Durban: Where the Climate Deniers-in-Chief Ran the Show

Mark Hertsgaard -The Nation - 12/21/11
A different and more dangerous breed of climate denier commanded the stage at the recently concluded international negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Details here.

Courtesy of Alternet

Study Documents Nigerian Children Died From Families’ Gold Mining

Environmental Health News

Large numbers of infants and toddlers have died from lead poisoning in Nigerian villages where their parents process gold ore inside their family compounds, according to a report…Details here.

A Dirty Salvage Operation

 BULLIT MARQUEZ / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Residents retrieve a car which was washed away in Friday's flash flooding in southern Philippines Monday. With funeral parlors overwhelmed, authorities organized the first mass burial of unidentified victims who were swept to their deaths in one of the worst calamities to strike the region in decades.

Does Politics Trump Science in the Obama White House?

Politico - Dec 15 '11

President Barack Obama turned it into a campaign-trail talking point: He would end the Bush administration’s “war on science.” Read more:

Smog over New York.

Lax Federal Monitoring Putting Canadians at Risk: Environment Commissioner

By Jason Fekete, Postmedia News December 13, 2011
OTTAWA — The public safety of Canadians is increasingly at risk because the federal government is failing to monitor and enforce its regulations on dangerous goods and decades-old oil and gas pipelines, Canada's environment watchdog warns in a new report. Details here.

White Christmas? Dream on: Environment Canada says Snow Less Likely Over Time

By: Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press - 12/12/2011

TORONTO - Dreaming of a white Christmas may be a holiday tradition, but Canadians are more likely than ever to wake up instead to the dreary brown reality wrought by climate change, Environment Canada said Monday. Details here.

The shrinking Columbia Icefield, an important source of meltwater for Canada's prairie rivers. PinP photo.