Lake Nicaragua could be devastated by a new canal plan, scientists say. Incomplete and implausible. Scientifically indefensible. Not realistic or feasible. Of insufficient quantity and … Nicaraguan Canal Project Could Offer ‘Severe Threat To Water Quality’Read more
Environment
Posted inNews / Protest / Tar sand
The Geologist Fighting America’s First Tar Sands Mine
State regulators in Utah yesterday heard arguments both for and against the country’s first billion dollar tar sands mine, which is currently being constructed in … The Geologist Fighting America’s First Tar Sands MineRead more
Posted inOzone Layer
Montreal treaty saved world’s ozone layer
The ozone hole over the Arctic would have been 40 per cent bigger today if ozone-depleting chemicals had not been banned in the 1980s, suggests … Montreal treaty saved world’s ozone layerRead more
Posted inToMl
The Health Of Our Oceans
With the release of his encyclical “Laudato Si” on Thursday, Pope Francis made headlines for recognizing the threat of human-caused climate change. But the encyclical … The Health Of Our OceansRead more
Posted inNews / Pollution / USA Empire
Fracking Boom To Increased Radioactive Gas In Homes
The amount of radioactive material in Pennsylvania homes has increased alongside the state’s fracking boom, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal … Fracking Boom To Increased Radioactive Gas In HomesRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Toxic algae bloom off West Coast might be largest ever
A toxic algae bloom in the Pacific Ocean stretching from California north to Washington state might be the largest ever detected off the U.S. West … Toxic algae bloom off West Coast might be largest everRead more
Posted inToMl
There’s a giant, toxic algae bloom
A toxic algae bloom off the US West Coast that began earlier this year has grown into the biggest and most severe the region has … There’s a giant, toxic algae bloomRead more
Posted inAmazon / News / Oil / Pollution
Key Chevron Witness in Amazon Pollution Case Admits Lying
A key witness in Chevron’s effort to avoid paying for environmental contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon has admitted he lied. In 2011, a group of … Key Chevron Witness in Amazon Pollution Case Admits LyingRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Pope Francis: The Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth
This is an extract from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like … Pope Francis: The Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filthRead more
Posted inBiodiversity / Fisheries
Ocean fish numbers on “brink of collapse”
The amount of fish in the oceans has halved since 1970, in a plunge to the “brink of collapse” caused by over-fishing and other threats, … Ocean fish numbers on “brink of collapse”Read more