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Philippines ranks third on climate change vulnerability list
Posted by Philippine Daily Inquirer: Kristine L. Alave on October 9th, 2011
Philippine Daily Inquirer: The Philippines ranks third in the list of countries most vulnerable to climate change, a study by a United Nations agency has warned. The report by the United Nations University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security and the German Alliance Development Works said the top 10 countries facing the highest risk are: Vanuatu, Tonga, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Costa Rica, Cambodia and El Salvador. Vanuatu which is experiencing a fresh water shortage...
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ACTION ALERT! FSC Rainforest Logging is Disaster Capitalism: Tell RAN and Naomi Klein, No Such Thing as “Ethical Primary Forest Timbers”
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on October 9th, 2011
By Ecological Internet's Rainforest Portal
TAKE ACTION HERE NOW!
SHAME! Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is one of the primary obstacles to protecting ancient rainforests [search] as they promote their first time industrial logging. RAN founded and ardently supports the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) [search] destruction of 320,000,000 acres of primary forests (the size of South Africa), including for toilet paper and lawn furniture. This week RAN throws another swanky celebrity filled party to congratulate themselves for logging primary forests to protect them, and to raise further money for more such "rainforest protection". Noted author Naomi Klein will be their guest of honor and receive an award from RAN. Please make Naomi aware of this greenwash, ask that she decline the award to protest RAN's disaster capitalism, and demand that RAN resign from FSC.
China eyes gas from shale and uranium miner in resource grab
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 9th, 2011
Guardian: China's growing attempts to seize global natural resources has reached Britain with a link to the recent shale discoveries near Blackpool and a bid for a London-listed uranium company.
Close ties have emerged between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and a backer of Cuadrilla Resources, the exploration group that claimed last month there were trillions of cubic metres of shale gas under Lancashire.
The Beijing-to-Blackpool link was revealed after the Hong Kong-based Kerogen Capital...
2010 Amazon drought released more carbon than India’s annual emissions
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 9th, 2011
Mongabay: The 2010 drought that affected much of the Amazon rainforest triggered the release of nearly 500 million tons of carbon (1.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere, or more than the total emissions from deforestation in the region over the period, estimates a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Christopher Potter from NASA Ames Research Centre and colleagues combined a carbon cycle simulation model with NASA satellite data which reflects the 'greenness'...
Bleak future predicted of Alps without snow
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 9th, 2011
Sydney Morning Herald: AUSTRALIA'S ski slopes could be completely bare of natural winter snow by 2050 unless concerted action is taken against global warming, according to a government-commissioned report that paints a grim picture of the effects of climate change on alpine areas.
The report, Caring For Our Australian Alps Catchments, has found that the Alps, which stretch from Victoria through NSW to the ACT, face an average temperature rise of between 0.6 and 2.9 degrees by 2050, depending on how much action countries...
New Zealand oil spill: grounded ship threatens environmental disaster
Posted by Guardian: Warren Murray on October 9th, 2011
Guardian: A container ship is grounded and leaking oil into New Zealand's pristine Bay of Plenty, with international crews scrambling to limit the environmental damage and refloat the vessel before it breaks up.
The 47,000-tonne Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef on Wednesday. An oil leak from the Liberian-flagged freighter has spread over an area of three miles, according to the BBC. There are estimates of 30 tonnes of oil spilled so far out of the 1,700 tonnes that could be dumped into the ocean if the...