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How the American environmental movement dealt a blow to Alberta's oilpatchEnvironmental | 130 hits | 1:47 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The plan to weaken Alberta's oilsands came together in a Minneapolis hotel. It was the fall of 2008, and a group of NGOs spent part of a conference there brainstorming tactics for slowing down the growth of the oilsands. They identified pipelines as an idWhy the world is running out of sand
It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found on deserts and beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource.
Environmental | 168 hits | 1:23 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It may be little more than grains of weathered rock, and can be found on deserts and beaches around the world, but sand is also the world’s second most consumed natural resource. Today's Electric Car Batteries Will Be Tomorrow's E-Waste Crisis, Scientists WarnEnvironmental | 166 hits | 3:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit with 2nd-highest tide in history
Venice‘s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water.
Environmental | 208 hits | 5:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Venice‘s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water. Canada among G20 countries least likely to hit emissions targets: report cardEnvironmental | 176 hits | 11:41 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada's plan to meet its greenhouse-gas emissions targets is among the worst in the G20, according to a new report card on climate action. Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia's most populous stateEnvironmental | 165 hits | 7:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's most populous state and into Sydney suburbs on Tuesday as authorities warned most people in their paths that there was no longer time to flee.This Martini Wants to Kill Climate Change One Sip at a Time
In 2017, Stafford Sheehan was a chemist working on artificial photosynthesis, coming up with metal-based catalysts that’d mimic the way living things acquire energy from the Sun. He did not expect to create a martini that could save the planet.
Environmental | 169 hits | 10:47 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In 2017, Stafford Sheehan was a chemist working on artificial photosynthesis, coming up with metal-based catalysts that’d mimic the way living things acquire energy from the Sun. He did not expect to create a martini that could save the planet. Let's tell the whole truth about 'average' global temperature risesEnvironmental | 182 hits | 1:00 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Everybody is warming faster than average. Is all this just fake news? No, it’s all true. How is that possible? Because of the word 'average' ‘Not our mission’: private fire crews protect the insured, not the public | US news | The GuardianEnvironmental | 194 hits | 3:11 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Brazil: Amazon land defender killed by illegal loggers
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was reportedly attacked and shot in the head while hunting on Friday inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state. He was a member of Guardians of the Forest, a group formed to combat logging gangs in the area. The killing in
Environmental | 142 hits | 5:35 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was reportedly attacked and shot in the head while hunting on Friday inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state. He was a member of Guardians of the Forest, a group formed to combat logging gangs in the area. The killing in Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 1.4 million litres of oil in North DakotaEnvironmental | 146 hits | 11:27 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An estimated 1.4 million litres of oil have spilled from TC Energy Corp.'s Keystone crude pipeline in North Dakota, state authorities said on Thursday, a major leak at a time of increased regulatory scrutiny of oil pipeline expansions.'Climate' activists seek to ditch polar bear pics as growing populations defy 'emergency' narrative
Environmental | 160 hits | 9:16 AM on Friday | posted by uwish
These U.N. Climate Scientists Think They Can Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion. Here's HowEnvironmental | 246 hits | 3:11 PM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
New film probes funding of anti-oil activismEnvironmental | 153 hits | 1:22 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
FLIGHT OF SHAME: Paris Hilton, J. Lo, Oprah leave BIG carbon footprint
Virtue signalling celebrities like Harry Potter star Emma Watson, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton are being slammed as greenhouse gas super-emitters.Swedish researchers analyzed the carbon footprints of 10 celebrities who are known for their jet-setting p
Environmental | 184 hits | 12:48 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Virtue signalling celebrities like Harry Potter star Emma Watson, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton are being slammed as greenhouse gas super-emitters.Swedish researchers analyzed the carbon footprints of 10 celebrities who are known for their jet-setting pSea urchin explosion decimates kelp forests off Pacific coast
Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California. Now they're spreading north to Oregon, causing other critical species to starve to death.
Environmental | 280 hits | 1:52 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California. Now they're spreading north to Oregon, causing other critical species to starve to death. Oil and gas supporters, protesters to converge at Edmonton climate rally with Greta ThunbergEnvironmental | 228 hits | 9:53 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Thousands are expected at the Alberta Legislature to see teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday, and police are trying to plan accordingly.Commuters who attacked Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters could face police investigation
The actions of commuters who dragged Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters from the roof of a train are being investigated by the police as it emerged one of the activists is a Buddhist teacher.
Environmental | 251 hits | 2:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The actions of commuters who dragged Extinction Rebellion Tube protesters from the roof of a train are being investigated by the police as it emerged one of the activists is a Buddhist teacher. Was this zoologist punished for telling school kids politically incorrect facts about polar bears'Environmental | 217 hits | 11:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Extinction Rebellion files reveal climate zealots are paid £400-a-week
Extinction Rebellion is paying activists up to £400 a week to lead the protests that have brought chaos to the streets of Britain, documents seen by The Mail on Sunday reveal.
Environmental | 231 hits | 4:50 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Extinction Rebellion is paying activists up to £400 a week to lead the protests that have brought chaos to the streets of Britain, documents seen by The Mail on Sunday reveal. Thousands of cars were idled as climate activists scaled bridge during rush hourEnvironmental | 149 hits | 11:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Jacques Cartier Bridge was reopened to traffic and three protesters from Extinction Rebellion were arrested, according to the Sûreté du Québec. Province seeks help sniffing out wild pigs Social SharingEnvironmental | 256 hits | 1:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontarians are being urged to keep an eye out for wild pigs as the animals continue to wreak havoc across the province. Hundreds of spawning salmon killed in Squamish river; BC Hydro admits responsibilityEnvironmental | 248 hits | 11:25 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Clint Goyette has spent a lot of time on the rivers around Squamish, B.C., over the last two decades as a fishing guide, but even he was shocked to see hundreds of dead fish lying in pools along the Cheakamus River recently.Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters spray fake blood at Treasury
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.
Environmental | 190 hits | 10:14 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose. 'There is no climate emergency,' hundreds of scientists, engineers tell U.N.Environmental | 303 hits | 10:04 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forumEnvironmental | 256 hits | 12:20 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'I've said it once, and I'll say it again, we can't eat money, or drink oil' ’Some baloney’ found in Trudeau’s claims on climate-change progressEnvironmental | 207 hits | 11:27 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Do the policies that Ottawa and the provinces put into place, or intend to implement, over the past four years, get our emissions down to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030? Not completely. Psychologist says he's worried about the mental wellbeing of climate change activist Greta Thunberg | Daily Mail OnlineEnvironmental | 228 hits | 9:34 PM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A leading psychologist has stressed concern about the mental wellbeing of Greta Thunberg - as the teenager tackles international politics to demand action on climate change.How Climate Change Pseudoscience Became Publicly Accepted
Commentary Political and corporate leaders gathered for the climate week in New York City have urged significant action ...
Environmental | 297 hits | 12:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
Commentary Political and corporate leaders gathered for the climate week in New York City have urged significant action ... Canadian architects commit to fighting climate change with new declarationEnvironmental | 189 hits | 10:02 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As students take to the streets around the world to demand action on climate change, Canadian architects are also engaged in the fight against this global issue. Today, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Committee on Regenerative Environ Feds scrapped 100 years of data on climate changeEnvironmental | 253 hits | 12:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canadians already suspicious of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax are likely be even more suspicious given a report by Ottawa-based Blacklock's Reporter that Environment Canada omitted a century's worth of observed weather data in developing its Feral hogs headed for US from CanadaEnvironmental | 279 hits | 1:14 PM on Thursday | posted by Robair
Extinction Rebellion vows to blockade Britain's leading port of Dover
Extinction Rebellion plans to 'block two of the primary exit roads' at the Port of Dover on Saturday September 21, eight days after protestors aim to shutdown Heathrow with drones.
Environmental | 258 hits | 1:48 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Extinction Rebellion plans to 'block two of the primary exit roads' at the Port of Dover on Saturday September 21, eight days after protestors aim to shutdown Heathrow with drones. Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman receives $2M climate awardEnvironmental | 296 hits | 2:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Berman co-founded Stand.earth, the organization behind numerous environmental campaigns, including those targeting expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline Edmonton city council declares state of climate emergencyEnvironmental | 259 hits | 10:42 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Councillor Aaron Paquette put forward a motion to include Edmonton in the growing number of cities declaring a climate emergency. The motion passed. Marriott banning little shampoo bottles by 2020Environmental | 213 hits | 6:46 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Marriott International, the world's largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it will eliminate small plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its hotel rooms worldwide by December 2020. They'll be replaced with larger bottles or wall-mounted dTesla sued by Walmart over solar panel fires
The supermarket chain alleges that Tesla was negligent in the way the solar panels were installed.
Environmental | 247 hits | 4:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The supermarket chain alleges that Tesla was negligent in the way the solar panels were installed.Mother arrested and taken to police cell after putting out wrong colour bin bags
A mother was arrested and taken to a police cell after being accused of putting her rubbish out in the wrong colour bin bags.
Environmental | 220 hits | 9:34 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A mother was arrested and taken to a police cell after being accused of putting her rubbish out in the wrong colour bin bags. Fight climate change by eating meat, Ottawa farmers sayEnvironmental | 241 hits | 1:24 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Farmers say people can still take a bite out of climate change while eating red meat, pushing back against global headlines calling for major changes to the world's farming and eating habits. Norway's first battery-powered plane ends up in a LAKE after crash-landing
The Alpha Electro G2 plane ended up nose-down and partly submerged at the end of a lake near Arendal in southern Norway, on Wednesday.
Environmental | 236 hits | 12:28 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Alpha Electro G2 plane ended up nose-down and partly submerged at the end of a lake near Arendal in southern Norway, on Wednesday. Companies don't lobby for a carbon tax out of the goodness of their corporate hearts — so why do they do it'Environmental | 406 hits | 12:06 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A new paper shows that these firms are lobbying for environmental regulations in a calculated bet that their competitors will be worse offNew Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
Environmental | 218 hits | 5:09 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Don't blame wind power for Britain's huge power cuts, warn scientists
Energy chiefs at Renewable UK revealed on Friday afternoon that wind turbines had been generating 50 per cent of Great Britain's electricity earlier in the day, setting a new record.
Environmental | 233 hits | 12:29 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Energy chiefs at Renewable UK revealed on Friday afternoon that wind turbines had been generating 50 per cent of Great Britain's electricity earlier in the day, setting a new record.Gators have taste for Florida Man, according to science
Gator bites have become more common as the gator population has boomed. A lot of the time, the gators aren't sure what they're biting and back off, study finds.
Environmental | 254 hits | 3:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gator bites have become more common as the gator population has boomed. A lot of the time, the gators aren't sure what they're biting and back off, study finds.Eco-activists targeting fossil fuel firm barricade offices of green energy company by mistake
Climate change activists chained themselves to the wrong building in the City of London after failing to realise the fossil fuel company they wanted to disrupt had moved address last year.
Environmental | 270 hits | 12:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Climate change activists chained themselves to the wrong building in the City of London after failing to realise the fossil fuel company they wanted to disrupt had moved address last year.Vietnam seizes 125 kg of rhino horns, seven tiger carcasses
Trade in rhino horns is illegal in Vietnam.
Environmental | 277 hits | 11:57 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Trade in rhino horns is illegal in Vietnam.Greta Thunberg speech: French MPs boycott teen ‘apocalypse guru’
The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament.
Environmental | 689 hits | 11:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament. Killer collapse - The southern resident orcas of B.C. are strugglingEnvironmental | 272 hits | 8:54 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The last year has seen one bad news story after another when it comes to the southern resident orcas, including a mother whale who carried her dead newborn around for 17 days in what some scientists described as a “tour of grief.” Researchers are becoming 12,000 L of oil spilled into ocean off Newfoundland, causing oil rig shutdownEnvironmental | 266 hits | 8:51 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Production was stopped on Wednesday evening after thousands of litres of oil leaked from a storage container aboard the Hibernia oil platform off the coast of St. John's.Back to Canada News
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