In 1799 about a hundred Aleut hunters working for a Russian-American trading group died in Alaska’s Peril Strait only two hours after eating black mussels … Toxic Algal Blooms in the Oceans?Read more
Environment
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Oil and natural gas exploration in East Africa
We’ve already done a great deal of damage, and appear to have learnt little. A recent (October 2010) UNEP report, The Economics of Ecosystems and … Oil and natural gas exploration in East AfricaRead more
Posted inDevelopment / ToMl
Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s Biocapacity
A new report on China’s ecological footprint opens with some grim news for the planet as a whole: The demand humans place on the planet … Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s BiocapacityRead more
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Idle No More
The “Idle No More” movement began as a series of protests against a controversial government budget bill but has since expanded into a nationwide movement … Idle No MoreRead more
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the … Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the ForestRead more
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Someone else did it
Let’s get these two arguments out of the way: Our current ecological predicament defies all common sense. How did we get here? Following are two … Someone else did itRead more
Posted inOil / Politics / ToMl
Deepwater Drilling Permits
Federal regulators have issued the most permits for deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico this year since 2007. That’s according to data from the … Deepwater Drilling PermitsRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution / Spill / ToMl
Gulf oil slick comes from device used in 2010 spill
An undersea camera confirms that an oil slick discovered in the Gulf of Mexico came from a 100-ton device on the seafloor that BP had … Gulf oil slick comes from device used in 2010 spillRead more
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Twin Falls, Idaho: Wildfire West Of City Grows As Colorado, Utah And Montana Also Battle Blazes
Efforts to contain a large wildfire in southern Idaho by Sunday evening were dashed as winds picked up and the region’s grass and sagebrush provided … Twin Falls, Idaho: Wildfire West Of City Grows As Colorado, Utah And Montana Also Battle BlazesRead more