REDD is supposed to be about reducing emissions from deforestation. Unfortunately, if you really look at the agreements and what’s behind it, you find that … REDD: the cheapest ways to reduce emissionsRead more
Environment
Posted inAccident / Oil / Spill / ToMl
Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours
“Crew members were cut down by shrapnel, hurled across rooms and buried under smoking wreckage. Some were swallowed by fireballs that raced through the oil … Deepwater Horizon’s Final HoursRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
From snowstorms to heat waves
Much of the East Coast is still struggling to recover from the massive blizzard that slammed into hundreds of cities and towns from the Carolinas … From snowstorms to heat wavesRead more
Posted inArctic / Economics / Global Warming / ToMl
Arctic Melt To Cost Up To $24 Trillion By 2050: Report
Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea … Arctic Melt To Cost Up To $24 Trillion By 2050: ReportRead more
Posted inMultimedia / Orangutan / ToMl
Nestle give orangutans a berak
Greenpeace activists in a Nestle shareholders’ meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8kwVU5pujg]
Posted inIndia
India is Undergoing Desertification
A desertification/land degradation status mapping effort by researchers from the Indian Space Applications Centre in collaboration with 17 other agencies and institutions found that 81.45 … India is Undergoing DesertificationRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Glacier
Peru glacier collapses, injures 50
Around 50 people have suffered injuries in Peru after part of a glacier broke off and burst the Hualcan River banks in a disaster the … Peru glacier collapses, injures 50Read more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Politics / Protest / Social / UN
U.N. is silencing dissent
As the Cancún climate talks headed toward a conclusion Friday, civil society groups protested against what they said was a flawed U.N. process. The umbrella … U.N. is silencing dissentRead more
Posted inPlastic / Waste
Plastic waste from Avatar
It is estimated that if the 42.1 million pairs of 3D glasses used at theaters to watch Avatar were laid end-to-end, they would stretch more … Plastic waste from AvatarRead more
Posted inKyoto Protocol
Throwing out the Kyoto Protocol is genocide
In a speech at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, Bolivian President Evo Morales warned Thursday against throwing out the Kyoto Protocol, saying such a move … Throwing out the Kyoto Protocol is genocideRead more