Anti-fracking protesters are removed from 60ft high rig.
TWO protesters who were occupying the rig at a North Yorkshire fracking site have been removed by specialists. The pair – a man and a woman – had been on the platform at…
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Clean Power Plan is good intentions gone bad.
By PHIL GONET Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, did a big but little-known favor for states like ours that use coal to generate electricity. His recent decision…
'Geostorm' is a very silly movie that raises some very serious questions.
Climate outcomes are not good for humanity in the Hollywood version of geoengineering. Read the full article from Environmental Health News
Biochar, the once and future agricultural mainstay.
It is one of humanity’s oldest and simplest forms of agricultural technology – using little more than wood, soil and fire. It is also heralded as potentially the single most…
Christian leaders demand implementation of Paris Agreement ahead of climate conference.
Christian leaders from various countries have signed a letter demanding action on the Parish Agreement in 2015 as the next phase of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in…
Cleveland lead poisoning 2 year progress report: Toxic Neglect.
CLEVELAND, Ohio– Two years ago, The Plain Dealer’s “Toxic Neglect” series revealed the scale of Cleveland’s ongoing lead poisoning crisis: About 10,000 children had been poisoned over the most recent five…
In the shadows of Corpus Christi's Refinery Row,a parable of redevelopment and race.
Her daughter grew up with severe asthma, which Porter blames on refinery emissions. As a girl, Therri Alexandria Usher assumed that her frequent nosebleeds and near-yearly bouts of bronchitis were…
A male infertility crisis is coming. The Middle East can help.
By MARCIA C. INHORNOctober 21, 2017 Western men’s sperm counts are falling, and we ought to be concerned. A major study published this July in the highly regarded fertility journal Human Reproduction Update…
The E.P.A.’s top 10 toxic threats, and industry’s pushback.
By ERIC LIPTONOctober 21, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency has published a list of 10 toxic threats it will evaluate first under a law passed last year intended to crack down on…
Typhoon kills at least two in Japan, prompts call for thousands to evacuate
TOKYO (Reuters) - A typhoon roared towards Japan’s main island on election day on Sunday, killing at least two people, prompting a warning for tens of thousands to evacuate and…