July 18, 2008 — Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro’s … Baby Penguins are dyingRead more
Environment
Posted inDeforestation
Amazon deforestation exploding
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — New satellite photographs show that the destruction of Brazil’s fragile Amazon rainforest has exploded this year, fueling fears that the … Amazon deforestation explodingRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Rapid deforestation of papua new guinea
According to a new report, Papua New Guinea is at risk of losing more than half of its rainforests by 2021 because of commercial logging, … Rapid deforestation of papua new guineaRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster
Shirakami forests will vanish by 2100
Vast beech forests in the Shirakami Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural site that straddles Akita and Aomori prefectures, could vanish by the end of … Shirakami forests will vanish by 2100Read more
Posted inWater
Water-guzzling multimillionaire
Amid a worsening drought that’s sucked Florida dry for the past two years, the pop legend Celine Dion used 6.5 million gallons of water last … Water-guzzling multimillionaireRead more
Posted inPalm Oil
Evil Palm oil
Whether palm oil is used as an additive in soap, cosmetics or food, or processed into a biofuel, palm oil is one of the worst … Evil Palm oilRead more
Posted inArctic / Climate Disaster
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
Scientists traveling with the Canadian troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada’s far north. The … Vast cracks appear in Arctic iceRead more
Posted inCO2 / Permafrost
Carbon emission from tundras
tundras are emitting carbon at a rate of 0.1% an year. Permafrost is more carbon than the atmosphere currently contains (and much of that is … Carbon emission from tundrasRead more
Posted inCarbon offset
UN-run carbon trading mechanism
The world’s biggest carbon offset market, the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM), is run by the UN, administered by the World Bank, and is … UN-run carbon trading mechanismRead more
Posted inBook / Capitalism / Global Warming / Gnu
global warming might force us to fundamentally alter capitalism
James Gustave (Gus) Speth, in The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability Les Leopold, in … global warming might force us to fundamentally alter capitalismRead more