Swedish Oil Spill a Preview of the Alaskan Arctic? Shell secures permits to drill for oil in America’s Arctic waters in 2012. . Posted20 September 2011, by David Lawlor, unEARTHED (Earthjustice), earthjustice.org/blog/ . A massive oil spill announced this week off the coast of western Sweden feels like an ominous harbinger for America’s Arctic Ocean. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘air’
24 Sep
OTTAWA Tar Sands Civil Disobedience Sept 26, 2011
OTTAWA Tar Sands Civil Disobedience Sept 26, 2011 Canadian First Nations, US-based Tribal Governments and Indigenous Advocacy Groups Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience Action to Protest Canadian Tar Sands . Posted 23 September 2011, by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . Press statement Posted at Censored News OTTAWA, Ontario – Canadian First Nations, American Indian [...]
21 Sep
Surviving the Warmth of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Surviving the Warmth of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum . Posted 21 September 2011, by Staff, CO2 Science (Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change), co2science.org Reference McInerney, F.A. and Wing, S.L. 2011. The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: A perturbation of carbon cycle, climate, and biosphere with implications for the future. Annual [...]
20 Sep
Living with oil spill in Ogoniland
Living with oil spill in Ogoniland . Posted 18 September 2011, by George Onah,Vanguard Media, vanguardngr.com As the convoy of cars from Bodo town conveying journalists veered into the road leading to Goi community, the air became fetid. The air was so offensive that two members of the entourage made to throw up. The air [...]
18 Sep
Why I’m Donating My Heinz Award Money to the Fight Against Fracking
Why I’m Donating My Heinz Award Money to the Fight Against Fracking Sandra Steingraber beautifully shares why the fight against fracking is so important. . Posted 15 September 2011, by Sandra Steingraber, AlterNet, alternet.org . I’m thrilled to receive a Heinz Award in recognition of my research and writing on environmental health. This is work [...]
17 Sep
Mending Mother Earth’s Garment of Protection
Mending Mother Earth’s Garment of Protection . Posted 16 September 2011, by Nafeesa M P, Daijiworld (Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd), daijiworld.com . We see every new cosmetic brand guaranteeing protection from the sun, is it not the same sun our elders were faced with each day while working hard in their fields? Is [...]
17 Sep
Life in an unhealthy climate
Life in an unhealthy climate . Posted 16 September 2011, by Mandi Smallhorne, The Mail & Guardian (M&G Media, Newtrust Company Botswana Limited and Guardian Newspapers Limited), mg.co.za . Krish Perumal does not look forward to Durban’s summers. A middle-aged supervisor in a rubber-producing company, he was struck by asthma about 25 years [...]
14 Sep
Women Leading the Way: New study says women more likely to ‘vote green’ in office
Women Leading the Way: New study says women more likely to ‘vote green’ in office . Posted 13 September 2011, by Sarah Pierz, Emily’s List, emilyslist.org . In a new study issued by Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University and Rachel’s Network entitled “When Women Lead” we learn that when it [...]
13 Sep
Report: This Summer’s EcoSikh Punjab Summit
Report: This Summer’s EcoSikh Punjab Summit . Posted 13 Sepember 2011, by Staff, EcoSikh, ecosikh.org . SEPTEMBER 13, 2011: EcoSikh hosted its first ever environment summit in Ludhiana this summer for the grass root environment organizations to build up a Punjab-wide network and to encourage cooperation among the various sections of society to save [...]
