A team of Annamalai University’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Marine Biology on Sunday began research on the presence of harmful algal blooms in the … Research begins on algal blooms along Andhra Pradesh coastRead more
Environment
Posted inMonsanto-Bayer / Pollution / ToMl
City of Long Beach Sues Monsanto for Contamination of Storm Runoff, Waterways
The city of Long Beach filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Co. Thursday, claiming the manufacturer’s long-banned cancer-producing polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are responsible for the … City of Long Beach Sues Monsanto for Contamination of Storm Runoff, WaterwaysRead more
Posted inAssassination / Latin America / News
Honduras: Another Activist from COPINH Killed
In Honduras, another activist from the indigenous rights organization COPINH has been killed. 49-year-old Lesbia Janeth Urquia was a mother of three and a member … Honduras: Another Activist from COPINH KilledRead more
Posted inGlobal Warming / ToMl
Global Warming Is Starving West Coast Waters of Oxygen
Just west of Los Angeles, decimated populations of spiny rockfish rummage for prey among bush-like corals. Cold currents from deep valleys wash nutrients between the … Global Warming Is Starving West Coast Waters of OxygenRead more
Posted inAcidification / ToMl
Ocean Acidification Making It Harder For Fish to Breathe
As dawn breaks over an estuary meandering past the forests and homes of Maryland’s unincorporated Beverly Beach, silver baitfish surface to gulp at oxygen-rich waters. … Ocean Acidification Making It Harder For Fish to BreatheRead more
Posted inGlobal Warming / ToMl
Ocean’s Oxygen Starts Running Low
Climate change is doing more than warming the world’s oceans. It’s also making it harder for marine life to breathe. Curtis Deutsch, associate professor at … Ocean’s Oxygen Starts Running LowRead more
Posted inNews / Protest
Al Gore’s daughter arrested at climate protest
Karenna Gore, eldest daughter of Al Gore, was among 23 activists arrested in Boston on Wednesday while protesting construction of a natural gas pipeline. The … Al Gore’s daughter arrested at climate protestRead more
Posted inDictatorship / Latin America / ToMl
An Interview With Gustavo Castro, Sole Witness to Assassination of Berta Cáceres
GUSTAVO CASTRO was the sole witness to the murder on March 3 of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, the co-founder of the Civic Council of Popular … An Interview With Gustavo Castro, Sole Witness to Assassination of Berta CáceresRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Climate science / Fossil fuel / Global Warming
All Major Oil Companies Knew of Climate Change by 1970s
A new investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning outlet InsideClimate News suggests that nearly every major U.S. and multinational oil and gas company was aware of … All Major Oil Companies Knew of Climate Change by 1970sRead more
Posted inChina / CO2 / Greenhouse gas / Meat / News
China Plans to Drop Meat Consumption
Climate advocates are praising the Chinese government’s new dietary guidelines designed to cut meat consumption in half—which would reduce the country’s livestock-related carbon emissions by … China Plans to Drop Meat ConsumptionRead more