While the global financial meltdown has been treated as a major crisis requiring government intervention, other critical issues have remained mostly off-limits to policymakers. A … The Green Collar EconomyRead more
Environment
Posted inHealth / Movie / Pollution
Documentary on toxic threat to the male reproductive system
“The Disappearing Male,” a Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) documentary, by Patricia Mayville-Cox. “The Disappearing Male” focuses on the toxic threat in our environment to the … Documentary on toxic threat to the male reproductive systemRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Politics / Social
Climate change refugees
The Maldives will divert cash from tourism, to buy land in case rising sea levels submerge its low-lying coral islands, the vice-president-elect said. Mohamed Waheed … Climate change refugeesRead more
Posted inPollution / Water
Contaminated water around Caetité uranium mine
research by Greenpeace found that drinking water around the Caetité uranium mine in Brazil showed uranium contamination levels as much as seven times higher than … Contaminated water around Caetité uranium mineRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Thoreau’s notes
He did not realize it, of course. Thoreau died in 1862, when the industrial revolution was just beginning to pump climate-changing greenhouse gases into the … Thoreau’s notesRead more
Posted inKyoto Protocol
To meet Kyoto treaty
The European Union’s 15 original member nations are on target to meet Kyoto treaty commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the bloc’s environment agency said. … To meet Kyoto treatyRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Economics / Global Warming / Greenhouse gas
Global economic slowdown and climate
Nobelist Paul Crutzen (Atmospheric scientist) says that “slowdown in the economy, there will be less fossil fuels burning, so for the climate it could be … Global economic slowdown and climateRead more
Posted inNoise / Pollution / Whale
Acoustic smog killing whales
Underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense that it is killing whales, scientists at the World Conservation Congress here say. … Acoustic smog killing whalesRead more
Posted inArctic / Oil
Stop oil companies
The U.S. Interior Department will designate within two years protected areas of the Arctic that are considered critical habitat for polar bears and cannot be … Stop oil companiesRead more
Posted inHealth
Truth is stranger than fission
Interview with Dr Helen Caldicott. The nuclear power industry was moribund after Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and it became so expensive to build a … Truth is stranger than fissionRead more