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Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2015
▶ CHINA AND OTHER BIG EMITTERS CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA OVER ITS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/china-and-other-big-emitters-challenge-australia-over-its-climate-change-policies-20150419-1mnqt3.html
ClimateProgress, April 17, 2015
▶ AUSTRALIA PM PLEDGES MILLIONS TO HELP CLIMATE CONTRARIAN SET UP CENTER TO ARGUE AGAINST CLIMATE ACTION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/17/3648284/australian-climate-consensus-center-contrarian/
Asian Correspondent, February 09, 2015
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE: LEADERS DALLY WHILE AUSTRALIA HEATS UP
http://asiancorrespondent.com/130427/climate-change-leaders-dally-while-australia-heats-up/
Guardian, November 16, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM TELLS G20 LEADERS HE BACKS COAL, DESPITE PLEAS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ODD MAN OUT http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/16/g20-leaders-australia-back-down-climate-change-language
The Australian, June 12, 2014
▶ COUNT ME OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT SAYS AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/count-me-out-of-climate-change-summit-says-tony-abbott/story-e6frg6xf-1226951212337?nk=d6d3da647967dbdb74a18076b4925751
RTCC, July 17, 2014 ▶ GLOBAL OUTRAGE AS AUSTRALIA CANS CARBON TAX http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/global-outrage-as-australia-cans-carbon-tax/
RTCC, July 17, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA REVOKES CARBON TAX - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/australia-axes-carbon-tax-international-reactions/
Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S STANCE SAVAGELY CONDEMNED AT UN NEW YORK CLIMATE SUMMIT http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-climate-stance-savagely-condemned-at-new-york-summit-20140926-10mc0x.html
ABC Australia, September 12, 2014 ▶ HAS THE MINING INDUSTRY TAKEN OVER THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT? An eleventh hour amendment to already controversial mining laws in Queensland has triggered anger from landholders and green groups, with a lawyer saying the new legislation restricts the rights of landholders to object to a mining lease application. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-12/late-night-amendment-changes-right-of-qld-landholders-mining-lea/5741032
Guardian Environment, July 14, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA HAS A CHOICE: JOIN OTHERS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, OR STAND ALONE http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/14/australia-has-a-choice-join-others-to-combat-climate-change-or-stand-alone
Reuters, November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIANS 'BURY HEADS IN SAND' PROTEST TO MOCK GOVERNMENT CLIMATE STANCE. More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australia's Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the government's reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-australia-protests-idUSKCN0IX14420141113
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister: If the Climate collapses so will our ecosystems, and the economy. There will be massive social chaos on the planet, and there will be no jobs. Your environmental policies are destroying the crucial natural environment that we need to stabilize the planet and that supports all life... all in the name of profits and "jobs"...It is time for you to wake up to your responsibility...playing to the corporate dollar will be your downfall ... and ours ...For Without Nature We Do Not Exist.....pdjmoo
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DW.DE November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA 'GOING BACKWARDS' ON CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS http://www.dw.de/australia-going-backwards-on-climate-change-targets/a-18060290
Huffington Post Green, January 16, 2015
▶ BIG OIL DESTROYS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/big-oil-destroys-the-grea_b_6470476.html
Media Matters for America, July 24, 2014
-▶ HOW RUPERT MURDOCH PUSHED AUSTRALIA INTO A CLIMATE CHANGE RETREAT http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/24/how-rupert-murdoch-pushed-australia-into-a-clim/200197
Guardian Environment, August 17, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT'S PUSH TO DITCH RENEWABLES COULD HAND COAL AND GAS INDUSTRY $10bn http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn
Guardian, October 03, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SLUMPS 70% IN ONE YEAR: CHOOSES COAL AND FOSSIL FUELS OVER ENVIRONMENT http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/03/australias-investment-in-renewable-energy-slumps-70-in-one-year
Guardian, October 14, 2014
▶ MINING COMPANIES LOBBY G20 IN AUSTRALIA TO BACK COAL AS FUTURE OF ENERGY. PR campaign aims to convince world leaders that coal-fired power offers the solution to ‘energy poverty’ in developing countries. ‘Let’s have no demonisation of coal. Coal is good for humanity,’ says Australian PM, Tony Abbott http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/mining-companies-lobby-g20-leaders-to-back-coal-as-future-of-energy
Guardian, October 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOT SAYS 'COAL IS GOOD FOR HUMANITY' WHILE OPENING MINE http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/tony-abbott-says-coal-is-good-for-humanity-while-opening-mine
Lock The Gate Alliance,
▶ FLOGGING THE FARM : BIG COAL'S MASSIVE LAND GRAB. The analysis reveals that coal companies have bought up more than 702,000 acres of freehold land in the Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin. - an area greater than the size of the entire Australian Capital Territory. It's a massive land grab - our governments' aggressive support for expanded coal mining means we're flogging off the farm to multi-national coal companies. http://www.lockthegate.org.au/flogging_the_farm
Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2014
▶ ABBOTT GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SCRAP THE NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION AS DROUGHT LOOMS http://www.smh.com.au/environment/abbott-government-plans-to-scrap-the-national-water-commission-as-drought-looms-20141126-11u0cy.html
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA PANDERING TO CORPORATE PROFIT: CONTROVERSIAL MINE WATER BILL PASSED IN QUEENSLAND. Miners in Queensland will no longer need a licence to take ground water and will be exempt from reporting requirements for "low-risk" activities... Critics said the water reform and other legislation would give coal companies the right to extract billions of litres of ground water without having to buy licences or to adhere to caps. Environment groups feared the legislation would damage aquifers and the Great Barrier Reef. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/water-bill-passed-by-queensland-parliament/5922396
EcoWatch, July 08, 2014 ▶ PUTTING JOBS & GROWTH AHEAD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUICIDE: THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL WARMING http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/08/economics-of-global-warming/
Sydney Morning Herald, July 08, 2014
▶ TONY ABBOTT'S GOVERNMENT IS 'RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING' THE FUTURE ON CLIMATE SAYS UK CHIEF http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-government-is-recklessly-endangering-the-future-on-climate-says-uk-chief-20140708-zszx4.html
Sydney Morning Herald, June 10, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA PM, TONY ABBOT, SEEKS ALLIANCE TO THWART PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY. Prime Minister Tony Abbott with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper both say there is no need for carbon ... http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-seeks-alliance-to-thwart-president-obama-on-climate-change-policy-20140609-39t93.html
InsideClimate News, September 23, 2014
▶ CANADA-AUSTRALIA 'AXIS OF CARBON' AN OBSTACLE TO CLIMATE PACT. Their prime ministers mince no words in their disdain for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions to protect their fossil fuel exports. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140923/canada-australia-axis-carbon-obstacle-climate-pact
COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE http://sco.lt/7HudAP
The Converation, August 29, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT' ENVIRONMENT AGENDA IS EVEN HARSHER THAN HE PROMISED http://theconversation.com/abbotts-environment-agenda-is-even-harsher-than-he-promised-30796
Mongabay, July 22, 2014 ▶ SCIENTISTS BLAST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO DISMANTLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0722-atbc-resolution-australian-govt.html
RT News, August 27, 2014 ▶ WHY AUSTRALIA PM @tonyabbottmhr CLIMATE POLICY IS TOXIC. Climate change poses risks to much more than the economic status quo. It does not just affect carbon-polluting industries, farm exports, physical infrastructure, property and ski-fields. Both physical and mental health are at risk. http://www.rtcc.org/2014/08/27/why-australia-pm-tony-abbotts-climate-policy-is-toxic/
Rolling Stone, October 3, 2011
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF AUSTRALIA http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-change-and-the-end-of-australia-20111003 http://ow.ly/sD4jz
WATCH -Democracy Now, January 9, 2013
AUSTRALIA ON FIRE: RECORD-SHATTERING HEAT, WILDFIRES ENGULF WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF COAL http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/9/australia_on_fire_record_shattering_heat
Guardian, October 02, 2014
▶ PLANET OZ: SCIENTISTS FIND HUMAN FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER AUSTRALIA'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/oct/03/scientists-find-human-fingerprints-all-over-australias-hottest-year-on-record
Salon, January 07, 2015
▶ AUSTRALIA IS BURNING : WHY THE COUNTRY'S DEVASTATING WILDFIRES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.salon.com/2015/01/07/australia_is_burning_why_the_countrys_devastating_wildfires_have_everything_to_do_with_climate_change/
France24, January 06, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA BATTLES WORST WILDFIRES IN 30 YEARS. That has raised questions about whether the blaze is the result of climate change and a possible sign of worse to come.“Unless there are rapid, substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and globally, Australia will experience more heat waves and bush fires as in 2014,” David Karoly, a professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Melbourne, said in a statement. http://www.france24.com/en/20150106-australia-battles-worst-wildfires-30-years-adelaide/
Guardian, January 03, 2015
▶ WEST AUSTRALIAN $30bn CHEVRON LNG FRACKING PROJECT ALLOWED TO OPERATE EXEMPT FROM REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ON ITS CARBON EMISSIONS http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/04/west-australian-30bn-lng-project-allowed-no-carbon-emission-targets
Renew Economy, December 06, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA SCRAMBLES AT UN LIMA CLIMATE TALKS TO PREVENT BLOWOUT IN 2020 EMISSIONS TARGET which will not only cause embarrassment around its domestic policies, but could compromise its continued involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/australia-scrambles-in-lima-to-prevent-blowout-in-2020-emissions-target-46837
The Ecologist, September 25, 2014
▶ CHINA'S WAR ON POLLUTION COULD LEAVE AUSTRALIA'S DIRTY COAL OUT IN THE COLD http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2570105/chinas_war_on_pollution_could_leave_australias_dirty_coal_out_in_the_cold.html
HuffPost Green, October 01, 2014
▶ SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS PLAN TO BLOCK AUSTRALIAN COAL PORT TO PROTEST CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/south-pacific-nations-coal-port_n_5911660.html
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch , July 03, 2011
-▶ AUSTRALIAN NICKEL MINING DESTROYING WEST PAPUA PARADISE http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/australian-nickel-mining-destroying-west-papua-paradise/
Global Voices, July 20, 2014
- ▶ HOW PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CANOES http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/20/pacific-islanders-plan-journey-to-australia-canoes-climate-change/ Slate Magazine, September 24, 2014 ▶ THE SAUDI ARABIA OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: HOW AUSTRALIA BECAME THE DIRTIEST POLLUTER IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/09/australia_s_environmental_movement_has_been_overthrown.html
--- WATCH --- 300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS http://sco.lt/724dSD
▶ TWO THIRDS OF FOSSIL FUEL RESERVE MUST STAY UNDERGROUND TO STABILIZE CLIMATE « http://ecowatch.org/2012/fossil-fuel-underground-stabilize-climate/
Business Spectator, July 28, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA APPROVES ITS BIGGEST COAL MINE YET IN NORTH QUEENSLAND, THREATENING ENVIRONMENT AND WATERWAYS http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/7/28/policy-politics/hunt-approves-giant-carmichael-coal-mine
AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF IS DYING WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE http://sco.lt/6q4ykD
Grist, December 17, 2013
-▶ IS THE COAL INDUSTRY ABOUT TO WRECK THE AUSTRALIAN GREAT BARRIER REEF? http://grist.org/news/is-the-coal-industry-about-to-wreck-the-great-barrier-reef/ Guardian, August 01, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND THE COAL MINE THAT COULD KILL IT. The Great Barrier Reef is sick. Almost half of its coral is already dead and a massive new coal mine, which was given final approval this week, will only cause further damage. This is not just an issue for Australia, it affects us all http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/01/-sp-great-barrier-reef-and-coal-mine-could-kill-it
Guardian Sustainable Business, April 1, 2014 - ▶ THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST OF AN EXPANDING COAL INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/unquenchable-thirst-expanding-coal-industry
VIDEO:
Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014
THE BIGGEST DRY STORIES OF AUSTRALIA'S WANING RIVERS & WORRIED TOWNS http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/science-tech/environment/video-the-biggest-dry-stories-of-australias-waning-rivers-worried-towns/
CSRWire, March 10, 2009
-▶ "THE BIGGEST DRY": AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT, A WARNING OF GLOBAL WATER SCARCITY: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/15166-Australia-s-Epic-Drought-a-Warning-of-Global-Water-Scarcity-The-Biggest-Dry- THE BIGGEST DRY - INFOGRAPH, VIDEOS, PHOTOS http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/biggest-dry/ New Scientist, July 10, 2014 INSANITY ▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC SCHEME TO FARM ITS NORTHERN WILDS .The government wants to dam northern rivers to create a giant food bowl – but no one knows how it will affect the environment or Indigenous people http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25870-australias-epic-scheme-to-farm-its-northern-wilds.html Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S FOOD BOWL, LIKE THE WORLD'S, IS DRYING UP http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-warning/ Bloomberg, August 07, 2014 -▶ CHINA ADDS SOLAR CAPACITY EQUAL TO AUSTRALIA'S ENTIRE SUPPLY OF POWER IN 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/china-add-australia-sized-solar-capacity-in-energy-push.html
Vice News, August 30, 2014
▶ HOW AUSTRALIA PERFECTED SOLAR POWER AND THEN WENT BACK TO COAL https://news.vice.com/article/how-australia-perfected-solar-power-and-then-went-back-to-coal
Guardian Environment, August 18, 2014
▶ PLAN FOR ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR POWER STATIONS SCRAPPED http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/plans-for-one-of-australias-largest-solar-power-stations-scrapped
SOLAR ON A ROLL : TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/7T2vmT THE ONLY WAY OUT: CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED http://sco.lt/51P1sH
▶ CHINA AND AUSTRALIA TOP THE LIST OF 'CARBON BOMB' PROJECTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/22/china-australia-carbon-bomb.
AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET WHY CAPITALISM CAN'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/84Vywz
================== July 14, 2013 The Conversation ▶ EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES ARE FRAUGHT TERRITORY: IS AUSTRALIA READY FOR THE CORPORATE SCAM? http://theconversation.com/emissions-trading-schemes-are-fraught-territory-is-rudd-ready-16062
PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET http://sco.lt/7d7RmT
HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET? UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS:
http://sco.lt/4ruX0z
AUSTRALIA BURNING: BUSHFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL http://sco.lt/7otlxZ
-▶ AUSTRALIAN HONEYBEE HIVES ARE MELTING AS TEMPERATURES SOAR http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/australian-honeybees-unable-to-make-honey_b_4670475.html
Guardian, July 13, 2014 ▶ SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA FACES 40% REDUCTION IN RAINFALL BY END OF CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Perth in Western Australia identified as most vulnerable city under prediction of massive 40% reduction in rainfall http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/southern-australia-faces-water-crisis-by-end-of-century-due-to-climate-change Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT IS GLOBAL WARMING. The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-scarcity-desertification/ New Scientist, July 13, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA IS DRYING OUT THANKS TO OUR EMISSIONS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25887-australia-is-drying-out-thanks-to-our-emissions.html Summit Voice, July 14, 2014
▶ GREENHOUSE GASES DRIVE AUSTRALIA DRYING TREND: SCIENTISTS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/14/climate-greenhouse-gases-drive-australia-drying-trend/
The Guardian, August 07, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: 'ABNORMALLY EARLY' BUSHFIRE SEASON PROMPTS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/abnormally-early-bushfire-season-prompts-call-for-more-resources SCHIZOPHRENIC ABBOTT Guardian August 02, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT, LAUNCHES GREEN ARMY RECRUITING 15,000 YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. About 15,000 young Australians will be mobilised for the government’s Green Army and get their hands dirty on environmental projects for a weekly wage of up to $500.
The Abbott government’s Green Army initiative will involve 1500 projects implemented over the next three years. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/tony-abbott-green-army-recruiting-drive
====================== ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE ====================== Guardian Environment, April 01, 2014 -▶ AUSTRALIAN KOALAS MAY DISAPPEAR IN AREAS AFFECTED BY CARBON OFFSET SCHEME: NO TO BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/02/koalas-may-disappear-in-areas-affected-by-offset-scheme-says-foundation
Climate Progress, December 20, 2013
-▶ MASSIVE KOALA-DISPLACING WITH COAL MINE IN AUSTRALIA'S GALILEE BASIN - The AU$6.4 billion mine will produce up to 40 million tonnes of a coal a year, which according to The Guardian, “would release an estimated 85.6m tonnes of CO2 once burned, slightly more than the annual emissions of Romania.” http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/20/3095491/australias-galilee-basin-palmer-coal/#
The Converation, March 26, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA SHOULD ENLIST DINGOES TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES, INSTEAD OF KILLING THEM http://theconversation.com/australia-should-enlist-dingoes-to-control-invasive-species-24807 AUSTRALIAN ENDANGERED WOMBATS STARVING TO DEATH http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/wombats-hit-by-killer-plants-8373788.html Canberra Times, January 29, 2014 -▶ AUSTRALIA: IT'S BECOMING HARDER TO SEE THE TREES FOR THE REVENUE. Conserving our biodiversity is becoming dependent on its destruction http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/its-becoming-harder-to-see-the-trees-for-the-revenue-20140128-31l2b.html
-▶ AUSTRALIA'S BRUTAL SHARK CULL IMPOVERISHES OCEAN: GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/7jFYdl - ▶ AUSTRALIA: OCEAN-GRABBING BY HUGE CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES' http://sco.lt/6cD1N3 Guardian Environment, November 25, 2013 ▶ AUSTRALIA UNDER FIRE FOR FAILING TO PROTECT THREATENED ANIMALS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/26/australia-under-fire-for-failing-to-protect-threatened-animals Guardian Environment, March 24, 2014
- ▶ AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES ACCUSED OF JEOPARDIZING SUMATRAN PRIZED LEUSER ECOSYSTEM INDONESIAN THREATENING WILDLIFE EXTINCTION http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/24/australian-companies-accused-of-hampering-conservation-in-indonesia The Conversation, May 26, 2013 - ▶ AUSTRALIA: VICTORIAN LAW CHANGE ABANDONS NATIVE FORESTS TO CORPORATE LOGGERS -- FOR PURE PROFIT http://theconversation.com/victorian-law-change-abandons-native-forests-to-loggers-14113
▶ UNFAIR SHARES: HOW THE COAL INDUSTRY BOUGHT AUSTRALIA'S HUNTER RIVER - Pushing out rich farmland, consuming and polluting precious water PHOTOS http://www.lockthegate.org.au/unfairshares Reuters, February 28, 2014 ▶ AUSTRALIA: ELDERLY, YOUNG TO LEAVE AREA NEAR AUSTRALIAN MINE FIRE BURNING FOR 3 WEEKS. Children, the elderly and pregnant women have been urged to leave a small Australian town because of health concerns from a fire that has been burning at a nearby coal mine for almost three weeks.
Particulate pollution, which can damage the lungs and respiratory system, has been measured at more than 10 times the recommended daily threshold in the area around the fire near South Morwell, about 150 km (95 miles) east of the Victoria state capital of Melbourne. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/us-australia-minefire-idUSBREA1R0AR20140228
▶ AN ELDERS PRAYER FOR THE RIVER: Fish Come Back Dead Red Gum trees, Lake Pamamaroo near Menindee (click image to enlarge) http://ht.ly/2YD7S
AUSTRALIA BANS SUPER TRAWLERS: PERMANENTLY NO Super Trawlers. Not Here. Not Anywhere http://sco.lt/7eC9gX
====================== WATCH - NOVA PBS
AUSTRALIA: FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS (SERIES)
"AUSTRALIA AWAKENING" One of the strangest landscapes on Earth reveals our planet's complex history http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html#australia-awakening YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rArGi6lwds Science Daily, January 19, 2014
-▶ GET USED TO HEAT WAVES: EXTREME EL NINO EVENTS TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS - MASSIVE CHANGES IN GLOBAL RAINFALL PATTERNS http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140119142454.htm Sydney Morning Herald, January 20, 2014
-▶ MAJOR EL NINO EVENTS LIKELY TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS INCREASES http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/major-el-nino-events-likely-to-double-in-next-century-20140119-312sy.html
Business Green, January 15, 2014 ▶ BP: GLOBAL EMISSIONS TO SOAR 29 PERCENT BY 2030 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2323190/bp-global-emissions-to-soar-29-per-cent-by-2030?utm_term=&utm_content=headline_title&utm_campaign=BG.Daily_RL.EU.A.U&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=BG.DCM.Editors_Updates
Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/
WALL STREET SPEAKS OUT THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION http://sco.lt/6tNs8H -▶ THE SHEER LUNACY OF BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING: CONSERVING NATURE IS BECOMING DEPENDENT ON ITS DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/9EcFvt ======================== A WAKE-UP VIDEO "EXTREME ICE" JUST HOW FAST ARE WE MELTING? AS IT HAPPENS http://sco.lt/8zIJfd - ▶ GREENLAND'S ANTARCTICA MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV
Climate Central April 2nd 2014
▶ WARMING TEMPERATURES COULD DRY OUT ONE THIRD OF PLANET http://www.climatecentral.org/news/warming-temperatures-could-dry-out-one-third-of-planet-17249 - ▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF DEFORESTATION IS DESERTIFICATION A DEADLY GAME FOR ALL LIFE - AUSTRALIA & GLOBAL ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/72G2nh
ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE http://sco.lt/8gVi1x THE SHALE GAS "FRACKING" REVOLUTION AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3221506918/the-shale-gas-fracking-revolution-an-environmental-nightmare WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE The Water Crisis http://sco.lt/53HMPJ WATCH
Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Four Corners Investigation
"A BLOODY BUSINESS" (60 minutes) AUSTRALIAN LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS http://sco.lt/7cFyuf WATCH FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US http://sco.lt/4ywB3h ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE: ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH AND POPE FRANCIS http://sco.lt/57JX0L
- ▶ FAST-TRACKING OUR OWN EXTINCTION: THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST AND PALM OIL ECOCIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust-and-palm-oil-ecocide
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ALL NUCLEAR PROCESSING SHOULD BE HALTED UNTIL WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO NEUTRALIZE THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE - FOR THE SAKE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH AND ALL LIFE ON PLANET EARTH July 6, 2013 TruthOut ▶ THE LONG-DANGEROUS HALF LIFE OF STRONTIUM 90. Strontium-90 - and other nuclear byproducts linked to significant suffering, disease and death - will linger in our soil and water, our tissue and bone, for generations.... http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17351-the-brief-wondrous-life-and-long-dangerous-half-life-of-strontium-90 RADIOACTIVE WASTE - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste April 24, 2011 Guardian
▶ NUCLEAR WASTE: "KEEP OUT OUT FOR 100,000 YEARS "
Few architects have to design anything to last more than 100 years, so how do you build a nuclear waste facility to last for millennia? And what sign do you put on the door? http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/24/nuclear-waste-storage ▶ THE LETHAL LEGACY OF AMERICA'S NUCLEAR WASTE http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/inside-the-earth/nuclear-waste/ ============================== THE ONGOING FUKUSHIMA DISASTER http://sco.lt/7FL11d ============================== September 3, 2013 EarthSky Science ▶ UNDERSTANDING THE RADIOACTIVE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL AND FUKUSHIMA http://earthsky.org/human-world/understanding-the-radioactive-legacy-of-chernobyl-and-fukushimaSept ========================= CHERNOBYL DISASTER WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster ========================= VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, April 22, 2014
REVISITING CHERNOBYL
A NUCLEAR DISASTER SITE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science-jan-june11-chernobyl_03-29/
VIDEO REPORT France24
"CHERNOBYL REVISITED"
http://webdoc.france24.com/chernobyl-revisited/#Chernobyl_revisited_ TED VIDEO
▶ WHY 200 GRANDMOTHERS STAY IN CHERNOBYL - BECAUSE IT'S HOME http://www.ted.com/talks/holly_morris_why_stay_in_chernobyl_because_it_s_home VIDEO Global Possibilities, October 19, 2013 ▶ TINY BIT OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FOUND NEAR CHERNOBYL IS STILL SHOCKINGLY RADIOACTIVE - 27 YEARS ON http://www.globalpossibilities.org/tiny-bit-of-spent-nuclear-fuel-found-near-chernobyl-is-still-shockingly-radioactive-video/ BBC News, November 26, 2013
▶ CHERNOBYL'S ARCH: SEALING OFF A RADIOACTIVE SARCOPHAGUS TO AVOID ANOTHER RADIOACTIVE RELEASE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25086097 VIDEO (55:00) PBS Nature, October 19, 2011 "RADIOACTIVE WOLVES" Chernobyl: 25 Years On: A Land Without Humans http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/radioactive-wolves/full-episode/7190/ Program Description: What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled? The historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.... http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/radioactive-wolves/full-episode/7190/ ============================= U.S.A. NUCLEAR WASTE NIGHTMARE ============================ August 23, 2013 Living on Earth ▶ THE NUCLEAR POWER STORAGE CRISIS http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00034&segmentID=1 Oracle: ThinkQuest Library ▶ NUCLEAR WASTE http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/nuclear_waste.html August 25, 2013 Los Angeles Times ▶ NUCLEAR WASTE CAN'T WAIT: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-disposal-20130825,0,3109839.story The Raw Story, May 10, 2014
▶ NEW MEXICO NUCLEAR WASTE SITE HALTS SHIPMENTS TO TEXAS. New Mexico nuclear waste dump, which saw a radiation leak in February, has halted shipments of toxic waste barrels to a commercial Texas facility amid concerns that chemical reactions could trigger another release there, officials said on Friday. A probe found the February 14 accident may have been linked to improperly prepared and packaged drums of toxic waste accepted from the Los Alamos National Laboratory by the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), its managers said in a statement.... http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/10/new-mexico-nuclear-waste-site-halts-shipments-of-toxic-materials-to-texas/ Reuters, February 16, 2014
▶ POSSIBLE RADIATION LEAK AT NEW MEXICO MILITARY NUCLEAR WASTE SITE http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/16/us-radiation-leak-newmexico-idUSBREA1F06Y20140216 nsnbc International ▶ 400 % SPIKE IN RARE BIRTH DEFECTS NEAR LEAKING U.S.HANFORD NUCLEAR SITE http://nsnbc.me/2014/04/24/400-spike-in-rare-birth-defects-near-leaking-hanford-nuclear-site/ Center for Public Integrity , November 18, 2013
▶ THE MASSIVE CLEAN UP MESS AT USA HANFORD'S NUCLEAR SITE GETS WORSE http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/11/18/13770/mess-gets-worse-hanford-s-nuclear-site June 20, 2013 The Nation ▶ FIXING AMERICA'S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE: A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN. The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen... http://www.thenation.com/article/161500/fixing-americas-nuclear-waste-storage-problem# Detroit Free Press, April 13, 2014
▶ PLANNED NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITY RAISES FEARS FOR GREAT LAKES FROM WHICH 24 MILLION U.S. RESIDENTS GET DRINKING WATER http://www.freep.com/article/20140413/NEWS06/304130074/great-lakes-nuclear-waste RADIOACTIVE WASTE - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste VIDEOS, PICTURES NSFW Before It's News, November 24, 2013
▶ FEDS CREATING NUCLEAR SACRIFICE ZONES TO STORE OVER 71,000 TONS OF NUCLEAR WASTE http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/11/feds-creating-nuclear-sacrifice-zones-to-store-over-71000-tons-of-nuclear-waste-video-and-pictures-nsfw-2831448.html Politico, November 30, 2013
▶ THE $38 BILLION U.S. NUCLEAR WASTE FIASCO http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/nuclear-waste-fiasco-100450.html March 22, 2013 CS Monitor ▶ THE NUCLEAR WASTE PROBLEM: WHERE TO PUT IT? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0322/The-nuclear-waste-problem-Where-to-put-it TruthOut, March 11, 2014 ▶ STUDY: NUCLEAR REACTORS ARE TOXIC TO SURROUNDING AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH AGE http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22324-study-nuclear-reactors-are-toxic-to-surrounding-areas-especially-as-plants-age Common Dreams, February 28, 2014 ▶ MAJOR NUCLEAR DUMP HAS LEAKED, BUT DOES US GOVERNMENT HAVE A PLAN B? http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/28-3 University of Michigan ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: REMEDIATION OF WASTE http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sec003group5/remediation_of_waste NationofChange, December 09, 2013 ▶ WEST VIRGINIA LANDFILLS NOW ACCEPT UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE FRACKING WASTE http://www.nationofchange.org/west-virginia-landfills-will-now-accept-unlimited-amounts-often-radioactive-fracking-waste-138660435 Daily Kos, Decembeer 20, 2013
▶ BP AD CHEVRON ACCUSED OF DUMPING TOXIC RADIOACTIVE WASTE INTO THE SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/20/1264313/-BP-and-Chevron-are-accused-of-dumping-toxic-radioactive-waste-into-the-swamps-of-Lousiana# SLIDESHOW
▶ LIFE AFTER A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE: AN INSIDE LOOK http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=life-after-a-nuclear-catastrophe The Independent, November 28, 2013 ▶ UK GOVERNMENT'S RADICAL PLAN TO 'BURN UP' UKs MOUNTAIN OF PLUTONIUM http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-uk-governments-radical-plan-to-burn-up-uks-mountain-of-plutonium-8967535.html June 14, 2013 Forbes ▶ WHY BILLIONAIRE PAUL ALLEN BACKED PRO-NUCLEAR FILM "PANDORA'S PROMISE" http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2013/06/14/why-billionaire-paul-allen-backed-pro-nuclear-power-film-pandoras-promise/ -- WATCH -- November 14, 2013 DC Bureau THE 3 AM NIGHTMARE
THE BOMB PLANT AT USA SAVANNAH RIVER SITE: http://www.dcbureau.org/201211148053/national-security/video-the-bomb-plant-the-3-am-nightmare.html June 22, 2013 NBC News
▶ USA FEDS: NUCLEAR WASTE MAY BE LEAKING INTO SOIL FROM HANFORD SITE The tanks are now beyond their intended life span. The Energy Department announced last year that AY-102 was leaking between its two walls, but it said then that no waste had escaped.
Two radionuclides comprise much of the radioactivity in Hanford's tanks: cesium-137 and strontium-90. Both take hundreds of years to decay, and exposure to either would increase a person's risk of developing cancer
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/22/19088481-feds-nuclear-waste-may-be-leaking-into-soil-from-hanford-site?lite June 24, 2013 Grist
▶ USA: NUCLEAR WASTE LEAKING AT HANFORD SITE IN WASHINGTON STATE, AGAIN http://grist.org/news/nuclear-waste-leaking-at-hanford-site-in-washington-again/ July 3, 2013 Observer ▶ PROBLEM WITH A WEST TEXAS RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP GET BURIED. The preferred method for getting rid of radioactive waste is to bury it deep underground and hope to never see it again. Texas’ approach to regulating radioactive waste is similar. Instead of a public airing, problems with a burgeoning West Texas nuclear dump often get buried.... http://www.texasobserver.org/problems-with-a-west-texas-radioactive-waste-dump-get-buried/ August 14, 2013 DC Bureau
▶ NEW YORK IMPORTS PENNSYLVANIA'S RADIOACTIVE FRACKING WASTE DESPITE FALSIFIED WATER TESTS http://www.dcbureau.org/201308148881/natural-resources-news-service/new-york-imports-pennsylvanias-radioactive-fracking-waste-despite-falsified-water-tests.html ================================== NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN THE WORLDS' OCEAN 114 TONS OF IT (deutsch, english subs) http://sco.lt/7Y3KT3 ================================== GENERAL BEYOND NUCLEAR
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/ DW.DE News ▶ FEARS GROW OVER SAFETY OF NORTH KOREAN REACTOR FAILURE IN COOLING SYSTEM http://www.dw.de/fears-grow-over-safety-of-north-korean-reactor/a-17581047 March 11, 2013 New York Times
▶ NUCLEAR: IN SEARCH OF ENERGY MIRACLES: HOW MUCH FAITH SHOULD WE PUT IN BIG TECHNOLOGY FIXES TO SAVE THE WORLD? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/science/in-search-of-energy-miracles.html?_r=0 December 16, 2013
▶ POWER CRAZED: Why do we transfer the real health risks inflicted by coal onto nuclear energy? http://www.monbiot.com/2013/12/16/power-crazed/ --- WATCH---- THE PRICE OF CARBON The Climate Reality Project http://climaterealityproject.org/the-price-of-carbon/ June 6, 2013 TruthOut
▶ PEACE TALK AND WAR BUDGET http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17376-peace-talk-and-war-budget August 25, 2013 The Telegraph
▶ NUCLEAR MAY BECOME OBSOLETE WARNS U.S. SOLAR ENERGY CHIEF http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10265065/Nuclear-may-become-obsolete-warns-US-solar-energy-chief.html ▶ SOLAR ON A ROLL : TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE | @scoopit http://sco.lt/4vZ7lB
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The Guardian, February 25, 2014 -▶ POLAR BEARS MAY HAVE TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE Drastic measures are required to save the beleaguered animal from extinction, say scientists... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/07/polar-bears-fed-by-humans-survive
INTERNATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY : IN PICTURES
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/feb/27/international-polar-bear-day-in-pictures
ScienceDaily, April 01, 2015
POLAR BEARS UNLIKELY TO THRIVE ON LAND-BASED DIETS.
Polar bears, increasingly forced on shore due to sea ice loss, may be eating terrestrial foods including berries, birds and eggs, but any nutritional gains are limited to a few individuals and likely cannot compensate for lost opportunities to consume their traditional, lipid-rich prey -- ice seals http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150401133025.htm
OECD Insights Blog -▶ BAND-AIDS WON'T SAVE THE POLAR BEARS: SMARTER CLIMATE ADAPTION NEEDED http://oecdinsights.org/2015/02/25/band-aids-wont-save-the-polar-bears-smarter-climate-adaptation-needed/
The Guardian Environment, November 17, 2014
-▶ ALASKA-AREA POLAR BEAR POPULATION PLUMMETS 40% IN 10 YEARS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/polar-bear-population-falls-sea-north-alaska
Salon, November 22, 2014
-▶ AS THE ICE CAP MELT, POLAR BEARS ARE LOSING THEIR NATURAL HABITATS -- AND STARVATION IS DRIVING THEM TO VIOLENCE http://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/when_polar_bears_attack_how_climate_change_is_creating_a_new_breed_of_unlikely_killers/
REVEALING PHOTOS
Barentsobserver, January 13, 2014
▶ RUSSIAN SUBMARINERS FEED POLAR BEAR GARBAGE IN THE ARCTIC http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2015/01/submariners-feed-polar-bear-garbage-13-01
IN PICTURES
The Guardian Environment, December 09, 2014
-▶ SVALBARD'S POLAR BEARS AND THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/dec/09/svalbards-polar-bears-effects-climate-change-in-pictures
Huffington Post Green, January 14, 2015
-▶ POLAR BEARS ARE MIGRATING TO AREAS WITH LONGER LASTING ICE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/polar-bears-migrate-to-no_n_6467876.html
August 11, 2013 Care2
-▶ THIS POLAR BEAR STARVED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.care2.com/causes/a-polar-bear-starves-to-death-climate-change-is-the-culprit.html
Mongabay, October 08, 2014
-▶ THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR POLAR BEARS: 'STOP THE RISE IN CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES' http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1008-watsa-wcn-amstrup.html?n3ws1ttr
Yahoo News UK, December 19, 2014
-▶ WARMING LEADS TO MORE RUN-INS WITH POLAR BEARS http://ow.ly/GcNsT
Aug 7, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife -▶ STARVED POLAR BEAR PERISHED DUE TO RECORD SEA-ICE MELT http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/starved-polar-bear-perished-due-to-record-sea-ice-melt/
Conservation Magazine, December 03, 2014
-▶ CLICHE OR NO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE FOR POLAR BEARS http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/12/cliche-or-no-climate-change-really-is-coming-for-the-polar-bears/
National Wildlife Federation, December 2, 2013 -▶ ALARMING POLAR BEAR DECLINE A CALL TO ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Global-Warming/2013/12-02-13-Alarming-Polar-Bear-Decline-a-Call-to-Action-on-Climate-Change.aspx
January 10, 2012 CBC News -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE LEAVES SOME HUDSON BAY POLAR BEARS STARVING http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/01/10/mb-starving-polar-bears-manitoba.html
WWF, November 26, 2014
-▶ "BUSINESS AS USUAL" EMISSIONS MAY MEAN STARVATION, CUB LOSS FOR POLAR BEARS http://wwf.panda.org/?unewsid=233930
World Wildlife Fund, April 30, 2014
▶ POLAR BEAR EXPEDITION FINDS LITTLE ICE AND FEW MOTHER BEARS http://worldwildlife.org/stories/polar-bear-expedition-finds-little-ice-and-few-mother-bears
Guardian, May 28, 2014
-▶ FEWER POLAR BEAR CUBS BEING BORN IN ARCTIC ISLANDS: Rapid reduction of sea ice level hitting population's hunting grounds hard http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/28/polar-bear-cubs-arctic-climate-change
Scientific American, July 15, 2014 -▶ AS ARCTIC ICE DISAPPEARS, LANDLOCKED, STARVING POLAR BEARS ADAPT TO LAND BASED DIETS CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/landlocked-polar-bears-find-new-prey1/
New Scientist, November 26, 2014
-▶ LOSS OF ARCTIC SEA ICE TO DOOM POLAR BEARS BY 2075 A world without cubs. That will be the reality facing polar bears in 60 years, when retreating sea ice turns their remaining habitat into a lethal nursery for youngsters, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26620-loss-of-arctic-sea-ice-to-doom-polar-bears-by-2075.html
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New York Times, June 10, 2014
RECORDING THE POLAR BEAR'S VIEW OF ITS CHANGING ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/recording-the-polar-bears-view-of-its-changing-arctic-environment/
Phys.org, April 11, 2014 ▶ DEN CONDITIONS REVEAL STATUS OF POLAR BEARS AS THEY FACE DECREASING ICE http://phys.org/news/2014-04-den-conditions-reveal-status-polar.html
August 6, 2013 Guardian Environment -▶ THE POLAR BEAR WHO DIED OF CLIMATE CHANGE
A lack of sea ice, caused by global warming, meant the bear was unable to hunt seals and starved, according to an expert who had been monitoring the animal in Svalbard, Norway http://www.theguardian.com/environment/picture/2013/aug/06/polar-bear-climate-change-sea-ice
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POLAR BEARS - THE QUEST FOR SEA ICE (2:49)
This beautiful video shows something terrible: How polar bears now have to swim for incredibly long distances looking for ice to hunt their prey without being seen. Many of them drown. Some get back to land and die later, exhausted and starved. All thanks to the collapse of the northern ice sheets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYM4ndcV4Uo
Sploid, June 21, 2014
-▶ WATCHING DESPERATE POLAR BEARS SEARCHING FOR ICE IS TRULY HEARTBREAKING http://sploid.gizmodo.com/watching-desperate-polar-bears-searching-for-ice-is-tru-1594349153
HUMANITY'S DESTRUCTION OF EARTH'S CLIMATE IN NINETY SECONDS http://sco.lt/5FjShF Feb 15, 2013 Living on Earth: -▶ STARVING POLAR BEARS
Polar Bears have long been the poster species for the problem of climate change. But a new paper in Conservation Letters argues that supplemental feeding may be necessary to prevent polar bear populations from going extinct. Polar bear expert Andrew Derocher from the University of Alberta joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss how we can save the largest bear on the planet.http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00007&segmentID=2 Guardian Environment, November 27, 2013 -▶ INTERACTIVE: CANADA'S DWINDLING POLAR BEAR POPULATION COULD COLLAPSE IN 17 YEARS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2013/nov/27/canada-dwindling-polar-bear-population-interactive Grist, September 23, 2013 -▶ AS CLIMATE CHANGES, POLAR BEARS SWITCH TO POLLUTED FOOD http://grist.org/news/as-climate-changes-polar-bears-switch-to-polluted-food/
Science World Report, September 21, 2013 -▶ POLAR BEAR SEAL DIET NOW HAS HIGHER CONTAMINANT LOAD: IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/9623/20130921/polar-bear-seal-diet-higher-contaminant-load-impacts-climate-change.htm Science World Report, September 21, 2013 -▶ POLAR BEAR SEAL DIET NOW HAS HIGHER CONTAMINANT LOAD: IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/9623/20130921/polar-bear-seal-diet-higher-contaminant-load-impacts-climate-change.htm Living on Earth, November 15, 2013
-▶ POLAR BEAR ATTACKS ON THE RISE DUE TO ICE MELTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.loe.org/shows
Mongabay, April 07, 2014
-▶ FROM SEALS TO STARFISH: POLAR BEARS RADICALLY SHIFT DIET A HABITAT MELTS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0407-mann-polarbear-diet.html CNBC News, February 07, 2014 -▶ HUNGRY POLAR BEARS DEVASTATING SEABIRD NESTING COLONIES http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-has-polar-bears-on-egg-diet-1.2527740 January 24, 2012 CBC News
-▶ POLAR BEARS EATING MORE EIDER DUCK EGGS http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/24/north-eider-duck-eggs.html Yahoo News, January 23, 014
-▶ POLAR BEARS HUNT ON LAND AS ICE SHRINKS http://news.yahoo.com/polar-bears-hunt-land-ice-shrinks-150721159.html
Guardian Environment, November 27, 2013 -▶ FOR CANADA'S REMOTE TOWNS, LIVING WITH POLAR BEARS IS GROWING MORE RISKY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/canada-living-with-polar-bears-climate-change Living on Earth, November 15, 2013
-▶ POLAR BEAR ATTACKS ON THE RISE DUE TO ICE MELTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00046&segmentID=6
ENE News, November 18, 2013 -▶ FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT:
ALASKA: 28% OF POLAR BEARS WITH SKIN LESIONS & HAIR LOSS, THYROIDS TESTED BY GOVERNMENT … like symptoms in seals & walrus — Surprisingly high mortality of musk ox, weak immune system suspected — High rate of embryo deaths & bad eggs for geese http://enenews.com/alaska-28-of-polar-bears-with-skin-lesions-and-hair-loss-similar-to-seals-and-walrus-tested-for-thyroid-abnormalities-surprisingly-high-mortality-of-musk-ox-with-weak-immune-function-gees
NBC News Science, December 18, 2013 -▶ LASERS COULD PROTECT POLAR BEAR DENS FROM OIL DRILLING http://www.nbcnews.com/science/lasers-could-help-protect-polar-bear-dens-oil-drilling-2D11765619 POLAR BEAR CAM - LIVE Tundra Buggy Cam http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/polar-bear-tundra-buggy-cam Polar Bears International http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ LIVE WEBCAMS OFFERS RARE GLIMPSE OF MIGRATING POLAR BEARS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/live-webcam-offers-rare-glimpse-of-migrating-polar-bears 29 March, 2013 Living on Earth:
-▶ BABY POLAR BEAR RESCUE - REALLY CUTE AND GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS: A Polar Bear Orphan School for cubs without their mothers http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00013&segmentID=6 -▶ OH NO... PHOTO Lonely polar bear in the Arctic Ocean http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2013-12/21/content_17188313.htm
December 22, 2010 Yale Environment 360
-▶ AS ARCTIC OCEAN MELTS, A REFUGE PLAN FOR THE POLAR BEAR http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_the_arctic_ocean_melts_a_refuge_plan_for_the_polar_bear/2355/
============================ A WAKE-UP VIDEO: "EXTREME ICE" JUST HOW FAST ARE WE MELTING? AS IT HAPPENS http://sco.lt/8zIJfd
January , 2012 National Geographic -▶ BABY HARP SEALS BEING DROWNED, CRUSHED AMID MELTING ICE http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/120106-harp-seals-global-warming-sea-ice-science-environment/ VIDEO
The Telegraph, October 03, 2014
RECORD 35,000 WALRUSES PACK ONTO ALASKAN BEACH : MELTING ICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/11135137/Record-35000-walruses-pack-onto-Alaskan-beach-due-to-climate-change.html
PHOTOS
ALASKA: WALRUS MASS HAUL OUT
http://www.adn.com/slideshow/photos-walrus-mass-haul-out
National Geographic, October 2, 2013 -▶ TEN THOUSAND WALRUSES GATHER ON ISLAND AS SEA ICE SHRINKS The marine mammals, which usually spend their time resting on sea ice, are increasingly forced to haul out on land.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131002-walruses-arctic-haulout-science-animals-alaska-global-warming/ August 2, 2013 Reuters
-▶ FISH DIE AS ALASKA TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BREAK RECORDS http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-usa-heatwave-alaska-idUSBRE97118020130802 Conservation Magazine, University of Washington, October 2, 2013
-▶ AS SEA ICE MELTS, CARIBOU CALVES GO HUNGRY http://conservationmagazine.org/2013/10/sea-ice-loss-hurts-caribou-calves/ -▶ THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION: NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA http://sco.lt/6PSnNx
International Fund for Animal Welfare, December 11, 2013
-▶ DRAMATIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANIMALS MUST BE ADDRESSED http://www.ifaw.org/international/news/dramatic-impacts-climate-change-animals-must-be-addressed SHORT VIDEO SAVE THE ARCTIC
http://savethearctic.org/ Sustainablog, January 22, 2014
-▶ ARCTIC SEA ICE FREEFALL IS MIRROR IMAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE ASCENT http://sustainablog.org/2014/01/arctic-sea-ice-freefall-is-mirror-image-of-carbon-dioxide-ascent/ ANIMAL PLANET LIVE: http://www.apl.tv/explore-polar-bears.htm
EXTRAORDINARY TED TALK VIDEO Paul Nicklen TALES OF ICE-BOUND WONDERLANDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-lxoAUP5c -▶ CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER: THIN ICE: THE WAY TO A NEW ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/5j55xh
-▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73 -▶ ARCTIC OCEAN MELTING, ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY http://sco.lt/9GRj3B The Daily Beast, December 13, 2013 -▶ THE END OF THE ARCTIC? COULD BE ICE FREE BY 2015 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/13/the-end-of-the-arctic-ocean-could-be-ice-free-by-2015.html -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE COULD ENDANGER MORE ANIMALS THAN WE THOUGHT http://sco.lt/58HaEr -▶ HEALTH OF OCEANS 'DECLINING FAST' - MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/8ZyX6v
Huffington Post, March 26, 2014
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE DANGERS HERE NOW, WILL WORSEN MANY HUMAN ILLS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/climate-change-dangers_n_5019412.html
-▶ WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z WATCH: CNN VIDEO: "OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED" OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7e9wYL -▶ SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz
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Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh: ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/8diF4z
Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/ AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD: ONE ENVIRONMENT, ONE HUMANITY, ONE PLANET http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ Mongabay, June 06, 2014
-▶ NEW STUDY FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE GLOBALLY MAY COST MORE THAN U.S. GDP http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0606-morgan-ecosystem-services.html -▶ PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS: FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/7UBKIj -▶ OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB. THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES http://sco.lt/5pPxWD Summit Voice, December 05, 2013
-▶ ARCTIC SCIENTIST RESIGNS AFTER BATTLING HIS OWN FEDERAL AGENCY OVER TRANSPARENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/12/05/environment-arctic-scientist-resigns-after-battling-his-own-federal-agency-over-transparency-and-scientific-ethics/ -▶ IS THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION UPON US? http://sco.lt/5GRCWv WATCH "HOME" Yann Arthus-Bertrand An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet Solutions For A Sustainable Planet http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/
WATCH "FRACKING HELL: THE UNTOLD STORY" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEB_Wwe-uBM
-▶ WHAT'S THE FRACKING PROBLEM WITH NATURAL GAS - David Suzuki http://ecowatch.org/2012/whats-the-fracking-problem-with-natural-gas/ METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE
- ▶ HOW METHANE WRECKED OBAMA'S FRACKING GAMBIT. New science shows that thanks to methane leaks, gas won't work as a "bridge fuel." http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben
Grist, September 03, 2014
WATCH THE WORLD GO UP IN FRACKING FLARES http://grist.org/list/watch-the-world-go-up-in-fracking-flares/ ClimateProgress, July 26, 2014
-▶ EPA IS FAILING TO STOP METHANE LEAKS FROM PIPELINES, INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/26/3464570/epa-inspector-general-methane-report/ Living on Earth, June 13, 2014
- ▶ NEW EPA RULES IGNORE METHANE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00024&segmentID=1
HuffPost Green, April 15, 2014
-▶ METHANE EMISSIONS FROM GAS WELLS UP TO 1,000 TIMES HIGHER THAN FEDERAL ESTIMATE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/15/methane-natural-gas-epa_n_5153205.html June 5, 2013 RTCC Climate Change News - -▶ METHANE LEAKS COULD SERIOUSLY REDUCE CLIMATE BENEFITS OF U.S. SHALE GAS http://www.rtcc.org/methane-leaks-could-reduce-climate-benefits-of-us-shale-gas/ ▶ HOW A NEW STUDY SERIOUSLY CHALLENGES NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL - METHANE GREENHOUSE GAS RISES http://sco.lt/7Ftflp 31 March 2013 Global Possibilities -▶ LEAKAGES OF GAS IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CAN LEAD TO HIGHER GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS THAN BURNING OTHER FOSSIL FUEL LIKE COAL AND OIL http://www.globalpossibilities.org/new-study-exposes-how-natural-gas-isnt-the-clean-fossil-fuel-its-hyped-up-to-be-2/
Pro Publica, March 13, 2014
▶ CHESAPEAKE ENERGY'S $5 BILLION RIP-OFF SHUFFLE Chesapeake executed an adroit escape, raising nearly $5 billion with a previously undisclosed twist: By gouging many rural landowners out of royalty payments they were supposed to receive in exchange for allowing the company to drill for natural gas on their property. http://www.propublica.org/article/chesapeake-energys-5-billion-shuffle
Dec 31, 2012 The Guardian UK ▶ NO RULES, FEW REGULATIONS - THE FRACKING LAND GRAB - WHEN FRACKING CAME TO SUBURBAN TEXAS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/31/fracking-in-towns-texas-oil
EcoWatch, October 3, 2013
▶ GROUNDBREAKING REPORT CALCULATES DAMAGE DONE BY FRACKING http://trap.it/main/#!discover/id/2399fb0a-659a-40de-af1e-d952661feff9/articles/6K6FH01Nx002q6RDiaWt Guardian, Damian Carrington ▶ THIS FRACKING FANTASY IS THE DELUSION OF FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/dec/13/shale-gas-fracking-davey March 6, 2013 -▶ USA CLIMATE BOMB IS TICKING: WHAT THE GAS INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW http://truth-out.org/news/item/14958-us-climate-bomb-is-ticking-what-the-gas-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know Midwest Energy News, July 09, 2014 -▶ OHIO STUDY FINDS MORE COSTS THAN BENEFITS IN SHALE GAS DRILLING http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/07/09/ohio-study-finds-more-costs-than-benefits-in-shale-gas-drilling/ 22 March 2013 Grist -▶ OHIO FRACKING BOOM HAS NOT BROUGHT JOBS http://grist.org/news/ohio-fracking-boom-has-not-brought-jobs/
ProPublica
FRACKING - GAS DRILLING'S ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS LEAVE A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN-UP Methane Global Warming http://sco.lt/6f9msr Grist, Jan 7, 2013 -▶ NATURAL GAS WON'T SAVE US: IT'S A HEDGE, NOT A BRIDGE http://grist.org/climate-energy/natural-gas-its-a-hedge-not-a-bridge/#038;utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=headline
WATCH
DEEP INSIDE THE WILD WORLD OF CHINA'S FRACKING BOOM HOW USA ENCOURAGED CHINA INTO FRACKING
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/china-us-fracking-shale-gas
ClimateProgress, July 08, 2014
- ▶ CHEVRON ADMITS THE TRUTH: OIL SHALE WILL USE HUGE AMOUNTS OF WESTERN WATER : WATER RIGHTS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/08/3457738/chevron-oil-shale-water/
May 18, 2013 EurActive - Special Report
-▶ EU: FORGET US-STYLE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/cooperation-shale-answer-europe-news-519803
EurActiv, Jan 23, 2013: -▶ US ‘SHALE BOOST' PROVOKES EU FEARS AND INDECISION http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-europe-industry-ha/us-industry-shale-boost-provokes-news-517266 May 16, 2013 Common Dreams
-▶ NEW FRACKING RULES SHOW U.S. BOWING TO OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-7
Midland Reporter-Telegram
- ▶ REMAINING POOR IN TEXAS WHILE LIVING ATOP A VAST FIELD OF WEALTH : FRACKING, NATURAL GAS & SHALE OIL http://www.mrt.com/business/article_191392cc-0593-11e4-b0d0-0019bb2963f4.html Reuters, May 20, 2014 -▶ SANTA CRUZ BECOMES FIRST CALIFORNIA COUNTY TO BAN FRACKING http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/california-fracking-idUSL1N0O700J20140521
May 13, 2013 Global Possibilities
-▶ PENNSYLVANIA'S AG-GAG LAW COULD PROTECT FRACKERS http://www.globalpossibilities.org/pennsylvanias-ag-gag-law-could-protect-frackers/ THE HIGH COST OF CHEAP GAS http://www.osisa.org/economic-justice/south-africa/high-cost-cheap-gas-0 EcoWatch, February 28, 2014
-▶ LOS ANGELES PASSES FRACKING MORATORIUM http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/28/breaking-los-angeles-passes-fracking-moratorium/
-▶ USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS LEAVE A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN-UP - METHANE GLOBAL WARMING http://sco.lt/6f9msr
25 March 2013 - The Guardian Environment -▶ THE DEAL IS DONE: US SHALE GAS TO BE EXPORTED TO HEAT BRITISH HOMES WITHIN FIVE YEARS - LEAVING TOXIC POLLUTION ON US SOIL http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/25/us-shale-gas-british-homes-five-years
FRACKING AMERICA: MAKING DEALS FOR PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT GAS DRILLING ON OUR PRISTINE PUBLIC LANDS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3506892077/fracking-america-making-deals-for-private-for-profit-gas-drilling-on-our-pristine-public-land FRACKING AWAY OUR WATER ▶ Report warns of dwindling water supply reaching crisis point in USA Western States http://sco.lt/59iE3l
August 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ FRACKING - A TEXAN TRAGEDY: AMPLE OIL, GAS, BUT NO WATER
Fracking Boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
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THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION: AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE http://sco.lt/8TIRX7
OnEarth Magazine, November 30, 2012 -▶ FRACKING OUR FOOD SUPPLY http://www.onearth.org/blog/fracking-our-food-supply
July 23, 2013 Transition Voice
-▶ COULD FRACKING FINALLY KILL OF RURAL AMERICA? http://transitionvoice.com/2013/07/could-fracking-finally-kill-off-rural-america/ -▶ FRACKING THE FUTURE - HOW UNCONVENTIONAL GAS THREATENS OUR WATER, HEALTH AND CLIMATE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/962737700/fracking-the-future-how-unconventional-gas-threatens-our-water-health-and-climate
FOR WHAT, WHEN MOST WILL BE EXPORTED TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, NOT FOR CHEAPER GAS IN THE USA USA LNG EXPORTS - FRIEND OR FOE? NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL? http://sco.lt/6HpjbV
-▶ EXPORTING NATURAL GAS WILL INCREASE FRACKING, RAISE U.S. PRICES AND POLLUTION FOR TAX PAYERS TO CLEAN UP http://newyork2.sierraclub.org/content/club-report-exporting-gas-will-increase-fracking-raise-us-prices Guardian Environment, December 11, 2013
-▶ TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR FRACKING POLLUTION IF COMPANIES GO BUST http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/11/taxpayers-fracking-pollution-companies -----------------------------------WATCH----------------------------------- -▶ >>>>>"GASLAND" - PART 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phCibwj396I -▶ >>>>>"GASLAND" - PART 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_uNx2fXlfE -▶ >>>>>>60 MINUTE AUSTRALIA - FRACKING - THE COAL SEAM GAS LAND GRAB YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PELxZ3K2o0c -▶ >>>>>VIDEO NEWS INTERVIEW: FRACKING "FLOWING BACK" CHEMICALS! - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQMtxcKfQc -▶ >>>>WATER - IS THERE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND? "BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS (1:29:42) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKcf-RBHirw Climate Progress, September 17, 2013 -▶ COLORADO FLOODWATERS COVER FRACKING AND OIL PROJECTS
'We Have No Idea What Those Wells Are Leaking' http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/17/2630131/oil-fracking-colorado-flooding/ Nation of Change, November 9, 2013 -▶ FRACKING VICTIM SUED FOR DEFAMATION AFTER PROVING DRINKING WATER FLAMMABLE http://www.nationofchange.org/fracking-victim-sued-defamation-after-proving-drinking-water-flammable-1383926472 August 22, 2013 High Country News
-▶ NEW TECH TO TRACE FRACKING FLUID COULD MEAN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/fracking-technology-oil-and-gas-drilling-regulation August 20, 2013 Bloomberg -▶ THE FRACKING CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST: Natural Gas Fracking Industry Under Strain As Prices, Land Values Fall http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/20/the-fracking-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roost/ -▶ >>FRACKING AND FARMING DON'T MIX: KILLING OUR ANIMALS http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/organic-message-fracking-and-farming-don-t-mix/article_7973b6e6-6199-5617-b156-85de787d8c56.html Nov. 28, 2012 - The Nation: -▶ ARE DYING CATTLE THE CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE FOR FRACKING? Farmers and ranchers are sounding alarms about the risks to human health of hydraulic fracturing.... http://www.thenation.com/article/171504/fracking-our-food-supply# August 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ FRACKING - A TEXAN TRAGEDY: AMPLE OIL, GAS, BUT NO WATER
Fracking Boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
-▶ NEW STUDY SERIOUSLY CHALLENGES NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL - METHANE GREENHOUSE GAS RISES http://sco.lt/7Ftflp July 23, 2013 Transition Voice
-▶ COULD FRACKING FINALLY KILL OF RURAL AMERICA? http://transitionvoice.com/2013/07/could-fracking-finally-kill-off-rural-america/
May 28, 2013 Common Dreams -▶ THINK FRACKING IS BAD? WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAS INDUSTRY' "ACID JOBS" https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/28-3 -▶ CORPORATE CREEP: THE AMISH ARE GETTING FRACKED. THEIR RELIGION PROHIBITS LAWSUITS - AND THE ENERGY COMPANIES KNOW IT http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113354/energy-companies-take-advantage-amish-prohibition-lawsuits February 12, 2013 - Energy Wire: -▶ NATURAL GAS: BEYOND THE BOOM, UNANSWERED QUESTION ABOUT THE LIFE OF NEW WELLS http://www.eenews.net/public/energywire/2013/02/12/1 FRACKING HELL: THE UNTOLD STORY http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/1480465029/fracking-hell-the-untold-story May 23, 2013 EurActive
-▶ CHEAP SHALE GAS BUBBLE 'WILL BURST WITHIN 2-3 YEARS' : EXPERT (Leaving an environmental nightmare in its wake...pdjmoo)
http://www.euractiv.com/energy/expert-cheap-shale-gas-bubble-bu-news-519931 May 15, 2013 Wake Up World
-▶ FRACKING: A SILENT DEATH SWEEPS ACROSS THE WORLD http://wakeup-world.com/2013/05/15/fracking-a-silent-death-sweeps-across-the-world/ May 20, 2013 Desmogblog
-▶ OBAMA ADMIN APPROVES ALEC MODEL BILL FOR FRACKING CHEMICAL FLUID DISCLOSURE ON PUBLIC LANDS http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/05/20/obama-admin-approves-alec-model-bill-fracking-chemical-fluid-disclosure-public-lands
SEE: @ALEC @ALECexposed Feb 22, 2013 DC Bureau
-▶ "FRACKADEMIA" - OBAMA'S TOP CANDIDATE FOR ENERGY SECRETARY, OVERSEES PRO-INDUSTRY-FUNDED RESEARCH http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6200a1195c3e730065fb8c3c7&id=5e8c9cae94&e=548a460b7e May 19, 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
-▶ LEASE FLIPPING COMES TO PENNSYLVANIA NATURAL GAS FIELDS AS VULTURE INVESTORS MOVE IN http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/pennsylvania-landowners-can-get-cash-on-spot-for-mineral-rights-688190/ May 5, 2013 Global Possibilities -▶ FRACKING OURSELVES TO DEATH IN PENNSYLVANIA http://www.globalpossibilities.org/fracking-ourselves-to-death-in-pennsylvania-2/ WATCH: May 6, 2013 PBS Newshour
VIDEO FEATURE:
IN POLAND THE LONG ARM OF MULTINATIONAL "FRACKING" COMPANIES FUELS DISSENT http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june13/poland_05-06.html May 6, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory:
-▶ THE RIGHT TO SAY NO: EU-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT THREATENS FRACKING BANS http://corporateeurope.org/publications/right-say-no-eu-canada-trade-agreement-threatens-fracking-bans
25 March, 2013 - Huffington Post Green -▶ JUDGE RULES AGAINST ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN FRACKING LAWSUIT - SIDING WITH STATE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/wyoming-fracking-chemical-lawsuit_n_2950013.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 Huffington Post, Jan 16, 2013 -▶ EPA's FRACKING WATER CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATION HALTED FOLLOWING PRESSURE FROM FRACKING OIL COMPANY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/epa-water-contamination-investigation-fracking_n_2484568.html
eMagazine, January 01, 2013
NEW WORRIES FOR NEW YORKERS: THE SPECTRA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. Some of the most densely populated areas in America—including the Tribeca, Chelsea and Meatpacking neighborhoods of lower Manhattan—are in the proposed path of a massive new natural gas pipeline. http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/new-worries-for-new-yorkers/
FRACKING RESEARCH: -▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT FOR SALE. YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE FRACKING INDUSTRY – EcoWatch: http://ecowatch.org/2012/blow-to-fracking-industry/
-▶ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DEMONSTRATES WHAT A REALLY BAD ETHICS PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE http://www.star-telegram.com Feb 4, 2013 Grist -▶ LET'S FRACK THE HELL OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT: Frackers set their sights on the Golden State http://grist.org/news/frackers-set-their-sights-on-the-golden-state/ NY Times, Feb 2, 2013 -▶ A 90 YEAR-OLD-LAW ALLOWS FRACKING LAND GRABS: COLORADO COMMUNITIES TAKE ON FIGHT AGAINST ENERGY LAND LEASES http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/us/colorado-communities-take-on-fight-against-energy-land-leases.html?_r=0 Feb 11, 2013 - FORBES
-▶ ENERGY'S LATEST BATTLEGROUND: FRACKING FOR URANIUM IN TEXAS - Poisoning Water Table, Using Up Millions of Gallons of Water http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/01/23/fracking-for-uranium/ WATCH VIDEO Feb 28, 2013- The Ecologist HOW POLAND'S DASH FOR GAS TURNED SOUR - FRACKING HELL? SPECIAL REPORT http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1823244/fracking_hell_how_polands_dash_for_gas_turned_sour.html Feb 28, 2013 - Huffington Post
-▶ FRACKING INDUSTRY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH REGULATORS? WATCHDOGS CONCERNED http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/fracking-conflicts-of-interest-regulators_n_2776498.html?ir=green&utm_campaign=022813&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-green&utm_content=Title Feb 19, 2013 -▶ CORPORATE POWER REIGNS: How one fracking company bullies residents and elected officials alike http://grist.org/news/how-one-fracking-company-bullies-residents-and-elected-officials-alike/ Dec. 14, 2012 Ralph Nader: OpEd Eurasia Review -▶ FRACKING'S LURE, TRAP AND ENDLESS DAMAGE http://www.eurasiareview.com/14122012-ralph-nader-frackings-lure-trap-and-endless-damage-oped/ Dec 13, 2012 Guardian Environment -▶ THIS FRACKING FANTASY IS THE DELUSION OF FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION Damian Carrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/dec/13/shale-gas-fracking-davey -▶ FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES FIVE TIMES GREATER THAN CLIMATE FINANCE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3652782196/fossil-fuel-subsidies-five-times-greater-than-climate-finance -▶ CHEAP OIL OR A STABLE CLIMATE? WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH, IEA Report Says http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3602210725/cheap-oil-or-a-stable-climate-we-can-t-have-both-iea-report-says October 31, 2012 The European Magazine - The Debate Magazine -▶ THE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION - FROM FRACK TO RICHES - AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE Stefano Casertano http://theeuropean-magazine.com/522-casertano-stefano/871-the-shale-gas-revolution >>>>> Ecowatch, Jan 21, 2013 -▶ DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE 32 USA STATES THAT HAS BEEN FRACKED? It may seem unbelievable, but because of exemptions in federal laws won by the oil and gas industry, there is no publicly available information that shows everywhere in the country where fracking is occurring http://ecowatch.org/2013/fracking-32-states/ guardian.co.uk, Jan 18, 2013 -▶ FRACKING DEBATE DRAWS YOKO, LENNON AND SARANDON TO RURAL BATTLEGROUNDS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/18/fracking-debate-ono-lennon-sarandon-tour
SF Gate, Jan 18, 2013 - -▶ NEW YORK EMPLOYEES POUR OVER THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS ON FRACKING REGULATIONS http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Events-across-NY-generate-fracking-comments-4205555.php Space Daily -▶ FRACKING: A BOOM OR BUST DECISION FOR NEW YORK http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Fracking_A_Boom_or_Bust_Decision_for_New_York_999.html eMagazine, Jan 14, 2013 -▶ The Spectra Pipeline Under Construction in New York City Poses Serious Dangers http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/new-worries-for-new-yorkers -▶ >>LOOK CLOSE AT FRACKING AND YOU'LL SAY "NO WAY" Riverkeeper http://www.riverkeeper.org/blog/watchdog/look-close-at-fracking-and-youll-say-no-way/ -▶ >> BAYOU FRACK-OUT: THE MASSIVE OIL AND GAS DISASTER YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF http://truth-out.org/news/item/13136-bayou-frack-out-the-massive-oil-and-gas-disaster-youve-never-heard-of -▶ >>20 IMPACTS OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION - FRACKING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/2954277115/20-impacts-of-underground-coal-gasification-fracking
-▶ >>TOO LATE? WITH LARGE OIL RESERVE, CALIFORNIA FACES FRACKING DEBATE | KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/ Riverkeeper -▶ WILL FRACKING WORSEN CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.riverkeeper.org/blog/watchdog/will-fracking-worsen-climate-change/ -▶ >>>>>EPA's FIRST FRACKING REPORT - COMPLIMENTS OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY - SEE INTERACTIVE MAP Dec. 26, 2012 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/26/1173931/-EPA-s-CHRISTMAS-GIFT-FRACKING-REPORT-Interactive-Map-to-View-EACH-Fracking-Well-Info -▶ >>FRACKING DISCLOSURES NEEDED http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/12/07/our-view-fracking-disclosure-needed -▶ >>Editorial: RULES ON OIL AND GAS FRACKING ARE WAY OUT OF WHACK - The Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/07/5037556/rules-on-oil-and-gas-fracking.html Dec 4, 2012 NYTimes -▶ >>>MONEY OR YOUR LIFE? RACE IS ON TO CLEAN UP HYDRAULIC FRACTURING http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/energy-environment/race-is-on-to-clean-up-hydraulic-fracturing.html?_r=0 -▶ OLD STORY, NEW THREAT : FRACKING AND THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB - Transnational Institute - Cutting-edge global insights on what is fracking, why and where it is happening today, who is promoting it, how, and what is the state of resistance. http://www.tni.org/briefing/fracking-and-global-land-grab -▶ MANKIND APPROACHING CARBON-CLIFF - PRICEWATERHOUSE REPORT WARNS http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3236501503/ips-mankind-approaching-carbon-cliff-pricewaterhouse-report-warns -▶ U.S. ENERGY INSECURITY: WHY FRACKING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS IS A FALSE SOLUTION - Download full report http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/tools-and-resources/u-s-energy-insecurity-why-fracking-for-oil-and-natural-gas-is-a-false-solution-2/ >>>>>> AND IT'S GLOBAL, POLITICAL & WALL STREET DRIVEN >>>>>> Intercontinental Cry Magazine, December 5, 2013 ▶ FRACKING THE KALAHARI http://intercontinentalcry.org/fracking-kalahari-21263/ VIDEO Alliance Earth
-▶ THE HIGH COST TO AFRICA OF AMERICA'S CHEAP GAS Largely uncontrolled gas companies in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve are already drilling and fracking in much of the park, endangering precious water and environmental resources.
In Botswana’s longest running court battle the San Bushmen finally won the right to access these water sources and remain in their ancestral land. If the gas industry operates like it does in the USA their victory and the survival of this ancient culture is in question. http://allianceearth.org/the-high-cost-of-cheap-gas-fracking-in-the-karoo/#.UoqoC43piRQ -▶ >>AUSTRALIA: FRACKING GREENWASH: DOUBTS RAISED ABOUT GREEN CREDENTIALS OF EXPANDING COAL SEAM GAS (CSG) INDUSTRY http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/study-suggests-coal-seam-gas-dirtier-than-industry-claims/4372410 -▶ >>FRACKING RATTLES RUSSIA Jan 13, 2013 The Advocate http://theadvocate.com/news/business/4030739-123/fracking-rattles-russia -▶ >>RUSSIA; EXXON FRACKING SIBERIA TO HELP PUTIN MAINTAIN OIL CLOUT June 14, 2012 - Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/exxon-fracking-siberia-to-help-putin-maintain-oil-clout.html -▶ >>CHINA PLANNING 'HUGE FRACKING INDUSTRY' Nov 27 1012 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/27/china-planning-huge-fracking-industry March 26, 2013 - Bloomberg
-▶ CHINA: SHELL TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON CHINA SHALE GAS FRACKING DEVELOPMENT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/shell-plans-to-spend-1-billion-on-china-shale-gas-development.html Feb 28, 2013 - EurActive
-▶ >>GERMANY MOVES TO ALLOW CONTROVERSIAL SHALE GAS DRILLING DESPITE OPPOSITION http://www.euractiv.com/energy/germany-tables-draft-law-allow-f-news-518131?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=8a6f35218d-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email -▶ >>UK FRACKING LAWS NEEDED TO 'CONTROL UK'S DASH FOR GAS' says MEP Dec 8, 2012 - Guardian Environment http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/09/fracking-laws-dash-for-gas
-▶ >>UK THE FRACKING DREAM which is putting Britain's future at risk Dec 8, 2012 Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/09/shale-gas-frackheads-dubious-dream -▶ >>ARAB STATE RUSHES TO JOIN THE SHALE BOOM: Jordan is pressing ahead with plans to develop its massive shale oil deposits, joining a growing push by Arab states to unlock shale reserves... http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/12/07/Arab-states-rush-to-join-the-shale-boom/UPI-62761354911251/
-▶ MORE ON FRACKING: http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet?page=1&q=FRACKING
FRACKING: http://ecowatch.org/p/energy/fracking-2/ -▶ >>OPEC WARNS USA OVER BRAGGING ABOUT BECOMING #1 OIL PRODUCER - The National Nov. 14, 2012: http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/energy/warning-from-opec-over-us-oil-production -▶ HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE: http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995011824/holding-corporations-responsible-mining-companies-devastate-pristine-wisconsin-for-frac-sand-leaving-a-mining-chemical-wasteland PRICING CARBON: A FAILED STRATEGY THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET http://sco.lt/5BKyfp WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl -▶ >>THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - An unprecedented power over world agriculture and human health http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-healt May 23, 2013 Common Dreams -▶ TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - Destroying Our Planet For Record Profits http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/23-4 VIDEO: THE TRUE STORY OF CHEVRON'S ECUADOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER http://sco.lt/63ewyH >>>>>>>>>>AND THEN THERE ARE THE "TAR OIL SANDS" >>>>>>>>>> VIDEO: TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH" http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3995219639/tar-sands-oil-extraction-the-dirty-truth-great-video -▶ >>FIRST TAR SANDS MINE ON US SOIL (OFFICIALLY) APPROVED IN UTAH Nov 7, 2012 http://www.care2.com/causes/first-tar-sands-mine-on-u-s-soil-approved-in-utah.html
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The biggest long-term threat to the U.S. economy isn't government over-regulation, high taxes, or even the deficit. IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE, STUPID. But you won't hear this from any of the presidential candidates, or the media covering their campaigns.
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WATCH WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS http://sco.lt/53HMPJ
VIDEO REPORT (30:00) March 12, 2015
KQED Public Media for Northern California
CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME DROUGHT
http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/
Washington Post May 6 2015
▶ WILD ANIMALS IN DROUGHT STRICKEN WESTERN UNITED STATES ARE DYING FOR A DRINK http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/animals-in-the-wild-are-dying-for-a-drink-in-the-drought-stricken-west/2015/05/06/260312aa-
Circa, September 22, 2014
▶ TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER RESERVES ARE GONE http://cir.ca/news/california-drought-in-2014
Inhabitat, March 19,2015
▶ CALIFORNIA IS TAPPING WATER THAT RAINED 20,000 YEARS AGO TO DEAL WITH EPIC DROUGHT http://inhabitat.com/california-is-pumping-water-that-rained-on-earth-20000-years-ago/
CBS San Francisco, December 30, 2014
▶ DROUGHT'S HEAVY IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA'S WILDLIFE: STARVING BABY SQUIRRELS LEAPING FROM TREES FOR FOOD, WATER http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/12/29/droughts-heavy-impact-on-californias-wildlife/
Climate Progress May 5, 2015
▶ CALIFORNIA FARMERS ARE WATERING THEIR CROPS WITH OIL WASTEWATER AND NO ONE KNOWS WHATS IN IT http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/05/3654388/california-drought-oil-wastewater-agriculture/
PHOTOS LA Times, April 09, 2015
▶ CALIFORNIA FACES 'DUST BOWL'- LIKE CONDITIONS AMID HISTORIC DROUGHT http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-pc-california-dust-bowl-drought-20150409-story.html
New York Times, April 12, 2015 ▶ MIGHTY RIO GRANDE NOW A TRICKLE UNDER SEIGE. Drought’s grip on California grabs all the headlines. But from Texas to Arizona to Colorado, the entire West is under siege by changing weather patterns that have shrunk snowpacks, raised temperatures, spurred evaporation and reduced reservoirs to record lows. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/us/mighty-rio-grande-now-a-trickle-under-siege.html?_r=0
PHOTOS Weather Channel, January 23, 2014
▶ STUNNING BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF CALIFORNIA'S LAKES DEPLETED BY DROUGHT http://www.weather.com/news/stunning-photos-californias-lakes-depleted-extreme-drought-20140123
The Guardian, April 15, 2015
-▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: GOVERNOR TELLS CLIMATE-CHANGE DENIERS TO WAKE UP http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/05/california-governor-drought-climate-change-dianne-feinstein
HuffPostGreen, April 01,2015 ▶ WATER CUTBACKS NOW MANDATORY IN CALIFORNIA FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/01/california-mandatory-water-cutbacks_n_6987444.html
Mother Nature Network, August 21, 2015
▶ HOW EXTENSIVE IS CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT? COMPARE THE PHOTOS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/how-extensive-is-californias-drought-compare-the-photos
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT - STATE OF CALIFORNIA http://ca.gov/drought/
Mother Jones, April 01, 2015
▶ CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN ANNOUNCES mandatory water restrictions FOR FIRST TIME IN THE STATE'S HISTORY http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/04/breaking-first-time-california-enforcing-water-restrictions
California Gov. March 27, 2015
▶ GOVERNOR BROWN SIGNS $1 BILLION EMERGENCY DROUGHT PACKAGE http://ca.gov/drought/topstory/top-story-28.html
VIDEO REPORT
PBS NewsHour, April 01, 2015 Interview with California Governor, Jerry Brown
CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES MANDATORY WATER RESTRICTIONS TO CURB UNPRECEDENTED DROUGHT http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/gov-jerry-brown-california-change-whats-comfortable-address-drought/
Summit Voice, December 06, 2014 ▶ STUDY: CALIFORNIA DROUGHT A SYMPTOM OF EARTH'S FEVER /http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/12/07/study-california-drought-a-symptom-of-earths-fever/
Business Insider, March 24, 2015 ▶ THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT IS SO BAD THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY SKIING ON DIRT IN TAHOE http://www.businessinsider.com.au/no-snow-in-tahoe-ski-resorts-closed-photos-2015-3
Mother Jones, ▶ HUSTLE AND FLOW: HERE'S WHO REALLY CONTROLS CALIFORNIA'S WATER http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/california-water-politics-drought-players
The Daily Beast, March 30, 2015
▶ HOW BIG AGRICULTURE GROWERS GAMED CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/30/how-growers-gamed-california-s-drought.html
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PBS Newshour, August 01, 2014
WHO OWNS THE WATER? DRILLING FINITE WATER UNDERGROUND TO QUENCH CALIFORNIA'S THIRST: COMPETING CONCERNS. California is facing its worst drought in generations -- bad news for the state where nearly half of the nation's fruits and vegetables are grown. With water from rivers and reservoirs in short supply, attention has turned to how to manage the state's groundwater. How much can be safely pumped from underground? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/drilling-to-quench-californias-water-needs-raises-debate/
NaturalNews, July 04, 2014
- ▶ WATER BEING AUCTIONED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CALIFORNIA AS DROUGHT REACHES EXTREMES http://www.naturalnews.com/045857_water_extreme_drought_California.html#
The Telegraph, September 13, 2014
▶ SUPER-RICH MAKE LAST STAND AGAINST CALIFORNIA DROUGHT. In one of America's richest towns billionaire celebrity residents are paying more than ten times the going rate for water in a desperate attempt to stave off California's "epochal" drought http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11094232/Super-rich-make-last-stand-against-California-drought.html
THE POWER OF WATER RIGHTS
HuffPost Green, May 26, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: "SENIOR RIGHTS HOLDERS" DOMINATED BY CORPORATIONS AND AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS ARE NOT OBLIGED TO CONSERVE WATER. Nobody knows how much water they actually use, though it amounts to trillions of gallons each year, according to a review of their own reports by The Associated Press. Together, they hold more than half the rights to rivers and streams in California... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/california-drought_n_5395501.html
Grist, November 12, 2014 ▶ CAUGHT WET-HANDED: CALIFORNIA DROUGHT LEADS TO A BLACK MARKET FOR WATER http://grist.org/news/california-drought-leads-to-a-black-market-for-water/
NationalJournal, November 10, 2014
▶ WATER THEFT: DROUGHT IS TAKING CALIFORNIA BACK TO THE WILD, WILD WEST http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/drought-is-taking-california-back-to-the-wild-wild-west-20141110
ClimateProgress, August 20, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA HAS GIVEN OUT RIGHTS TO FIVE TIMES MORE WATER THAN IT ACTUALLY HAS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/20/3473775/california-water-rights-five-times/ THE LEGAL RIGHT TO WATER: WATER PRIVATIZATION ESCALATING AT AN ALARMING RATE http://sco.lt/5eTkH3
EcoWatch, July 09, 2014 ▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT PROVE LAWS OF NATURE ARE ABSOLUTE http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/09/drought-california-laws-of-nature-absolute/
ClimateProgress, March 30, 2015
▶ CALIFORNIA SNOW PACK HITS ALL-TIME LOW, 8 PERCENT OF AVERAGE http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/30/3640399/california-snowpack-at-record-low/
PHOTOS Huffington Post Green, January 24, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS JUST 4 INCHES IN 13 MONTHS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/california-drought-photos_n_4639222.html?ir=Green&utm_campaign=012414&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-green&utm_content=Title
New York Times, March 07, 2014 ▶ IN PARCHED CALIFORNIA, TOWN TAPS RUN NEARLY DRY http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/us/a-dry-california-town-struggles-to-save-its-water-supply.html?_r=0
Huffingtonost Green, July 15, 2014
- ▶ HUGE SWATHS OF FARMLAND IDLE IN CALIFORNIA AS DROUGHT THREATENS TO DRY UP WELLS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/california-drought-farmland_n_5589610.html
Los Angeles Times, July 03, 2014 ▶ NEARLY 80% OF CALIFORNIA NOW UNDER 'EXTREME' DROUGHT CONDITIONS http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-extreme-drought-20140703-story.html
Climate Progress, January 31, 2014
▶ LEADING SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS WORSENING CALIFORNIA'S EPIC DROUGHT http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3223791/climate-change-california-drought/
National Geographic, March 25, 2014
▶ SUCKING THE WELL DRY: IN CALIFORNIA, DEMAND FOR GROUND WATER CAUSING HUGE SWATHS OF LAND TO SINK http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140325-california-drought-subsidence-groundwater/
Ecowatch, October 03, 2014
▶ NASA SATELLITE IMAGE REVEAL SHOCKING GROUNDWATER LOSS IN DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA http://ecowatch.com/2014/10/03/nasa-satellite-groundwater-california-drought/
Grist, October 31, 2014
▶ SCARY MAPS SHOW HOW BAD CALIFORNIA'S WATER SHORTAGE IS http://grist.org/food/these-maps-of-californias-water-shortage-are-terrifying/
New York Times, April 04, 2015
-▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT TESTS HISTORY OF ENDLESS GROWTH http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/us/california-drought-tests-history-of-endless-growth.html?_r=0
STRIKING PHOTOS Huffington Post Green, January 15, 2015
SHOWS STRUGGLE OF FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA DROUGHT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/california-drought-farm-photos_n_6482762.html
VIDEO REPORT
Democracy Now, April 02, 2015
AFTER WARMEST WINTER, DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA LIMITS WATER BUT EXEMPTS THIRSTIEST BIG AG GROWERS http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/2/after_warmest_winter_drought_stricken_california
San Jose Mercury News, December 26, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT BRINGS SMALLER HARVESTS : FARM WORKERS DEPEND ON CHARITY TO FILL THEIR PANTRIES http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27209134/grim-reaper-drought-brings-smaller-harvests-more-hunger
The Guardian, February 21, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA FARMERS BRACE FOR LITTLE OR NO WATER AMID EXTREME DROUGHT http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/21/california-farmers-brace-little-no-water-extreme-drought
SF Gate, March 24, 2014 -▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: CENTRAL VALLEY FARMLAND ON ITS LAST LEGS. Only sensible solution is to retire hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. Decades of irrigation have leached salts and toxic minerals from the soil that have nowhere to go, threatening crops and wildlife. Aquifers are being drained at an alarming pace. More than 95 percent of the area's native habitat has been destroyed by cultivation or urban expansion, leaving more endangered bird, mammal and other species in the southern San Joaquin than anywhere in the continental U.S. http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-Central-Valley-farmland-on-5342892.php
ABC News, February 03, 2014
▶CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: WHAT CROPS WILL BE HIT FIRST AND HARDEST? SACRAMENTO - AS California farmers begin scaling back on planting crops due to a lack of water, you may be already paying higher prices for vegetables such as broccoli and lettuce at the supermarket http://www.news10.net/story/news/2014/02/03/drought-impact-on-crops/5192631/
TakePart, November 03, 2014
▶ KISS YOUR GUACAMOLE GOOD-BYE: DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA FARMERS STOP GROWING AVOCADOS http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/11/03/kiss-your-guacamole-goodbye-california-farmers-stop-growing-avocados
VIDEO REPORT
PBS Newshour, January 22, 2014
CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT COULD MEAN BAD NEWS AT THE GROCERY STORE http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/jan-june14/drought2_01-22.html
CNBC, October 24, 2014
▶ UNSAFE GROUNDWATER ONLY ADDS TO CALIFORNIA DROUGHT MISERY. Longtime contamination from Agriculture runoff -- nitrates and arsenic. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102111669?trknav=homestack:topnews:9#.
RT USA March 29, 2015
▶ MASSIVE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION HAS 'LETHAL' IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA WATER SUPPLY - STUDY http://rt.com/usa/244937-us-marijuana-cultivation-water/
L.A. Times, April 20, 2015
▶ DRY, WARM CONDITIONS KEEP CALIFORNIA'S NATIONAL FORESTS PARCHED, With the state’s snowpack at only 5%, water resources in the 18 national forests in California are low and trees are water-starved, said climatologist William Patzert of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dry-conditions-national-forests-20150420-story.html
Reuters, April 07, 2015
▶ SANCTIONS, HIGHER WATER COSTS CONSIDERED UNDER CALIFORNIA DROUGHT PLAN http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/us-usa-california-drought-rules-idUSKBN0MY1X620150407
Los Angeles Daily News, June 24, 2014
- ▶ LOS ANGELES COMPANY SAVING WATER BY OFFERING DROUGHT-TOLERANT LAWNS FOR FREE http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20140629/la-company-saving-water-by-offering-drought-tolerant-lawns-for-free
The Guardian, March 17, 2014
▶ TOXIC TRAIL: HOW A LANDMARK SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM LEAVES ITS OWN TOXIC LEGACY. Below some of the world’s most expensive real estate, in the heart of Silicon Valley, pipes and pumps suck thousands of gallons of contaminated water every hour from vast underground toxic pools. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2014/mar/-sp-toxic-waste-silicon-valley-trail
L.A. Biz, October 22, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA LOSES 228 BILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER ANNUALLY FROM LEAKY UNDERGROUND PIPES http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2014/10/22/state-loses-billions-of-gallons-of-water-from.html
ClimateCentral, October 06, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT IS SO BAD, EVEN ITS HYDROPOWER IS DRYING UP. Conditions are so dire that the California State Water Project, which provides supplemental water to 29 public water agencies, can only deliver 5 percent of the amount of water those agencies requested this year, he said. With less water filling the state’s reservoirs than usual, hydroelectric dams’ ability to produce electricity is drastically reduced. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/drought-dries-up-california-hydropower-18141
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2014 ▶ 63 TRILLION GALLONS OF GROUNDWATER LOST IN CALIFORNIA DROUGHT - CAUSING THE EARTH TO RISE 0.6" - STUDY http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-63-trillion-gallons-of-groundwater-lost-in-drought-study-finds-20140821-story.html
Common Dreams, March 20, 2015
▶ TO SOLVE CALIFORNIA'S WATER CRISIS, WE MUST CHANGE THE NATION'S FOOD SYSTEM http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/03/20/solve-californias-water-crisis-we-must-change-nations-food-system IN PICTURES
UNDENIABLE PROOF THAT THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT IS A BIG DEAL http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/our-drought-is-real_n_5659546.html
Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 07, 2014
▶ DROUGHT DRIES RURAL WELLS, RESIDENTS CARRY WATER IN BUCKETS. Only hours from Silicon Valley and Hollywood, in a state with the eighth-largest economy in the world, these desperate Californians are getting water in ways usually seen only in developing nations. They take water donated by charities or governments and store it in bottles, buckets, barrels and horse troughs. groundwater levels that have plummeted to all-time lows in many areas. In some communities in the San Joaquin Valley, groundwater has fallen more than 100 feet below previous record-setting levels. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/environment-and-nature/20141207/drought-dries-rural-wells-residents-carry-water-in-buckets
New York Times, August 31, 2014
▶ DESPERATELY DRY CALIFORNIA TRIES TO CURB PRIVATE DRILLING FOR WATER. PRECIOUS GROUND WATER NOT LONGER "FREE"? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/us/politics/desperately-dry-california-tries-to-curb-private-drilling-for-water.html?_r=0
CBC News, March 20, 2015
▶ DROUGHT-RAVAGED LOS ANGELES LOOKING TO 'SPONGE UP' EVERY BIT OF RAINWATER http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/drought-ravaged-l-a-looking-to-sponge-up-every-bit-of-rainwater-1.3003645
HuffPost Green, January 30 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE HIT ITS DRIEST POINT IN 500 YEARS AND THE EFFECTS ARE FRIGHTENING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/30/california-drought-effects-500-years_n_4647529.html?ref=topbar NASA VIDEO
CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT IS SO BAD, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM SPACE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/california-drought-space_n_4809637.html
ProPublica, July 18, 2014
-▶ CALIFORNIA HALTS INJECTION OF FRACKING WASTE, WARNING IT MAY BE CONTAMINATING AQUIFERS http://www.propublica.org/article/ca-halts-injection-fracking-waste-warning-may-be-contaminating-aquifers
FRACKING AWAY THE WATER: REPORT WARNS OF DWINDLING WATER SUPPLY REACHING CRISIS POINT IN USA WESTERN STATES http://sco.lt/59iE3l
National Geographic, February 13, 2014 ▶ COULD CALIFORNIA'S MEGA DROUGHT LAST 200 YEARS? Two years into California's drought, Donald Galleano's grapevines are scorched shrubs, their charcoal-colored stems and gnarled roots displaying not a lick of life. "I've never seen anything like this," says Galleano, 61, the third-generation owner of a 300-acre vineyard in Mira Loma, California, that bears his name. "It's so dry ... There's been no measurable amount of rain." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140213-california-drought-record-agriculture-pdo-climate/
Reuters, August 21, 2014 ▶ BAN ON FILLING SWIMMING POOLS HITS COMMUNITIES IN PARCHED CALIFORNIA http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-usa-california-pools-idUSKBN0GL2D120140821
Reuters, July 22, 2014 -▶ DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA AGENCIES SEEK 'WATER COPS' http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/us-usa-california-drought-idUSKBN0FR2JM20140723 Nightly Business Report, October 20, 2014
▶ ‘DROUGHT' BEER: CALIFORNIA BREWERIES HIT DRY TIMES. This drought is the most severe on record, and there’s no end in sight. Agriculture operations and manufacturers across California are drilling deeper, paying more, and competing with each other, with wildlife and with residents for water. But in the brewing business, it’s not just the water going into the cans which is now at a premium. It’s the water used to clean tanks... http://nbr.com/2014/10/20/drought-beer-california-breweries-hit-dry-times/
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▶ CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EXTINCTION FOR 82 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FISH http://sco.lt/57HMXJ
Los Angeles Times, August 05, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: FLIGHTLESS GEESE RESCUED FROM DRIED-UP POND http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-drought-geese-rescued-dried-pond-20140805-story.html
KCET, February 21, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE REFUGES TO GET 30 PERCENT OF USUAL WATER, AS DROUGHT RATIONING IS PARCELED OUT http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/agencies/wildlife-refuges-to-get-40-percent-of-usual-water.html
The Sacramento Bee, February 01, 2014
-▶ PROLONGED DROUGHT FORCES BIRDS FROM CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY FIELDS http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/31/6117139/prolonged-drought-forces-birds.html
Grist, January 29, 2014
-▶ RICE PADDIES PROVIDING RESPITE FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS IN DROUGHT-RAVAGED CALIFORNIA - WETLANDS ALMOST DISAPPEARED http://grist.org/news/rice-paddies-providing-respite-for-birds-in-drought-ravaged-california/
-▶ WETLANDS VITAL IN SUPPORTING HUMAN LIFE AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/6Gprk1
▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF
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SF Gate, September 19, 2014 ▶ AMID CALIFORNIA DROUGHT, RECORD AMOUNT OF TOXIC RETARDANT USED ON RAGING OUT-OF-CALIFORNIA FIRE - MORE THAN 203,00 GALLONS IN ONE DAY ALONE http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/Retardant-record-set-on-massive-California-fire-5767613.php
CALIFORNIA BURNING ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOW IN EXTREME DROUGHT, FUELING MASSIVE WILDFIRES http://sco.lt/6zOXWz
ScienceDaily, July 24, 2014
-▶ PARCHED WEST IS USING UP UNDERGROUND WATER: STUDY POINT TO GRAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR WESTERN U.S. WATER SUPPLY http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724172102.htm
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▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: A SHOCKING PHOTO AND OTHER UPDATES http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/25/282624536/california-s-drought-a-shocking-photo-and-other-updates New Republic, March 06, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT: THESE STATISTICS SHOW JUST HOW SCARY IT IS http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116898/californias-drought-these-statistics-show-just-how-scary-it ========================
Grist, March 04, 2014 ▶ DROUGHT-PLAGUED CALIFORNIA TRIES TO DRINK THE OCEAN (HOLD THE SALT): HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY AND ECOSYSTEM COSTS http://grist.org/news/drought-plagued-california-tries-to-drink-the-ocean-hold-the-salt/
HuffPost Green, January 31, 2014
▶ IF YOU LIKE TO EAT, YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S WORST DROUGHT IN 500 YEARS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/31/california-drought-food-p_n_4704299.html
Los Angeles, January 19, 2014
▶ DROUGHT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER WATER POLICY http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-cap-drought-20140120,0,5503641.column#axzz2r0geIX8Z
NASA IMAGES Earthsky Science, January 18, 2014 ▶ MAJOR DROUGHT FOR U.S. WEST INCLUDING CALIFORNIA - Over 60% of the U.S. West is experiencing extreme drought. http://earthsky.org/earth/major-drought-for-u-s-west-including-california
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DailyKoz, April 13, 2015
- ▶ NESTLE HAS BEEN PUMPING WATER FROM A CALIFORNIA NATIONAL FOREST WITH AN EXPIRED PERMIT FOR OVER 25 YEARS http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/13/1377391/-Nestl-has-been-pumping-water-from-a-national-forest-with-an-expired-permit-for-over-25-years#
- ▶ NESTLE BOTTLES FREE CALIFORNIA WATER FOR PROFIT -- WHILE STATE FACES DROUGHT OF THE CENTURY http://inhabitat.com/nestle-bottles-water-while-californians-face-drought-of-the-century/
MintPress News, March 20, 2015
- ▶ NESTLE CONTINUES STEALING WORLD'S WATER DURING DROUGHT. Nestlé is draining California aquifers, from Sacramento alone taking 80 million gallons annually. Nestlé then sells the people's water back to them at great profit under many dozen brand names. http://www.mintpressnews.com/nestle-continues-stealing-worlds-water-during-drought/203544/
"BOTTLED LIFE" The Business with Bottled Water http://sco.lt/5xZBmD
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Water For A Sustainable World
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May 6, 2013 Newsweek, The Daily Beast THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US - CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? Are we in the first act of a mass extinction that will end in the death of millions of plant and animal species across the planet, including us? Proponents of the “sixth extinction” theory believe the answer is yes. Five mass extinctions have nearly wiped out life on earth. As Annalee Newitz writes in her new book, the sixth is coming... http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/the-sixth-mass-extinction-is-upon-us-can-humans-survive.html?source=socialflow&account=newsweek&medium=twitter
ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON EXTINCTION CRISIS IN 40 YEARS, WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT
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'EXTINCTION CRISIS' 21,000 OF WORLD'S SPECIES AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/02-9 May 13, 2013 Mongabay
CLIMATE CHANGE TO HALVE HABITAT FOR OVER 10,000 COMMON SPECIES http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0513-hance-climate-habitat.html Guardian, December 29, 2013
-▶ THE COMING LEGAL RECKONING: IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE THE WEST PAY http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/29/poorer-countries-climate-change-case June 04, 2013 Terra Daily
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EXTINCTION FOR 82 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FISH http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_threatens_extinction_for_82_percent_of_California_native_fish_999.html August 14, 2012 Science Daily
STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT ONE EXTINCTION LEADS TO ANOTHER http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814213500.htm?+Animals+News+--+Nature%29 New Scientists, December 11, 2013
▶ BATS MAY STRUGGLE TO HUNT IN WARMER WORLD: Some bats will find it harder to hunt in a warmer world, says the first study of how echolocation will be affected by climate change... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24737-bats-may-struggle-to-hunt-in-warmer-world.html#.Uqk3D_ZQ1K4 -- WATCH -- December 9, 2012 60 Minutes CBS News
VIDEO REPORT: THE RACE TO SAVE THE TORTOISE AND TURTLE http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136708n&tag=api ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC ICE-FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6qm61h WHAT MAKES AN ECOSYSTEM ENDANGERED? IUCN'S "RED LIST" CRITERIA http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/iucn-red-list-criteria-endangered-ecosystem_n_3244326.html KEYSTONE SPECIES LOSS COULD CAUSE ECOSYSTEM TO COLLAPSE http://news.msn.com/science-technology/keystone-species-loss-could-cause-ecosystem-to-collapse REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT CATASTROPHE TO US WILDLIFE http://sco.lt/5TDIAL LOVELY WATCH
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NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html April 30, 2013 Scientific American
3,000 YEARS OF ABUSING EARTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-had-global-impacts-thousands-of-years-ago May 23, 2013 Common Dreams TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - Destroying Our Planet For Record Profits http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/23-4 THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5oplFx - ▶ LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS http://sco.lt/6mZspd BUILDING THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE ECOLOGICAL COMMONS http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/building-the-new-architecture-of-the-ecological-commons/ WATCH: VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon 12 MOST AMAZING TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS OF STARS, LANDSCAPES AND URBAN SCENES http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/12-most-amazing-time-lapse-videos-stars-landscapes-and-urban-scenes/page/2/#slide-top AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/ HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n OUR OCEANS NEED US http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH +++WATCH: "THE DIRTY TRUTH" http://sco.lt/6OpdeT MORE ON EXTINCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=EXTINCTION
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Jan 30, 2013 Climate change has already pushed the nation's wildlife into crisis, according to a report released Wednesday from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and further catastrophe, including widespread extinction, can only be curbed with swift action to curb the carbon pollution that has the planet sweltering. Entitled Wildlife in a Warming World: Confronting the Climate Crisis, the report looks at 8 regions across the U.S. where "the underlying climatic conditions to which species have been accustomed for thousands of years," the report explains, have been upturned by human-caused climate change. “Some of America’s most iconic species—from moose to sandhill cranes to sea turtles – are seeing their homes transformed by rapid climate change,” stated Dr. Amanda Staudt, climate scientist at the National Wildlife Federation. WILDLIFE UNDER PRESSURE IN A WARMING WORLD - - National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/Reports/Archive/2013/01-30-13-Wildlife-In-A-Warming-World.aspx
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Brussels – The Commission is concerned that Italy has incorrectly implemented EU legislation on environmental liability, leading to insufficient protection...
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The mating habits of marine turtle may help to protect them against the effects of climate change, according to new research led by the University of Exeter. The gender of baby turtles is determined by the temperature of the eggs during incubation, with warmer temperatures leading to more females being born. Higher average global temperatures mean that offspring from some populations are predominantly female. This is threatening the future of some populations and there are concerns that inbreeding within groups due to a lack of males will lead to health problems.
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A version of this post first appeared in The Last Word on Nothing.
Late last year, I wrote about the dominance of the tragic “Lorax narrative” in environmental reporting. It made me wonder: ...
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Welcome to the Carbon Fix Foundation - A GREAT WEBSITE for Who, Why, What about climate change and all its interconnected attributes. Videos, teaching tools for kids and education, blogs, Actions you can take and much, much more
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Animal and insect species in Europe are losing the fight to keep up with rapid changes in climate in a new phenomenon dubbed "climatic debt", according to an international study.
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The forests in Africa absorb over 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon annually. With these diverse and natural forests, grasslands and prairie lands disappearing under investment schemes and the development of monoculture plantations for supposed "green" energy alternatives like agrofuels, not much else remains to absorb the shocks of hunger and climate change.
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Obama administration plan to cut costs by combining several government agencies. Though it make good political sense, it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea from a policy perspective.
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