tropical locales....

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NEW DANISH SUPERMARKET SELLS T...

Mar 14, 2016 by

NEW DANISH SUPERMARKET SELLS THE THINGS NOBODY ELSE WANTS AT A DISCOUNT

[Translate] Other stores toss food that’s perfectly safe to consume. WeFood sells it at a discount. Alexandra Ma Editorial...

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ARCTIC SIRENS WAIL: WHERE ARE ...

Mar 14, 2016 by

ARCTIC SIRENS WAIL: WHERE ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS?

[Translate] HUFFINGTON POST Robin Bronen Executive Director of Alaska Institute for Justice; Senior Research scientist at the...

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