Melting at the roof of the world. Climate change comes knocking. Again. Louder.

NATIONAL

OBSERVER

The most dramatic warming of the planet is happening in its coldest regions. Story here.

The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America

ALTERNET

In deep-red white America, the white Christian God is king. Story here.

Planet in Peril - a Video Newscast.

Preventable diseases threaten the world's children. Melting ice caps and rising sea levels loom on Earth's horizon. Please watch!

Environmental advocates disturbed by logging activity in Quebec caribou habitat

NATIONAL

OBSERVER

News this week that there are no more than 15 caribou left in a threatened herd near Val d’Or, Que. is giving new urgency to the fight to protect caribou in the neighbouring Broadback River valley. Story here.                                              An Alaskan caribou.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release

  inside climate news

Study shows 52,000 square miles (135,000 square kilometers) in rapid decline, with sediment and carbon threatening the surrounding environment and potentially accelerating global warming. Details here.

Please also read; "Only Heroic Efforts Will Spare Earth's Mighty Boreal Forest From the Worst Ravages of Climate Change."

Will This Tidal Project Spark a Global Energy Revolution?

EcoWatch

Ambitious plans have been drawn up for a network of "tidal lagoons" around the UK coast that could provide up to a quarter of the country's electricity—and there is potential to roll out the technology in many parts of the world. Story here.

Let's Stop Plastic Pollution (Video)

Blogger Dubs Disastrous Alberta Flooding "Harper Deluge."

In Honduras, Defending Nature Is a Deadly Business

YaleEnvironment360

Berta Cáceres fought to protect native lands in Honduras — and paid for it with her life. She is one of hundreds of victims of a disturbing global trend — the killings of environmental activists who try to block development projects. First in a series.

Scientists Say Canadian Bacteria Fossils May Be Earth’s Oldest

The New York Times

They are microscopic artwork: tiny tubes and long filaments, strange squiggles etched into some of the most ancient rocks known. Details here.

Monsanto cancer lawsuits take dramatic turn over EPA official’s ‘highly suspicious’ role

Nation of Change

Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Rowland may have to testify over claims that he covered up evidence that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto‘s top-selling herbicide Roundup, could cause cancer. Details here.