Food for Thought
This is a plant owned by Syncrude, a joint venture of Exxon Mobil’s Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil, now $500 Billion joint venture with Putin and Rosneft replacing Imperial’s operations in the Arctic after 20 years of Exxon cooperation with Putin’s deregulated mafia state.
Guardians of a Vast Lake, and a Refuge for Humanity
Thousands of years ago, every lake was like Great Bear Lake. So pure you could lower a cup into the water and drink it. So beautiful that people composed love songs to it. So mysterious that many believed it was alive. Today, of the 10 largest lakes in the world, it is the last one…
Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead. | The Huffington Post
These conservation success stories remind us that the mass extinction of the world’s species doesn’t have to be inevitable.
In Harvey's Wake, Residents Near Houston Industry Suffer Pollution Spike
Refinery shutdowns leave communities vulnerable to releases of hazardous emissions
India's sugarcane farmers: A cycle of debt and suicide | India | Al Jazeera
How rising debts, pesticides and erratic rainfall are pushing some farmers in southern India to suicide.
No surprise. State Department will approve construction of Keystone XL pipeline, probably on Monday
The move by the State Department comes 16 months after Obama blocked construction of the 1,200-mile pipeline, which would ship crude from Canada’s western oil-sands region to refineries on the Gulf Coast.
Obama’s Quiet Climate Legacy: A $5 Trillion College Divestment Campaign
Inspired by a president they propelled to office, college students have led a successful effort to pressure institutions to divest from fossil fuels.
Record low sea ice at both poles
Arctic sea ice reached its annual wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA. The Arctic sea ice extent set a record low after a warm winter. Combining the Arctic and Antarctic numbers shows that the planet’s global sea ice levels on Feb. 13 were…
Rollout Of Chevy Bolt May Mark Turning Point For Electric Car Market
The Chevy Bolt can go 238 miles on a single charge and costs about $30,000, after a federal tax credit. But the clean-car industry needs government support to thrive, and that’s far from certain.
