At People's Climate Summit: Just transitions and environment
The community development organization members believe that an alternative, clean energy economy can be achieved by empowering the underprivileged and unemployed.
Another manmade water crisis in the Midwest: Toledo
The algae can produce powerful toxins. Clearly it's a major problem, a public health hazard, and something you'd think Ohio officials would be rushing to address.
Global agricultural model in bitter balance
"It may cost Governments slightly more to source from a range of smaller-scale, sustainable operators than from major suppliers, but the investment is worth it."
Bum rap for the Rapa Nui
The natives of Easter Island were not responsible for the collapse of their population due to over exploitation of natural resources and the destruction of their rain forest.
First big North Dakota oil spill since boom began
A pipeline was found to have spilled 20,600 barrels of oil onto a wheat field and ruined parts of a nearby 1,800-acre farm, which belonged to farmer Steven Jensen.
Redwood forest suffers for Game of Thrones-style wedding
Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker decided to have a $2.5 million Game of Thrones-inspired wedding right in the middle of a California redwood forest, putting the ecosystem there at risk, as well as several threatened species of fish.
Atmosphere's carbon dioxide breaches 400
Many climate scientists, such as James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute, believe that any sustained period of time with higher than 350 ppm threatens catastrophic global warming.
Food News: A birthday, a time to march, a time to sow
Did you know that every minute, we lose one acre of farmland to development? Or that since 1982, we've lost over 23 million acres of farmland?
NASA discusses Dec. 21 Mayan end-of-world prediction
NASA takes on the doomsdayers and debunks their predictions.
Hubble XDF catches the universe on camera
The XDF allows an ordinary person to view a panoramic image of the immediate portion of the universe that lay beyond Earth. It's the first step, said the scientists.
