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New York's emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, environmentally sensitive areas and gas industry workers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed state officials. The EPA's comments, in a series of letters this ... keep reading
Written by ProPublica/Joaquin Sapien last month, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, waste, Water
The launch of the International Water Summit was announced collaboratively today by the Abu Dhabi government, Masdar and the International Water Association, providing a global platform to discuss and find solutions to the global challenges of water scarcity and security. The inaugural summit will take place alongside the World Future ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Events, Health, Infrastructure, Politics & Government, Population, Water
A new study by a team of international scientists and led by a NASA climate scientist reports that inexpensive and relatively simple measures to cut two key pollutants could dramatically slow global warming, improve health, and boost crop production worldwide. For years climate-change efforts have focused on reducing carbon dioxide ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Sustainability
As reported in the NZ Herald "The Government is planning "significant" changes to the Crown Minerals Act next year to make it easier for miners to explore and then extract minerals, and it will consult the public and industry soon. The Government has indicated for some time that it intends ... keep reading
Written by Andrew C last month, about Coal & Oil, Conservation, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
It’s all too easy for wealthy America and Europe to treat climate-induced migration as a border security issue. Gregory White, Professor of Government at Smith College in Massachusetts, argues in his recent book Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World that a security-minded response to ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Sustainability
Nancy Lord is a writer who has spent her adult life in Alaska. In her new book,Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North, she tells the stories of people and places and natural environments on whom climate change is impacting in her part of the world. She ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Children and Families, Climate Scepticism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior, Ocean, Politics & Government, Population
A warning from the New York Times that could so easily have been written with New Zealand in mind: "More than 30 countries, including China, India and Pakistan, are now considering fracking for natural gas or oil, and the surge in gas production has spurred interest in building pipelines and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
So it seems that the use of the phone book is fast becoming a thing of the past. But much faster offshore than here. 18 states across the US are now (in at least some parts) only delivering white pages phone books to those who ask for them. San Francisco ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population (2 comments)
Trade Minister Tim Groser has led a call at the WTO’s 8th Ministerial Conference in Geneva to protect global fish stocks. New Zealand is coordinating a group of countries that includes Argentina, Australia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, Peru and the United States. The purpose of the meeting, which included ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Politics & Government, Population, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Sustainability
Time magazine has chosen their 2011 Person of the Year as the Protestor. They explain in the magazine that for a couple of decades protests (and their effectiveness) seemed to disappear. But they are back and serious . As they say It began in Tunisia, " where the dictator's power grabbing ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Media, Politics & Government, Population
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