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Looking at these innovative images, it may seem as though UK photographer,Mandy Barker took cues from the I Spy children’s book series. However, a closer look reveals an intelligent stance on raising awareness about ocean debris. Even while reading this, the massive mound of trash, known as the ... keep reading
Written by PSFK/Kyana Gordon this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Environmental Disasters, Health, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly ... keep reading
Written by Daniel Graeber this week, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Pollution
There is perhaps no more controversial energy source after nuclear than "hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking," of subterranean shale deposits containing pockets of natural gas. While the process can liberate previously unusable sources of natural gas, political, environmental and scientific concerns have risen along with production, as evidence mounts that fracking ... keep reading
Written by John C.K. Daly this month, about Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, Water
NYU’s Educating for Sustainability Lecture: with the Carnegie Institution’s Ken Caldeira, Feb. 14 “Geoengineering Earth’s Climate: Crazy or Necessary?" WHO: Ken Caldeira, Climate Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Energy, based at Stanford University WHAT: Public lecture: “Geoengineering Earth's Climate: Crazy ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events
New York's emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, environmentally sensitive areas and gas industry workers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed state officials. The EPA's comments, in a series of lettersthis ... keep reading
Written by Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica last month, about Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Water
While the both oil and gas industry and environmentalists continue to study the benefits and potential dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, some companies have forged ahead to develop new, more powerful fracking techniques. Dubbed “super fracking” by Bloomberg.com, energy industry researchers are working on new ways to create ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Water
You might have heard already: last week, United States President Obama officially rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline! This is a huge victory for this movement and for the planet. Back in November, we were celebrating when the project was delayed for a year -- and now Obama has fully rejected ... keep reading
Written by 350.0rg last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution
The findings come from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and they confirm what seasoned weather observers like farmers, fishermen and ranchers have long suspected; weather can cause earthquakes, if it is extreme enough. One of the severe weather patterns identified are tropical cyclones, or ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Climate Change, Education, Environmental Disasters, Weather
The Sierra Club has called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately suspend the registration of the insecticide clothianidin, based on new scientific evidence of extensive contamination in bees and soil. In January this year scientists at Purdue University documented major adverse impacts from clothianidin, used as ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution
Global action against climate change is often difficult and excruciatingly slow. For the United States, policies to combat a warming Earth are at a virtual standstill. That is why it comes down to local and regional alliances to work together to make a difference. In the US, there are few ... keep reading
Written by David Gabel/ENN last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population
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