May 15, 20150Comments

Weather events taken to extremes by climate change

Scientists warn that global warming could greatly increase the likelihood of droughts, floods and heatwaves reaching record levels of frequency and intensity, writes Tim...

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May 2, 20150Comments

Well drilling has deep impact on Great Plains’ health

Loss of vegetation on North America’s vast rangelands as a result of a huge increase in oil and gas wells invokes memories of the 1930s Dust Bowl disaster, writes Tim Radford....

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April 4, 20150Comments

Canada’s Energy East pipeline hits a snag

The pipeline giant TransCanada has announced it is scrapping its plan for an oil export terminal on the St. Lawrence River in Cacouna, Québec, in turn delaying the completion...

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April 3, 20150Comments

California imposes strict water rules

Standing on dry grass in an area that would typically be covered by at least several feet of accumulated snow in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains on Wednesday,...

March 18, 20150Comments

The Last of the Lobos

By Zoe Helene – Maggie Howell, executive director of the Wolf Conservation Center, talks about what endangered wolves sacrifice in captivity, the threat they face from...

March 9, 20150Comments

Energy giant’s bleak outlook is 25% rise in CO2

The British-based oil and gas “supermajor” BP says it expects global emissions of carbon dioxide to rise by a quarter in the next 20 years, writes Alex Kirby. It may come as a...

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February 25, 20150Comments

Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline

Following years of fierce environmental campaigning by a grassroots movement against the monied fossil fuel industry, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a...

February 20, 20150Comments

The Blackfish Effect

By Natalie Kyriacou – In 2013, the controversial documentary film, Blackfish, premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, sending shockwaves throughout the world. The...

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February 15, 20150Comments

Thousands march across Canada for justice for indigenous women

On National Day of Action for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, protests took place across Canada and in U.S., writes Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams. Marches took place...

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February 8, 20150Comments

Book Review: This Changes Everything

Naomi Klein’s latest book, This Changes Everything, is based on the premise that capitalism is the cause of the climate crisis, and to avert catastrophe, capitalism must go....

January 21, 20150Comments

Landmark round-the-world solar aircraft flight about to set off

Swiss innovators Mr Betrand Piccard and Mr Andre Borschberg are taking their dream of solar-powered aircraft to a new level as they attempt to fly around the world in their...

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January 11, 20150Comments

Naomi Klein on the climate heroes who inspire her

The climate crisis is no longer a future danger: Extreme weather, water shortages, heat waves, and flooding are here now. And the impacts of burning fossil fuels continue to...

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