by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Health & Safety
By Seth Borenstain | The Japan Times WASHINGTON – Driving a gas-powered car about 1,300 kilometers melts about a square meter of Arctic sea ice in the critical month of September, according to a new study that directly links carbon pollution to the amount of ice...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species
Dominique Mosbergen | The Huffington Post In California’s drought-stricken forests, trees are dying at an “unprecedented” rate, according to officials. The U.S. Forest Service said last month that 102 million trees have died across the state since 2010, including 62...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Politics of energy
Ryan Grenoble | The Huffington Post If you stumbled across an alarming chart about sea ice on Twitter last month and doomsday scenarios immediately leaped into your head, you’re not alone. What the graph illustrates is true: There’s substantially less sea ice...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
Standing Rock: injured protester’s father says police account is ‘bogus nonsense’ | US news | The Guardian Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Standing Rock Thanksgiving: a day of mourning, resistance and Jane Fonda | US news | The Guardian Native Americans gathered at Standing Rock are approaching this Thanksgiving with deeply conflicted feelings. Do they observe the historically dissonant holiday,...