Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Projecton Earth
Environmental Defence just released a new report on the Alberta Oil Sands, calling it the most destructive project on Earth. DeSmogblog gleaned some facts from it:
-Oil sands mining is licensed to use twice the amount of fresh water that the entire city of Calgary uses in a year.-At least [...]
Slavery in America: 90¢ an Hour & -20°F Below Zero
Colorado sheep-ranchers take advantage of immigrant workers in the Badlands of Wyoming
We had been on the road for hours, leaving the interstate and then digressing to smaller and smaller highways. Differing vistas of the Colorado landscape got wilder and more vacant the further north we drove. [...]
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What happens to your body if you stop smoking right now?
U.N. says world fisheries face collapse
Mankind has ramped up its exploitation of marine ecosystems in recent decades, bringing the population of their inhabitants close to collapse. Climate change, which will most likely disrupt ocean circulation, continue to raise ocean temperatures and intensify ocean acidification, is supplementing this insane venture.
UNEP reports on the likely scenarios. [...]
Atlanta’s Drying Lesson
When news broke about a crippling drought that threatened Atlanta’s water supply, information was confusing and hard to find. Enter Mickey Mellen, with a blog and some questions.
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Read an Excerpt from A New Earth
By Eckhart Tolle In his insightful look into humanity’s ego-based thinking, Eckhart Tolle provides practical [...]
The Ecological Side of Education in India
What’s the most effective way to teach people the value of water and other scarce resources in a world where they are becoming more and more precious? The solution: start young – or at least that’s what progressive, ecologically-minded institutions such as the Vagdevi Vilas at Munne Kolalu, near [...]
Serbia: Stop attacks on human rights activists and on minorities
Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities and specifically Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica and President Boris Tadic to urgently condemn attacks on human rights activists and on ethnic minorities in the country.
“If the authorities fail to act now people’s lives may be put at [...]
The next
green revolution
Europe may not like it, but genetic modification is transforming agriculture
FOR a decade Europe has rebuffed efforts by biotechnology firms such as America’s Monsanto to promote genetically modified crops. Despite scientific assurances that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are safe for human consumption, and a ruling by the World Trade Organisation against national [...]
Can You Predict Happiness?
By Tiffany Sharples… If you think you can predict what you will like, think again. When people try to estimate how much they will enjoy a future experience, they are dependably wrong, according to research by Harvard psychologists — and the reason is something they call “attentional collapse.” When we imagine future [...]
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McCain Scores Zero Environmental Scorecard
Members of Congress who were seriously ill or died during their [...]
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT
On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of [...]
BMO facing $12 billion costs
Canada’s BMO Financial will provide up to US$12.2bn, or about 3 per cent of its assets, in liquidity support for two structured investment vehicles that it is seeking to wind down. The group, centred on the Bank of Montreal, will take C$490m in pre-tax charges on its exposure to ACA, the [...]
