OceanaGold is demanding $300 million in compensation from impoverished El Salvador after a mining permit was refused to safeguard a clean drinking water source that … A mining company’s $300 million attack on El Salvador’s waterRead more
Environment
Posted inCO2 / News / ToMl
The Amount Of Carbon Dioxide In Our Air Just Reached A New Record
Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii told that June would be be the third month in a row … The Amount Of Carbon Dioxide In Our Air Just Reached A New RecordRead more
Posted inPollution / ToMl
Corrupt lawyers
In 2011, an Ecuadorean court found Chevron liable for nearly three decades of soil and water pollution near oil wells, and said it had ruined … Corrupt lawyersRead more
Posted inCoal / Health / ToMl
America’s Dirtiest Coal Company
If you go to the website of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Missouri, you can read more than 1,000 letters from … America’s Dirtiest Coal CompanyRead more
Posted inArctic / Oil / Social
6 Greenpeace Activists Board Shell Arctic Oil Drilling Rig
Six environmentalists with the group Greenpeace have boarded a Shell oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to protest Shell’s plans to drill … 6 Greenpeace Activists Board Shell Arctic Oil Drilling RigRead more
Posted inCO2 / Economics / ToMl
Carbon tax is trickier than you think
House GOP leaders recently confirmed again what I wrote last week: There isn’t going to be a carbon tax in the next two years or, … Carbon tax is trickier than you thinkRead more
Posted inChina / Protest / ToMl
Chinese protesters clash with police over power plant
People protesting against the building of a coal-fired power plant in a southern Chinese town threw bricks at police who fired volleys of teargas and … Chinese protesters clash with police over power plantRead more
Posted inCO2 / ToMl
Rising carbon dioxide in atmosphere also speeds carbon loss from forest soils
Elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide accelerate carbon cycling and soil carbon loss in forests, new research led by an Indiana University biologist has found. … Rising carbon dioxide in atmosphere also speeds carbon loss from forest soilsRead more