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

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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.

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Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release

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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."