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Climate strike: Schoolchildren protest over climate change
Thousands of people gather in London, as students around the UK miss school to call for action.
Environmental | 207688 hits | 6:53 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Thousands of people gather in London, as students around the UK miss school to call for action.Rare black leopard caught on camera
Images of a rare African black leopard have been captured in Kenya, the first verifiable record of the animal for nearly 100 years, researchers said.
Environmental | 206733 hits | 5:58 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Images of a rare African black leopard have been captured in Kenya, the first verifiable record of the animal for nearly 100 years, researchers said.
Environmental | 207342 hits | 7:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
This country's managed forest land hasn't been a net carbon sink since 2001. That's because trees don't just absorb carbon when they grow, they emit it when they die and decompose, or burn. Alberta's destructive mountain pine beetle likely decimated by cold snapEnvironmental | 206790 hits | 6:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A cold snap gripping western Canada may be just brutal enough to put a dent in Alberta’s destructive mountain pine beetle. New solar farm will replace 25 per cent of diesel used in Fort ChipewyanEnvironmental | 207220 hits | 7:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A company formed by First Nations and Métis in Fort Chipewyan has announced plans to build a $7.8-million solar farm to reduce the community’s reliance on diesel to generate electricity.'Time bomb' warning on mining dam disasters
The catastrophic collapse of a dam at a mine in Brazil has exposed a darker side of an industry that the world depends on.
Environmental | 207045 hits | 11:41 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The catastrophic collapse of a dam at a mine in Brazil has exposed a darker side of an industry that the world depends on.Wood Instead of Coal: More Foolishness from Radical Environmentalists
A 2012 study by Synapse Energy Economics estimated that the average smokestack of a U.S. biomass plant emitted about 1.67 tons of CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity generated, or 50 to 85 percent greater than emissions from a coal-fired plant. CO2 emiss
Environmental | 206888 hits | 7:04 AM on Thursday | posted by Robair
A 2012 study by Synapse Energy Economics estimated that the average smokestack of a U.S. biomass plant emitted about 1.67 tons of CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity generated, or 50 to 85 percent greater than emissions from a coal-fired plant. CO2 emissBaby flamingos airlifted from drought-stricken breeding ground in South Africa
Thousands of baby flamingos were airlifted to safety in South Africa, after their breeding ground ran dry due to drought.
Environmental | 206942 hits | 7:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Thousands of baby flamingos were airlifted to safety in South Africa, after their breeding ground ran dry due to drought. Environmental | 206938 hits | 5:39 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Beijing has approved the construction of four new nuclear reactors using a domestically developed design, according to Chinese news reports. If confirmed, the deployment of China’s Hualong One reactor would end a more than two-year hiatus in approvals thaFast food giants under fire on climate and water usage
Investors are calling on KFC, McDonald's and others to cut warming gases from their dairy and meat supply chains.
Environmental | 206862 hits | 1:54 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Investors are calling on KFC, McDonald's and others to cut warming gases from their dairy and meat supply chains. Spread of 'zombie' disease killing off starfish linked to rising ocean temperaturesEnvironmental | 208027 hits | 6:53 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Warm waters and infectious disease have been determined as the causes of a die-off of sunflower starfish along the Pacific coast, says a newly released study. The nature of the disease itself still eludes scientists, but one of the research theorize an in Scientists Have Detected an Enormous Cavity Growing Beneath AntarcticaEnvironmental | 208022 hits | 12:08 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Antarctica is not in a good place. In the space of only decades, the continent has lost trillions of tonnes of ice at alarming rates we can't keep up with, even in places we once thought were safe. Supreme Court rules energy companies cannot abandon old wellsEnvironmental | 207886 hits | 6:38 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that energy companies cannot abandon old oil and natural wells in the case of bankruptcy. Environmental | 207808 hits | 10:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
First Nations and environmental groups launched legal action Thursday to force the federal government to safeguard critical habitat for boreal woodland caribou in northern Alberta’s oil sands region, urging new protections for an iconic species scientistsGlamorous billionaire dubbed a hypocrite
Gunhild Stordalen, who funds a campaign to save the planet by drastically cutting meat consumption, has been slammed by critics who point out her globetrotting adventures increase air traffic pollution
Environmental | 207559 hits | 11:31 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gunhild Stordalen, who funds a campaign to save the planet by drastically cutting meat consumption, has been slammed by critics who point out her globetrotting adventures increase air traffic pollution Researcher exposes money trail behind U.S.-based campaign to kill the oilsandsEnvironmental | 207880 hits | 1:35 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Anyone in Canada who knows anything about the target on the back of Canadian oil and gas knows the name Vivian Krause. Biologists take action to save dwindling caribou populationEnvironmental | 207602 hits | 7:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Biologists are attempting to round up the remaining animals and breed them.How one heatwave killed 'a third' of a bat species in Australia
Two months ago, a record-breaking heatwave devastated Australia's population of spectacled flying foxes.
Environmental | 207518 hits | 9:15 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Two months ago, a record-breaking heatwave devastated Australia's population of spectacled flying foxes. Environmental | 207516 hits | 6:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanishedWaste crisis looms as thousands of solar panels reach end of life
Thousands of ageing rooftop solar panels represent a toxic time-bomb and major economic waste unless Australia acts swiftly to keep them out of landfill, conservationists and recyclers say.
Environmental | 206898 hits | 12:40 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Thousands of ageing rooftop solar panels represent a toxic time-bomb and major economic waste unless Australia acts swiftly to keep them out of landfill, conservationists and recyclers say. The world's oceans are warming faster than predictedEnvironmental | 206695 hits | 12:52 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
The world's oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world's growing climate-changing emissions, scientists said Thursday. Artist devises satirical scheme to 'adopt' Alberta's orphaned wellsEnvironmental | 206800 hits | 6:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Alana Bartol is hoping to find caregivers for hundreds of Alberta orphans, but these charges are not children. They are oil wells across the province abandoned by their owners. Syncrude fined $2.75M in deaths of 31 great blue heronsEnvironmental | 206690 hits | 6:02 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Syncrude will pay a fine of $2.75 million after pleading guilty federal and provincial charges in relation to the deaths of 31 great blue herons. I visited what's possibly the world's most polluted city, and realized Americans have no idea how good they have itEnvironmental | 206812 hits | 9:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
I don't think I understood what it was like to live in a truly polluted city until I went to one.
As an American, I'd never really experienced a place choked with smog. New York, my home, is the 21st most polluted city, according to a recent study by E 80% of B.C., Alberta glaciers will disappear in next 50 years: expert Environmental | 208005 hits | 9:06 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists say. Bear sightings later into winter season could be the new norm, says expertEnvironmental | 207994 hits | 6:44 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
B.C. bear expert Lana Ciarniello confirms bears are being sighted later in the season across the country, and she believes this will be the new norm. 'Bears may still be finding enough food on the land and feeding on some of these things,' said conservati More areas of B.C. coastal waters designated killer whale critical habitatEnvironmental | 207648 hits | 10:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The classification means that the two new areas coastal waters are now legally protected against habitat-destroying activities. The designation means the two areas of ocean — from Swiftsure Bank at the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait north to La Perou Bloody effluent still spewing from B.C. fish processing plantEnvironmental | 207642 hits | 8:04 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Tavish Campbell says samples he collected from discharged waste reveal that the PRV virus, which is potentially harmful to wild salmon, is still present. B.C.'s environment ministry says a review of permits at all fish processing facilities is underway. Environmental | 207629 hits | 10:03 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Meanwhile, green energy's marginal and largely meaningless existence will be expensive for both taxpayers and electricity customersNorway Is Entering a New Era of Climate-Conscious Architecture
The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but in Norway, carbon neutrality isn’t enough.
A consortium in Oslo made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating energy-positive building
Environmental | 207936 hits | 10:26 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but in Norway, carbon neutrality isn’t enough.
A consortium in Oslo made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating energy-positive buildingNations agree on global climate pact rules, but they are seen as weak
Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.
Environmental | 207472 hits | 6:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming. Environmental | 207777 hits | 11:10 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The United Nations' annual climate conferences, like the latest in Katowice, Poland, attended by thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, scientists, special interest groups& and media are a circus and a fraud. 17 fish farms to be phased out under new agreement between B.C. government, First NationsEnvironmental | 207543 hits | 3:39 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Seventeen open-pen fish farms in B.C.'s Broughton Archipelago will be phased out by 2023 under a new agreement between First Nations and the provincial government, the premier announced Friday. U.S. Congress OKs killing sea lions to help save salmonEnvironmental | 206884 hits | 12:02 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports a bill approved by the House Tuesday changes the Marine Mammal Protection Act to lift some of the restrictions on killing sea lions to protect salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and its tributaries. Arctic breaks records with 5-year heat streakEnvironmental | 206858 hits | 12:12 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Arctic air temperatures for the past five years are the hottest they've been since record keeping started in 1900, and that's being blamed for abnormal weather across North America, Europe and Asia. America's south records coldest temperatures since records began | Daily Mail OnlineEnvironmental | 207027 hits | 12:23 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A 'Siberian Express' was barreling up from the Southeast to the Midwest and the East Coast bringing 100 record lows across the region, according to forecasters. Years ago, Canada and the U.S. came together to end the acid rain threat. What changed'Environmental | 207524 hits | 7:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Nobody talks much about acid rain anymore. But the one-time scourge of North American lakes and forests got a mention yesterday at the funeral of former U.S. president George H.W. Bush. Global carbon dioxide emissions rose almost 3% in 2018Environmental | 207302 hits | 6:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in seven years, discouraging scientists. 'Never seen anything like it': 200 dolphins spotted swimming from ferryEnvironmental | 207562 hits | 5:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Passengers on a ferry between Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay were treated to an incredible sight on Tuesday. "It was nothing like I had ever seen. Two hundred dolphins just having so much fun, jumping, racing." Half of B.C.'s chinook populations are endangered, scientists sayEnvironmental | 206985 hits | 6:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada reported Monday that of Canada's 16 chinook populations, eight are endangered, four are threatened and one is considered of special concern. Newly discovered cave in B.C. might be largest ever found in CanadaEnvironmental | 207785 hits | 5:59 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia might be the country's largest. It was spotted in the northeastern area of Wells Gray Provincial Park by a helicopter crew conducting a caribou census.Environmental | 206923 hits | 5:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Last Friday, Madrid’s tough new vehicle emissions controls went into effect, resulting in a drop in traffic by nearly 32 percent in some parts of the city, reports El País. The new rules impose strict restrictions on which vehicles can enter an area of juBlackouts, deaths and civil unrest: warning over Scotland's rush to go green
Scotland faces being plunged into darkness for days, possibly resulting in deaths and widespread civil disobedience, due to the country’s over-reliance on green energy, a new report has warned.
Environmental | 206547 hits | 9:18 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scotland faces being plunged into darkness for days, possibly resulting in deaths and widespread civil disobedience, due to the country’s over-reliance on green energy, a new report has warned.Venezuela Is Leaking Oil Everywhere
The once-mighty PDVSA is polluting waterways and farmland, unable to clean up its messes after years of neglect, scant investment and corruption scandals.
Environmental | 206965 hits | 10:51 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The once-mighty PDVSA is polluting waterways and farmland, unable to clean up its messes after years of neglect, scant investment and corruption scandals. 'Inaction is not an option': Cost to keep invasive Asian carp out of Great Lakes triplesEnvironmental | 207971 hits | 10:38 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Fortifying an Illinois waterway to prevent invasive carp from using it as a path to Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners previously thought, according to an updated report.GM Kills the Electric Car
If electric cars are such a grand idea, why is GM killing off the Chevy Volt? It’s the one electric car that actually did make some practical sense, at least.
Environmental | 208003 hits | 12:25 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
If electric cars are such a grand idea, why is GM killing off the Chevy Volt? It’s the one electric car that actually did make some practical sense, at least. If there is ever a deepwater oil blowout, help could be weeks awayEnvironmental | 207816 hits | 7:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
It could take weeks to get a disaster-stopping piece of equipment to Newfoundland and Labrador in the event of a subsea oil blowout, according to documents filed by Statoil, now known as Equinor, the company behind the province's first foray into deepwate 50% drop in rainbow trout puts Bow River's 'world-renowned' sport fishery at riskEnvironmental | 207550 hits | 6:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Bow River likely won't be able to support its "world-renowned" recreational fishery in future as the river's rainbow trout population is in drastic decline, according to a new study. Another report reluctantly admits that 'green' energy is a disastrous flopEnvironmental | 207530 hits | 12:46 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
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