Scientists have a good sense of what the Earth’s climate has been like over the past handful of centuries. But what about many thousands of years back? Details here.
It doesn't matter how you dice it, the discovery of horsemeat in European meat products raises some awkward questions for the global meat industry. Details here.
The dead pigs started appearing on the riverbanks of Shanghai’s iconic Huangpu River on March 4, and by the weekend, state media were reporting that 900 had been found floating in the river, the source of much of the city’s water supply. Details here.
A conservation group says British Columbia should establish "safe havens" for wildlife in the southern Rockies to preserve habitat where animals will be able to flee the effects of climate change. Details here.
What do you call an industry that is planning to cook the planet? An industry responsible for destroying land, polluting the air and water and violating the rights of people around the world? An industry who'se business model means burning over three times the amount of carbon our planetary budget can handle?
They are Fossil Fools, and on March 27th we're declaring
Fossil Fools Day. A national day of student action across Canada, we're going
to take aim at the Fossil Fools on our campuses.
We'll follow it up on April 1st with a special April Fools
online action to send a message to the Fossil Fools!
Already nearly a dozen fossil fuels divestment campaigns
have started up on campuses across the country, with more ready to launch in
the coming weeks. March 27th will be a chance for us all to stand together as
one and show Canada and the world the rising student power to take on climate
injustice. This has the chance to be the largest student day of action on
climate in Canada's history! For some campuses this will be the launch of their
divestment campaigns, for others a chance to escalate, and educate their fellow
students about the Fossil Fools they are investing in and supporting.
Fossil Fools is a partnership between 350.org and the
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.
I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. Details here.
Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about “extractivism,” why it’s important to talk about memories of the land, and what’s next for Idle No More. Details here.
Dear
Larry, It is like nothing you've ever seen before.
This charismatic, five pound bird, with a spikey tail and a plump,
brownish-gray body struts, swishes, pops and whistles. He puffs out sacs
from his incredible white chest and erects his head back and forth in a
beautiful dance trying to attract a mate.
You’re seeing the Greater
Sage-grouse and he is performing a ritual that has gone on for
centuries, a ritual that could be lost forever, if we don't act now.
The State Department’s “don’t worry” environmental impact statement for the proposed Keystone XL tarsands pipeline, released late Friday afternoon, was written not by government officials but by... Full story here.
PLT: This needs to be called what it is. Fraud.
Please also read: The Unsung Victims of the XL Pipeline, here.