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Top 10 global sustainability leaders On the eve of Rio +20, EIRIS has applied its Sustainability Ratings research methodology to measure the Sustainability performance of 2,063 global companies from the FTSE AWD Index. Our analysis identifies the following Top 10 global sustainability leaders: This is taken directly from their ... keep reading
Written by EIRIS this month, about Economics, Emissions, Industry & Business, Pollution, Recycling, Water
One of the key controversies about fracking is the chemical makeup of the fluid that is pumped deep into the ground to break apart rock and release natural gas. Some companies have been reluctant to disclose what's in their fracking fluid. Scientists and environmental advocates argue that, without knowing ... keep reading
Written by ProPublica/Cora Currier this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Water
The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which it must have been running on August 28, 2011. And yet the evidence was all around: sand piled high on its banks, trees still scattered as if by ... keep reading
Written by Bill Mckibben/The Nation this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Water
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) film Himalayan Meltdown won the prestigious Platinum Award in the broadcast documentary category last weekend at the 45th Annual Worldfest International Film Festival, the oldest independent film festival in the world. The one-hour film examines the shrinking glaciers of the Himalayas and the effects ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Poverty & Development, Water
The process of hydraulic fracturing is a mining technique which uses injected fluid to propagate fractures in a rock layer to release hydrocarbon deposits that would otherwise be uncommercial. Developed in the U.S. and first used in 1947 for stimulating of oil and natural gas wells, the use of ... keep reading
Written by John C.K.Daly last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
TheBlu is a web-based interactive app. Inspired by the world ocean, it is a digital art exhibit of ocean habitats and species, created by artists and developers from all over the world. Most importantly, theBlu experience brings awareness to the sacredness of our oceans and supports oceanic conservation efforts worldwide ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
In the Western world, we sometimes talk about having “bad hair” days as though it were a real tragedy. In the developing world, they don’t have bad hair days, just “no hair” days, as witness a village in Kashmir, where most of the children (and possibly some of the ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
Robert Newman , writing in The Guardian , under the title "This is the Fracking Truth " writes: "Just when we're told drought has become endemic in the UK, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has given the go-ahead for a process that will desiccate us more than any we've ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Coal & Oil, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
Written by Celsias last month, about Art & Culture, Design, Water
A peaceful and stable Pakistan is integral to western efforts to pacify Afghanistan, but Islamabad's obsessions with its giant eastern neighbor may render such issues moot. Since partition in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought four armed conflicts, in 1947, 1965, 1971 (which led to the establishment of Bangladesh ... keep reading
Written by John C.K.Daly last month, about Agriculture & Food, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Population, Poverty & Development, War, Water
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