I’m down at the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico or what for now is the Gulf of Mexico. Rick Steiner, a marine conservationist … The Gulf of OilRead more
Environment
Posted inOil / Pollution / Spill / ToMl
The oil spill’s unseen culprits, victims
Carl Safina talking: [ted id=914] This is the ocean as I used to know it. And I find that since I’ve been in the Gulf … The oil spill’s unseen culprits, victimsRead more
Posted inConsumerism / Economics / Politics / Social / ToMl
Story of Stuff
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM] Do you have one of these? I got a little obsessed with mine, in fact I got a little obsessed with all my stuff. … Story of StuffRead more
Posted inPollution / ToMl
Grappling with the Gulf’s “Dead Zones”
For the hundreds of thousands of people in the Gulf of Mexico who depend on commercial and sport fishing (directly and indirectly), the assault on … Grappling with the Gulf’s “Dead Zones”Read more
Posted inLaw / Politics / USA Empire
Killing California Emissions Law
Valero Energy Corporation has spent $500,000 already in an effort to create a ballot initiative in California that would suspend the Golden State’s aggressive climate … Killing California Emissions LawRead more
Posted inDeforestation
Pulping the Planet
Greenpeace is again pointing a finger the international companies responsible for Indonesian deforestation, and the international brands aiding and abetting them through purchasing their products. … Pulping the PlanetRead more
Posted inWind
Speed the Turbine, Spare the Bat
Wind turbines are deadly to bats—maybe even more deadly even than they are to birds. A new paper in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment … Speed the Turbine, Spare the BatRead more
Posted inPollution / Water
Drug Manufacturing Facilities Are Threatening Our Drinking Water
A five-year study conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers has found that pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are a “significant source” of pharmaceuticals that enter the … Drug Manufacturing Facilities Are Threatening Our Drinking WaterRead more
Posted inGreenhouse gas / Methane
Methane Releases From Arctic Shelf
The permafrost of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (an area of about 2 million kilometers squared) is more porous than previously thought. The ocean on … Methane Releases From Arctic ShelfRead more
Posted inHealth / Oil / Spill / ToMl
Can the BP Spill Cause Miscarriages and Birth Defects
While all of these issues are valid concerns, there has been no substantive effort to address them in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. … Can the BP Spill Cause Miscarriages and Birth DefectsRead more