by Fred Pearce It reads like a fairy tale from the brothers Grimm: a giant US state is planning a giant hydroelectric dam that could flood a tiny shrew out of its idyllic home. Later this month, Alaskan authorities will file plans […]
Cross Posted from LA Times In early November, Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, made his own political contribution. Thrilled at the testing of a drone aircraft manufactured in Montana, Baucus declared: “Our troops rely on this type of technology every day, […]
Some 200 people gathered on Saturday in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia to protest against the potential shale gas exploration in the country. The march started in front of the Environment Ministry building in Sofia, passed through the parliament and ended in front of […]
By Tim Hull (CN) – The desert-nesting bald eagle does not have threatened-species protection because wildlife officials ignored federal law and may have let policy issues cloud their judgment, a federal judge ruled in Arizona, ordering the federal agency to take a […]
Global Justice Ecology Project has just published the No REDD Papers, Volume 1. To download it, click on one of the links below. The first link will download the booklet with one page per sheet of paper; the second link will download […]
cross-posted from Democracy Now On December 6th in Durban, South Africa, a group of youth and indigenous activists from Canada gave delegates to the U.N. climate talks mock gift bags containing samples of fake tar sands along with tourism brochures for Canada […]
By Eve Byron The season was supposed to end on Dec. 31. But since only 106 wolves out of a quota of 220 have been taken to date, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission decided Thursday to extend the season. “This […]
By Kyle Venktess and Sapa A climate change meeting to be addressed by President Jacob Zuma took an unruly turn at the Durban City Hall on Thursday when people carrying posters reading “Zuma stand with the poor, not the USA” were attacked […]
The birds and all the tall grass surrounding the lake in San Michele Condos have been spayed with poison. The once verdant habitat is dead and dry. Dead nesting birds birds have been found in the area. This lake is possibly part […]
Jellyfish invasions of this magnitude are rare. Biologists at the plant could recall only three other similar events in the past 30 years. The plant, which is designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, was shut down for […]