President Barack Obama has overseen a resurgence in U.S. oil and gas production on both private and public lands. Under his watch, oil production on … Obama Has Protected Fewer Public LandsRead more
Environment
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Climate change and toxic green algae
A vast plain of poisonous green slime stretching to the horizon, bobbing gently on the waves — that was the view of Lake Erie from … Climate change and toxic green algaeRead more
Posted inToMl
Occupy the Dam
hundreds of indigenous demonstrators began dismantling a dam in the heart of Brazil’s rainforest to protest the destruction it will bring to lands they have … Occupy the DamRead more
Posted inPlastic / ToMl
U.S. city Ban Plastic Water Bottles
Concord, Massachusetts has become one of the first communities in the U.S. to ban the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles. According to the Associated … U.S. city Ban Plastic Water BottlesRead more
Posted inDemocracy / ToMl
Citizens, Not Consumers
Annie Leonard spent 20 years working for environmental organizations, studying where our stuff comes from and where it goes. She followed waste from industrialized countries … Citizens, Not ConsumersRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution
Human energy against Chevron
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Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
Toxic Algal Blooms in the Oceans?
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
Posted inEconomics / Oil / ToMl
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