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
Environment
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
Posted inOil
Oil spill in Australia
An oil spill along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia is 10 times worse than originally thought, state authorities said. A Hong Kong-registered ship … Oil spill in AustraliaRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Stopping a dam on Himalayas
Work on a major hydroelectric dam in the Himalayas has been stopped after one of India’s most eminent scientists came close to dying on the … Stopping a dam on HimalayasRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Drought killing Amazon
Drought is killing off trees in Brazil’s fragile Amazon rain forest and depleting the region’s carbon reservoirs — an ecological double-whammy with devastating implications. The … Drought killing AmazonRead more
Posted inChina / Movie / Social
Green Long March
In 1934, thousands of young Chinese idealists began one of the history’s largest grassroots efforts: a strenuous voyage across the countryside that invigorated peasants, gave … Green Long MarchRead more