Thousands of Canadian Scientists Protest 'Death of Science-Based Policy' | Common Dreams

Thousands of Canadian Scientists Protest 'Death of Science-Based Policy' | Common Dreams
"Thousands of scientists gathered in cities across Canada on Monday to protest the ongoing "muzzling" of the scientific community by the conservative-led government along with drastic cuts to research funding."

Colarado's Oil and Gas Infrastructure Drowning in Climate-Driven Floodwaters | Common Dreams

Colarado's Oil and Gas Infrastructure Drowning in Climate-Driven Floodwaters | Common Dreams
"According to reports, massive flooding across Colorado over the last week is wreaking havoc with the state's oil and gas infrastructure as cresting rivers and heavy rainfall submerged drilling and storage facilities, allowing the release of fuel and toxic chemicals."

Our Cheap Snack Food Habits Are Killing the Orangutangs -- Time to Stop | Alternet

Our Cheap Snack Food Habits Are Killing the Orangutangs -- Time to Stop | Alternet
"If you buy packaged snack foods, chances are you’re doing your part to destroy rainforests half a world away and contributing to the death of orangutans."

Monsanto Spends Millions to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative

Monsanto Spends Millions to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
"With the help of a $4.6 million check from the biotech giant Monsanto and millions more from other out-of-state corporate interests, the campaign to defeat a Washington state ballot initiative in November to label groceries that contain genetically engineered ingredients has outraised the initiative's supporters by nearly three times, according to campaign data released last week."

U.S. Solar Installations Just Had Their Second-Best Quarter Ever

U.S. Solar Installations Just Had Their Second-Best Quarter Ever: Despite ups and downs in both the market and government policy, solar installations are on a steady upward clip.

'Thousand-Year Flood' in Colorado Has Climate Change Written All Over It | Common Dreams

'Thousand-Year Flood' in Colorado Has Climate Change Written All Over It | Common Dreams
"The number of people missing or "unaccounted for" amid what experts are calling a thousand-year flood event in Colorado, is now more than 1200, according to state newspapers and officials."

Colorado’s Flooding Becomes A 1,000 Year Event As Rescuers Search For 500 Missing People

Colorado’s Flooding Becomes A 1,000 Year Event As Rescuers Search For 500 Missing People: Multiple rainfall records in the state have been broken, including wettest month ever recorded in Boulder.

The USDA’s Reckless Plan to Decrease Food Safety | Common Dreams

The USDA’s Reckless Plan to Decrease Food Safety | Common Dreams
"This lousy system results in increased profits for companies, decreased costs for the USDA, and less food safety for American consumers"

Looks Like Another Leak In Fukushima's Water Storage Tanks

Looks Like Another Leak In Fukushima's Water Storage Tanks
"Vapour has begun rising again from a reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, more than two-and-a-half years after its core melted down, the site's Japanese operator said Friday."

Take a Frightening Tour Down America's 'Climate Change Highway' [with Slideshow] | Alternet

Take a Frightening Tour Down America's 'Climate Change Highway' [with Slideshow] | Alternet
"A stretch of a Wyoming road offers a good glimpse of our future."

California Lawmakers Render Fracking Regulations 'Unrecognizable' | Common Dreams

California Lawmakers Render Fracking Regulations 'Unrecognizable' | Common Dreams
"A bill heading to California Governor Jerry Brown's desk for approval, originally slated to impose regulations on the hydraulic fracturing industry, has been so watered down with amendments it is "no longer recognizable," an L.A. Times editorial said on Thursday, echoing the sentiment of several environmental groups that have withdrawn their support."

Trees Are Speeding Up Their Life Cycles To Try To Keep Up With Climate Change

Trees Are Speeding Up Their Life Cycles To Try To Keep Up With Climate Change: A new study has found trees aren't shifting northward as quickly as expected, which could mean trouble for some species.

TEPCO Official: Fukushima is Out of Control | Common Dreams

TEPCO Official: Fukushima is Out of Control | Common Dreams
"Yet, all evidence suggests that the disaster is far beyond the current abilities of the Japanese government and operator TEPCO to contain it.
Each day brings new disasters, with fresh reports on Friday that steam is billowing from a reactor. Radiation levels at the plant were found to be 18 times higher than TEPCO previously claimed, climbing to a high of 1800 millisieverts per hour—enough to kill a person in just four hours."

PA AG Brings Criminal Charges Against Fracking Company For Spill

PA AG Brings Criminal Charges Against Fracking Company For Spill
"Oh dear, Attorney General Kathleen Kane is creating a "hostile business environment"! Maybe if the business environment is a little less friendly, these companies will be a little more careful about the poison they so frequently "accidentally" spill"

These Gigantic Companies Have The World’s Worst Carbon Emissions

These Gigantic Companies Have The World’s Worst Carbon Emissions: Disclosure is still low, but here's what we know about which big companies are polluting the planet.

States That Get The Most Disaster Aid Have Sent Dozens Of Climate Deniers To Congress

States That Get The Most Disaster Aid Have Sent Dozens Of Climate Deniers To Congress: The U.S. spent $62 billion on disaster relief for 2011-2012, with much of that going to federal legislators who are climate-science deniers.

WI Senate Fast-Tracks Bill To Close Forest to Benefit Out-of-State Mining Firm

WI Senate Fast-Tracks Bill To Close Forest to Benefit Out-of-State Mining Firm
"A controversial out-of-state mining company is closer to gaining control over a 3,600-acre swath of publicly available forest near where it is planning a massive open-pit iron ore mine in Northern Wisconsin. The Florida firm, Gogebic Taconite, has begun test drilling in the area and has already stirred controversy by hiring out-of-state armed security with automatic assault weapons to guard their activities."

The world’s largest (and nerdiest) solar-powered boat just crossed the Atlantic

The world’s largest (and nerdiest) solar-powered boat just crossed the Atlantic
"The 102-foot-long, $20 million Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, glided into Paris today. Its trip, which began in Miami in June, was entirely fueled by its 800-plus solar panels."

Australia's New PM on Mission to 'Axe' Global Warming Protections | Common Dreams

Australia's New PM on Mission to 'Axe' Global Warming Protections | Common Dreams
"Newly elected prime minister Tony Abbott, who has called the climate change argument "absolute crap" and campaigned on the promise to 'axe' global warming protections, isalready taking steps to completely throw out a carbon tax, introduced in the latest term of the Labor government and initially set to expand by the year 2015."

No Keystone? No Problem: TransCanada Pushing Another Major Tar Sands Pipeline

No Keystone? No Problem: TransCanada Pushing Another Major Tar Sands Pipeline: The massive Energy East pipeline will traverse Canada and transport almost as much tar sands crude as Keystone XL.

Pacific Island Nations Tell The World ‘Climate Change Has Arrived’

Pacific Island Nations Tell The World ‘Climate Change Has Arrived’: The Majuro Declaration was signed by 15 Pacific Island nations yesterday, outlining the threat climate change poses to their homes and livelihoods.

No Slowdown in Global Warming

US Farmers Continue David Vs. Goliath Battle Against Monsanto | Common Dreams

US Farmers Continue David Vs. Goliath Battle Against Monsanto | Common Dreams
"A group of U.S. farmers is not giving up its fight against biotech giant Monsanto"

Holy Cow: Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says Every Single Reactor in the U.S. Should Be Shut Down | Alternet

Holy Cow: Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says Every Single Reactor in the U.S. Should Be Shut Down | Alternet
"The first thing to remember about nuclear power is that it’s not safe. Just ask Japan.

The second thing to remember is that nuclear power isn’t cheap. Connecticut draws half its juice from nuclear reactors and has the  second-highest rates in the country, after Hawaii. The third thing to know is that everybody lies about it. The power plant designers lie, the builders lie, the utility companies lie, the regulators lie, and the politicians lie."

LA City Council Members Call for Fracking Moratorium | Alternet

LA City Council Members Call for Fracking Moratorium | Alternet
"The measure would outlaw fracking by changing the city's zoning laws."

Fossil Fuel-Backed Group Is Behind The Latest Climate Change Denier Campaign

Fossil Fuel-Backed Group Is Behind The Latest Climate Change Denier Campaign: Ahead of a major climate change report due to be released at the end of September, a prominent climate change denier organization has launched a misinformation campaign to muddle the findings of scientific experts.

Study proves that politics and math are incompatible

Study proves that politics and math are incompatible
"It’s hard to look at climate change deniers as being anything other than willfully ignorant. The numbers are right there: As surely as greenhouse gas emissions are rising, so are global temperatures. To discount all that is to choose to be stupid."

'No Good Options' At Japan's Damaged Nuclear Plant

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Surprising Reason Antibiotic-Laced Meat Could Be Making Us Fat and Sick | Alternet

Surprising Reason Antibiotic-Laced Meat Could Be Making Us Fat and Sick | Alternet
"New research identifies a correlation between diversity of gut microflora and obesity, heart disease and cancer."

What’s Motivating Sport Fishermen To Become Climate Advocates?

What’s Motivating Sport Fishermen To Become Climate Advocates?: A new report from the National Wildlife Federation puts a magnifying glass on fresh water, climate change, and the most well-known denizens of lakes and waterways - fish.

Radiation at Fukushima Soars to Highest Level Yet | Common Dreams

Radiation at Fukushima Soars to Highest Level Yet | Common Dreams
"Record high radiation levels were detected at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's nuclear regulator and plant operator TEPCO said on Wednesday, raising more concerns that the spiraling catastrophe has no end in sight."

Japan Promises Action at Fukushima as 300 Tons of Contaminated Water Seep into the Pacific Ocean Daily | Alternet

Japan Promises Action at Fukushima as 300 Tons of Contaminated Water Seep into the Pacific Ocean Daily | Alternet
"Prime minister Shinzo Abe made a pledge amid growing concern at the scale and complexity of operation."

Think Again: The Mainstream Media and the Slowly Boiling Frog

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"The threat that humanity faces as a result of these developments is unprecedented in human history. Gillis notes that it will likely endanger “many of the world’s great cities—among them New York; London; Shanghai; Venice; Sydney, Australia; Miami; and New Orleans.” In Florida alone, more than 2.4 million people live less than four feet above the high-tide line. And you can bet that no matter what you read in the mainstream media, the insurance industry is paying attention to what scientists have to say."

Another Climate Change Headache For Farmers: Tropical Crop Pests Move North As Weather Warms Up

Another Climate Change Headache For Farmers: Tropical Crop Pests Move North As Weather Warms Up: New pests are already wreaking havoc on American farmland.

Wind power makes fuel for German gas grid

Wind power makes fuel for German gas grid
"Germany experiments with using hydrogen produced wind power on an industrial scale to displace fossil fuels"

Radiation Readings Soar at Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant | Common Dreams

Radiation Readings Soar at Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant | Common Dreams
"Radiated water leaking from tanks at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is 18 times more dangerous than had been previously reported."

Arkansas Aims To Hold Exxon Accountable For Spill

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New Victim of Climate Change Revealed: East Antarctic Ice | Common Dreams

New Victim of Climate Change Revealed: East Antarctic Ice | Common Dreams
"A new study reveals that the world's largest ice sheet, previously thought to be at little risk from climate change, has undergone rapid changes in the past five decades, signaling a potential threat to global sea levels."

Could We See Superstorm John Boehner Coming our Way Soon? | Alternet

Could We See Superstorm John Boehner Coming our Way Soon? | Alternet
"Environmental group petitions to name hurricanes after climate change deniers like Boehner or Marco Rubio."

Vermont's Yankee Nuclear Plant To Close 2014

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Nuke Plant to Shut Doors: Environmental Victory But Vital Work Still Ahead | Common Dreams

Nuke Plant to Shut Doors: Environmental Victory But Vital Work Still Ahead | Common Dreams
"Communities celebrate, but demand corporate owners be held accountable for safe decomissioning process and 'just transition' for workers"

The Inside Story Of The World’s Biggest ‘Battery’ And The Future Of Renewable Energy

The Inside Story Of The World’s Biggest ‘Battery’ And The Future Of Renewable Energy:
"The largest battery in the world has sat quietly in George Washington National Forest along the Virginia-West Virginia border for nearly 30 years. A five-hour drive from the nation’s capital, it sits in the middle of the Appalachians, tucked behind the Blue Ridge Mountains."

'Unhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Common Dreams

'Unhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Common Dreams
"Ocean acidification—often called climate change's "evil twin" by scientists and experts—happens as the pH level of seawater dwindles as it absorbs increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and though such fluctuations are a normally occurring phenomenon, when the balance tips too far, the acidification can imperil numerous types of marine life and is especially threatening to coral, shell fish, and other essential members of the ocean's ecosystems."

13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark | Alternet

13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark | Alternet
"Like bad robots, they’re spitting out the same old, tired lies, designed to scare voters into voting against their own best interests. Here's the truth behind their lies."

The Biggest Ongoing Disaster In The U.S. That You Haven't Heard Of

The Biggest Ongoing Disaster In The U.S. That You Haven't Heard Of
"With sinkholes to natural gas explosions to toxic-fume releases, the situation has forced the entire town to evacuate."

Obama Slams Dirty Energy Money In Congress: ‘Fossil Fuel Industries Tend To Be Very… Influential’

Obama Slams Dirty Energy Money In Congress: ‘Fossil Fuel Industries Tend To Be Very… Influential’: The "fossil fuel industries tend to be very... influential, let's put it that way," Obama said.

Ousted Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Launching Ohio Land Grab

Ousted Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Launching Ohio Land Grab
"Aubrey McClendon's penchant for "land grab" as a business model made the recently-ousted Chesapeake Energy CEO infamous - and he's at it again for his new start-up hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") company in Ohio's Utica Shale basin. It's a formation he once hailed as the "biggest thing to hit Ohio since the plow."

Under Securities and Exchange Commission investigation for sketchy business practices, McClendon departed Chesapeake with a severance package including $35 million, access to the company's private jets through 2016 and a 2.5% *return on ownership stake in* every well Chesapeake fracks through June 2014.

Since then, he launched three new start-ups: McClendon Energy Partners, American Energy Partners andArcadia Capital LLC."

As Fukushima Crisis Spirals, Expert Warns 'It's Much Worse' Than Claimed | Common Dreams

As Fukushima Crisis Spirals, Expert Warns 'It's Much Worse' Than Claimed | Common Dreams
"Apart from the unsustainable contaminated water-storage system and leak after leak allowing radioactivity to pour into the ground and ocean, alarms were raised over plans toremove fuel rods containing radioactive material equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a plan that "has never been attempted before on this scale"."

California’s Carbon Trading System Is Going So Well They Sold Out Of Permits

California’s Carbon Trading System Is Going So Well They Sold Out Of Permits: The latest auction for California's carbon emissions permits had 1.62 bids for every permit available -- the first time demand outpaced supply.

HEIGHT VS. RIGHT: LG Electronics Plans to Destroy Scenic Hudson River 'Palisades' Cliff Vistas

HEIGHT VS. RIGHT: LG Electronics Plans to Destroy Scenic Hudson River 'Palisades' Cliff Vistas
"The stunning, uninterrupted tree-lined cliff views of the historic Palisades Interstate Park along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River are about to be destroyed if LG Electronics has its way. The South Korean electronics giant is aching to start yanking out trees and bulldozing near the peaceful, majestic 100 year old natural landmark and recreation area to build itself a $300 million glass and steel corporate headquarters that will rise 80’ above the tree line, giving them exclusive bragging rights to some of the most panoramic views of New York City and the Hudson River valley.

And everybody in New Jersey and New York can just lump it."

Germany Breaks Its Own Record For Solar Power Generation

Germany Breaks Its Own Record For Solar Power Generation: Grey skies aren't stopping Germany from continuing to smash solar power records.

Check out Germany’s largest rooftop solar plant

Check out Germany’s largest rooftop solar plant
"The new system on the Pfenning Logistics distribution center in Haddesheim has an installed capacity of 8.1 megawatts, making it Germany’s largest rooftop solar plant and one of the biggest in the world."

Fukushima is 1,000x's worse than we thought!

Fukushima Aftermath Presents New Emergency

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Fukushima Leak: Japan 'Working to Prevent Serious or Fatal Accident'

Fukushima Leak: Japan 'Working to Prevent Serious or Fatal Accident'
"The leak is the single most dangerous failure at the plant since the 2011 meltdown, which warranted the maximum level of seven on the severity scale, putting it on a par with the Chernobyl disaster 25 years earlier."

Climate Change is Worse than You Have Ever Imagined

International Alarms Go Up as Fukushima Alert Level Raised | Common Dreams

International Alarms Go Up as Fukushima Alert Level Raised | Common Dreams
"In the most serious action since the nuclear plant was first damaged in 2011, Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority is on the verge of raising the international alarm—and the official threat level—over the spiraling crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant."