January 6, 20150Comments

Climate change increasing stresses on fragile states

Briefing for UK aid workers says climate-related factors are making the world increasingly unstable and adding to hardships of the poorest people, writes Paul Brown. A...

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January 4, 20150Comments

US must face up to the dark side of climate change

As global temperatures rise, scientists warn that more cities in the US face the threat of power blackouts caused by fierce and frequent hurricanes, writes Tim Radford....

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December 16, 20140Comments

UN climate negotiators drop the ball in Lima

Negotiators have stopped trying to win a binding international agreement on carbon emissions. Now it’s up to the people to push our governments to action, writes Jim Shultz in...

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December 7, 20140Comments

Tribal lands are vital for Amazon forest carbon sink

As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, new research shows that destruction of Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity...

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December 1, 20140Comments

Turbulence in the maca market

If anyone understands the maca trade, Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham does. Here is a dispatch from the field regarding the current turbulence in the Maca market November 4,...

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November 21, 20140Comments

Arrests mount in Seneca Lake campaign in US

Close to 50 climate activists have been arrested over several weeks as part of an ongoing civil disobedience campaign in opposition to a gas storage facility on the shore of...

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November 21, 20140Comments

New energy is transforming US cities

Want to see how government are making real progress? Look to the cities tackling our biggest problems, writes Sarah van Gelder. If you’ve been looking to the federal...

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November 19, 20140Comments

Earth at Risk conference

Global warming. Racism. Sexual Violence. Inequality. War. Species extinction. What are the links between these issues? And how can we move towards victory? An upcoming...

November 16, 20140Comments

Is the China-US climate deal all it’s cracked up to be?

It’s been called an historic agreement − a game changer in the battle to combat climate change. But can China and the US fulfill the promises in their announcement of plans to...

November 2, 20140Comments

China-US links could spark emissions breakthrough

New research suggests that global emission reduction targets are achievable if China and the US – the world’s worst emitters of greenhouse gases − work together to reduce...

October 12, 20140Comments

Global Frackdown aims to end fracking bonanza

Anti-fracking activists all over the world turned up their megaphones and took to the streets of their communities on Saturday to partipate in the “Global...

October 4, 20140Comments

Leaked TTIP documents reveal powerful chemical industry wins

Corporate interests may be winning in U.S.-EU trade negotiations, endangering public health and the environment, a new cache of documents (pdf) leaked on Tuesday show, writes...

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