Green News & Opinion

Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.

517 Matching Articles

Toxic Fumes on Oil Rigs – A Multisyllabic Menace

  Ever since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, we have become sharply aware of the hazards of extracting fossil fuels from the earth. This danger presents itself not merely on oil rigs but on pipelines and in processing plants with disturbing regularity ... keep reading

Written by Andrew Miller this week, about Chemicals, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Health, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Do the Math: The Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLr_lfyRfqY? there's even more to come - check them out here keep reading

Written by Celsias this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business

Nicole Foss Returns to Speak in NZ

Nicole Foss returns to New Zealand and is speaking in a number of cities in June . She will give updates  on the Greece and Cyprus polices, Australia’s current financial position and the global housing bubble, the reasons for vanishing wealth, rising global unemployment and where NZ fits in to ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving

Why Australian Labor Should Fight the 2013 Election on Climate Change

If climate change features prominently in the federal election campaign, it will almost certainly be driven by the Coalition. Under Tony Abbott, the Coalition has long smelled blood in the water on climate change and in particular the carbon tax. Abbott has stated repeatedly that the repeal of the carbon ... keep reading

Written by Matt McDonald this month, about Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Sustainability

Govt Exposing Auckland to the Dangers of Deep Sea Drilling

The Government is putting Auckland's popular and pristine west coast beaches at risk of an oil spill from dangerous deep sea drilling, the Green Party said today. "The upper West coast of the North Island is postcard New Zealand. It is where Kiwis go to swim, fish and holiday ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Conservation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government, Pollution

Climate Change Myth & Reality

  Write a regular column on sustainability and it’s natural to discuss climate change facts and issues from time to time. Do it often enough and the climate change deniers will be happy to tell you what they think.   Letters to the editor “rebuttals” can offer some wacky stuff, but ... keep reading

Written by Gord Stewart this month, about Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Coal & Oil, Education

"N.Z Safe for Deep Sea Oil"- Yeah Right !

  As Simon Bridges drooled over the prospect of off shore oil drilling in Block Offer 13 happening from Northland and  Taranaki and in Canterbury and the great South Basins in areas of almost 200,000 square kilometres of deep water, he promised a safe regulatory environment. He must know that ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Coal & Oil, Finance & Money, Fuel, Industry & Business, Politics & Government

How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the US intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a new planet, a resource-shock world of a sort humanity has never before experienced ... keep reading

Written by Michael Klare/The Nation this month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Industry & Business, Polar Sea Ice, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water

Government Bid to Criminalise Sea Protests Is Against International Law, says Legal Advice

A range of well-known New Zealand groups and individuals have today slammed the government’s controversial move to criminalise aspects of peaceful protests at sea.  In a joint statement, Greenpeace, Rt Hon Geoffrey Palmer QC, Peter Williams QC, WWF, Forest and Bird, Dame Anne Salmond, Rikirangi Gage of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui ... keep reading

Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Law, Politics & Government (1 comment)

« Prev | Page 1 of 52 | Next »

Subscribe to Celsias

Delivered free to your inbox every week

Sign Up Now

Featured project

View now ›

Featured organisation

View now ›