by faster | Dec 9, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: December 9, 2020 SNIP: The giant human footprint stamped across the world in 2020 is greater than the impact on the planet of all other living things, research suggests. The amount of plastic alone is greater in mass than all land animals...
by faster | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: LA Times DATE; October 25, 2020 SNIP: Not far from Santa Catalina Island, in an ocean shared by divers and fishermen, kelp forests and whales, David Valentine decoded unusual signals underwater that gave him chills. The UC Santa Barbara scientist was supposed...
by faster | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Climate Home News DATE: October 23, 2020 SNIP: Indigenous communities in Mexico are suing the government over plans by a Total-owned company to install more than a million solar panels near their homes. The 674-hectare site earmarked for the solar farm,...
by faster | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 19, 2020 SNIP: The oil company ConocoPhillips had a problem. It wanted to pump 160,000 more barrels of oil each day from a new project on Alaska’s North Slope. But the fossil fuels it and others produce are leading to global heating,...
by faster | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: October 16, 2020 SNIP: Japan is to release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, media reports say. It follows years of debate over how to dispose of the liquid, which includes water used to cool the power...
