For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of … How a powerful company convinced Georgia to let it bury toxic waste in groundwaterRead more
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Decline in Insect Populations
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEEjSoOxPmk&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Francisco Sanchez-Bayo
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The devastating environmental effects of Israeli settler-colonialism in the West Bank
Ever since its genocidal birth in 1948, Israel has used settler-colonial expansion—and the urbanization of native Palestinian lands—to devastate both the indigenous Palestinian people and … The devastating environmental effects of Israeli settler-colonialism in the West BankRead more
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Forget Malthus: upside of population growth
Once again population growth is being discussed worldwide as a major factor behind environmental destruction. But watching Indian villages trying to survive in their degraded … Forget Malthus: upside of population growthRead more
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ALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil Fuels
As climate change accelerates and environmental disasters proliferate around the world, a Big Oil-funded business lobbying group has decided to attack financial firms that are … ALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil FuelsRead more
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Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean
On November 19, 1969, the CSS Hudson slipped through the frigid waters of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia and out into the open ocean. The … Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the OceanRead more
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High levels of toxic pollutants in stranded dolphins and whales
A study led by researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute examined toxins in tissue concentrations and pathology data from 83 stranded dolphins … High levels of toxic pollutants in stranded dolphins and whalesRead more
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Her freedom is bound to the state, as FIR number keeps staying
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dBJBBnTA_0&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Climate activist Disha Ravi has said that her passport application was deliberately not processed to keep her from attending the COP26 summit in … Her freedom is bound to the state, as FIR number keeps stayingRead more
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Disha Ravi Couldn’t Attend COP26 Because Passport Was ‘Deliberately’ Not Processed
Bangalore-based climate activist Disha Ravi (22) has accused the Union government of deliberately not processing her passport and thus denying her an opportunity to attend … Disha Ravi Couldn’t Attend COP26 Because Passport Was ‘Deliberately’ Not ProcessedRead more