Plague of deforestation sweeps across south-east Asia Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on forests Share 147 inShare4 Email Dyna Rochmyaningsih for Yale360, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 May 2013 17.34 BST Along the Ayeyarwady river Burmese workers push huge teak logs onto trucks in Mandalay, Continue Reading →
Grassroots campaigns can stop fracking one town at a time City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to follow Share 1195 inShare6 Email Richard Schiffman guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 May 2013 16.41 BST Jump to comments (232) Accounts of flammable tap water and Continue Reading →
Heartland Institute wastes real scientists’ time – yet again Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where armchair experts gave up fighting over whether climate change is occurring? Share 166 inShare4 Email Scientists have the thankless job of fact-checking books like the ones sent out by the Heartland Institute. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters This spring, Continue Reading →
Climate change: human disaster looms, claims new research Forecast global temperature rise of 4C a calamity for large swaths of planet even if predicted extremes are not reached Share 685 inShare40 Email Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent The Guardian, Sunday 19 May 2013 19.07 BST Jump to comments (515) A human shadow is seen on a Continue Reading →
Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist Prof James Hansen rebukes oil firms and Canadian government over stance on exploiting fossil fuel, which he says would make climate problem unsolvable Share 1466 inShare14 Email Damian Carrington The Guardian, Sunday 19 May 2013 15.44 BST Prof James Hansen accused the Canadian Continue Reading →
Ex-MP ‘can’t believe’ Obeid meant it By Sophie Tarr AAP May 20, 2013 1:10PM inShare Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email FORMER Labor kingmaker Eddie Obeid gave incorrect evidence to the NSW corruption watchdog, his lawyer has admitted. Mr Obeid last week told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) that in his 20 Continue Reading →