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By Mark Kinver, Environment reporter, BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28132555 The invasive non-native Australian fern tree stands out against the canopy of the native forest species. US conservationists and a satellite imagery company have teamed up to use the power of crowdsourcing to halt the spread of destructive invasive plants. Species such as the Australian tree …
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You can actually be better off, healthier and happier with less consumption, says Munasinghe. And it’s not just rich countries that need to change, he told Noah Sachs – poor countries too must develop sustainably, or the Earth’s resources will simply run out. http://www.theecologist.org/Interviews/2408513/confronting_consumption_an_interview_with_mohan_munasinghe.html Mohan Munasinghe shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as Vice-Chair of …
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By Thom Kenworthy- JUNE 19, 2014 AT 9:54 AM http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/19/3447621/dust-on-snow-colorado/ Dust on snow in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. CREDIT: JEFFREY DEEMS GOLDEN, COLORADO — The deep snow cover in Colorado’s mountains, well above average this year everywhere except the southern part of the state, is melting and running off veryquickly in June. It’s an …
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http://environews.tv/evangelical-and-mormon-groups-now-calling-for-climate-action/ Evangelical and Mormon Groups Now Calling for Climate Action bureau EnviroNews DC News Bureau, by Shad Engkilterra on June 16, 2014 — Washington D.C. — Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, has called for people of faith to search their scriptures and find out what God wants for …
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Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system This Nasa Earth Observatory image shows a storm system circling around an area of extreme low pressure in 2010, which many scientists attribute to climate change. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight …
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http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-05/pine-beetles-chew-up-forests-local-economies-in-western-u-dot-s Photograph by Brian Howell/USFS Rocky Mountain Region Colorado’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest The western U.S., already suffering an historic drought, is also battling another Old Testament-worthy plague: a tiny insect with a monster appetite. Pine beetles, each the size of a grain of rice, are obliterating forests, ravaging towns, draining city budgets, and threatening …
Blog: kevinanderson.info Comment on climate June 2014: A response to the US draft mandate to cut carbon emissions from its power sector by 30% by 2030 (c.f. 2005) by Kevin Anderson1 and Dr. Maria Sharmina2 Professor of energy and climate change Deputy director of the Tyndall Centre for climate change research Research Associate Tyndall Centre for …
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“Leila Project”, billed as a ‘library of things’, has proved so popular it has spawned similar initiatives across the country. By Philip Ottermann – The Guardian Nikolai Wolfert, who started the Leila ‘borrowing shop’ in Berlin, says drills are among the most popular items. Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt The most popular items in Berlin’s first “borrowing …
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Why collapse and salvation are hard to distinguish from each other. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian- 28th May 2014 Let us imagine that in 3030BC the total possessions of the people of Egypt filled one cubic metre. Let us propose that these possessions grew by 4.5% a year. How big would that stash …
By Laurie Guevara-Stone- April 27, 2014 (at http://www.popularresistance.org/solar-cooperatives-are-on-the-rise/) While many people associate cooperatives with a place for hippies to buy organic food, the cooperative movement has actually grown far and wide, creating sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and strengthen local economies. Today, there are nearly 30,000 cooperatives in the U.S., with more than 100 million …