by faster | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: July 21, 2021 SNIP: Twelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters. Video shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their...
by faster | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 21, 2021 SNIP: Not willing to rest their laurels on the theft of the future, the fossil fuel industry is now salting the earth with forever chemicals. In a bombshell exposé from Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the New...
by faster | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 16, 2021 SNIP: The intensity and scale of the floods in Germany this week have shocked climate scientists, who did not expect records to be broken this much, over such a wide area or this soon. After the deadly heatwave in the US and...
by faster | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 14, 2021 SNIP: The Amazon rainforest is emitting a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, according to a study. The giant forest had been absorbing the emissions driving the climate crisis but is now causing its acceleration,...
by faster | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: OPB DATE: July 12, 2021 SNIP: The calls flooded into Blue Mountain Wildlife first thing in the morning Monday, June 28 — dozens of baby hawks, desperate to escape the blast of early summer heat, bailed from their nests and plummeted to the ground. Calls poured...
by faster | Jul 11, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times DATE: July 11, 2021 SNIP: Lake Mead, a lifeline for 25 million people and millions of acres of farmland in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico, made history when it was engineered 85 years ago, capturing trillions of gallons of river water...
