Greenhouse Gas Reduction Called Threat to Oil Industry
CBC Alberta freedom of information document shows industry looking for weak regulations. Details here.
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Global Treaty on Mercury Pollution Gets Boost from United States
United Nations Environment Program The United States has strengthened the international effort to bring down emissions and releases of a notorious heavy metal after simultaneously signing and ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Details here.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reached New Highs In 2012: WMO
Huffington Post Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday. Details here. Please also read: Greenhouse Gases in Atmosphere Reach Record High, Says UN Agency
Moratorium on Fracking Announced by Newfoundland Government
St. John's Telegram Reviews, public consultations needed before policy developed, minister says. Full story here.
A Global Ban on Left-Wing Politics?
That’s what the new rules being smuggled into trade agreements are delivering. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th November 2013 Remember that referendum about whether we should create a single market with the United States? You know, the one that asked whether corporations should have the power to strike down our laws? No, I don’t either. Mind you, I spent ten minutes looking for my watch the other day, before I realised I was wearing it. Forgetting about the referendum is another sign of ageing. Because there must have been one, mustn’t there? After all that agonising over whether or not we should stay in the European Union(1), the government wouldn’t cede our sovereignty to some shadowy, undemocratic body without consulting us. Would it?
A Century of Scientific Discovery That Brought Life and Death
The Guardian It's 100 years since Fritz Haber found a way to synthesise ammonia – helping to feed billions but also to kill millions, and contributing to the pollution of the planet… Details here.