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Climate Workshop Stresses Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge
Environment  (tags: native american culture, copenhagen summit, climatechange, climate, pollution, Sustainabililty, ecosystems, environment, CO2emissions, conservation, nature, humans, globalwarming, climate-change, ClimateChange )

Cal
- 21 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
American Indian stalwarts of environmental justice recently met at a national workshop to write a milestone climate change declaration, clearly outlining a course on how to save the planet using indigenous science and knowledge.
When Greenhouse Gas Meets Ice Age
Environment  (tags: climatechange, climate, environment, nature )

Carol
- 85 days ago - deltafarmpress.com
Do we really understand how geologic forces impact the climate? Have we studied how proposed solutions for controlling carbon dioxide emissions stand up in geologic time? And I wonder. Is staving off another ice age -- if it's possible --
Crude :The Film Chevron Doesn't Want You To See.
Environment  (tags: Chevron, Murder, Contamination, Toxic Waste-Water, Crude Oil, Human Lives, Human Misery, For Profit, Kerching, Hey Im Doing Fine-Screw You Losers, indigenous People, Fightback )

Having A
- 106 days ago - alternet.org
This new film exposes what environmentalists have dubbed the "Amazon Chernobyl".In a period exceeding 20 years,ending only in 1990,Chevron dumped,over 17 million barrels of crude oil and even more barrels ofwastewater in Ecuador..for resons of profit.
Himalayan Glaciers Melting Fast, Says Nepal
Environment  (tags: climate-change, globalwarming, humans, ecosystems, environment, world, nature, climate, ClimateChange )

Cal
- 106 days ago - ft.com
Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than any other body of ice as a result of climate change, threatening devastating consequences to the livelihoods of millions of people dependent on the river Ganges,
We're Pumping Out CO2 ,To The Point Of No Return-It's Time To Alter Course.
Environment  (tags: Monbiot, CO2emissions, pollution, Too little Is Being Done )

Having A
- 106 days ago - guardian.co.uk
This article is by the excellent journalist George Monbiot,whose basic premise is that our leaders are doing far too little to reach the point of "carbon neutral".Whatever we do now will affect our earth for a long,long time.
Obama's Grandma Gets Solar Panels on Her Kenyan Home From Greenpeace
Environment  (tags: environment, soalr panels, Obama family, habitat )

Cher
- 114 days ago - ecoworldly.com
In addition to putting solar panels on "Mama Sara's" roof, the activists put them on the "Senator Barack Obama School" in Kogelo Village as well.
Belize's Biggest Nature Reserve Threatened With Illegal Dam
Environment  (tags: environment, nature reserve, dam, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 134 days ago - fauna-flora.org
FFI was shocked to learn from our Belizean partner Ya'axché Conservation Trust (Ya'axché) that the security of Bladen Nature Reserve in southwest Belize has recently been jeopardised
The Dark Side Of Climate Change.
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climatechange, humans, globalwarming, ecosystems, energy, fossil fuels )

Having A
- 162 days ago - alternet.org
According to writer James Lovelock,climate change is already so advanced,that it's impact will result in only a few million humans surviving it's power.This article is worth a look,though it would be more useful to see it as a huge wake up call.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR): FAIR Legislative Update - July 06, 2009
Environment  (tags: destruction, CO2emissions, ecosystems, habitat, pollution, humans )

Carol
- 164 days ago - fairus.org
...like, dahhhh. Immigration-fueled population growth has been the single largest contributing factor to the increase in U.S. energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over the past 35 years
The Road to Copenhagen: Climate's Big Picture
Environment  (tags: Talks, Talks, Talks, Too Little, Too Late )

Ben
- 169 days ago - conservation.org
The UNFCCC aims to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous human impacts on climate systems. At the December meeting in Copenhagen, the 192 national governments that are party to the UNFCCC will seek to...
 
 
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