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Agreement on finance key to success at Hyderabad biodiversity meet
Posted by WWF: None Given on October 15th, 2012
WWF: The first week of negotiations at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad closed with governments from developed and developing nations locked in difficult discussions on critical issues including setting clear finance targets, conserving valuable ocean areas and its relationship with the UN climate convention, the UNFCCC. Summarizing the key challenges facing the CBD in the week ahead, WWF International’s Coordinator for Biodiversity Policy Rolf Hogan said: “So far, the biggest...
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Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry on World Food Day
Posted by Survival International: None Given on October 15th, 2012
Survival International: Violent land grabs in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley are displacing tribes and preventing them from cultivating their land, leaving thousands of people hungry and ‘waiting to die’.
As the world prepares to raise awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger on October 16 (World Food Day), Ethiopia continues to jeopardize the food security and livelihoods of 200,000 of its self-sufficient tribal people.
Tribes such as the Suri, Mursi, Bodi and Kwegu are being violently evicted from their villages...
Australian Ski Industry Bound to Get Eliminated Due to Global Climate Change
Posted by International Business Times: Esther Tanquintic-Misa on October 15th, 2012
International Business Times: Skiing aficionados who often go to Australia to experience the resource-rich nation's ski resorts and alpine regions may be forced to scout other locations in the coming years as the worsening global climate change could kill the Australian ski industry by year 2020.
A report by Sky News predicted two-thirds of the snow in Australia's popular ski resorts could already be gone eight years from now, a terrible blow to an industry that rakes in at least A$1 billion (£700 million) annually. Australia's...
Nebraska Pipeline Debate Fizzles Despite Unresolved Problems with Keystone XL Route
Posted by Inside Climate News: Lisa Song on October 15th, 2012
Inside Climate News: The decision to detour the Keystone XL around land owned by its noisiest opponents, plus the distraction of the fall election, has lowered the volume of protests against the proposed pipeline. In the reroute TransCanada released in early September, 55 miles of the pipeline still run through Holt County, an area that sits above the aquifer and is especially vulnerable to oil spills due to its permeable soils and high water table. Despite a few small adjustments, the route through the county is nearly...
Rising sea levels threaten US coastline
Posted by Al Jazeera: None Given on October 15th, 2012
Al Jazeera: The sea level on the east coast of the US is rising five times faster than the global average. The prospect of flooding is a major threat to millions of people who live in the region. Scott Heidler reports from a small community in the state of Delaware, which has found itself on the front line of the problem.
Canada probes TransCanada’s safety record
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 15th, 2012
United Press International: Federal regulators in Canada expressed concern over pipeline company TransCanada's safety record, though the company said it has addressed any issues.
TransCanada aims to build an extension to the Keystone oil pipeline in order to ship so-called tar sands oils to refineries along the southern U.S. coast.
The Canadian National Energy Board, in a letter to the company, said it was "concerned" by the company's safety record. The regulator said it would "not hesitate to take appropriate corrective...
U.S. crude oil exports may be inevitable: Kemp
Posted by Reuters: John Kemp on October 15th, 2012
Reuters: Requests from Shell, BP and Vitol, among others, to start sending substantial amounts of U.S. crude to refineries in Canada have hit the headlines, as oil producers try to find outlets for surging production of light oil from North Dakota and elsewhere by easing decades-old restrictions on exporting domestically produced crude.
Less well-known is that record volumes of light hydrocarbons such as propane, butane and pentane are already being exported, as oil and gas producers seek alternative markets...
EARTH MEANDERS: Mr. President: Earth Does Not Have Forever
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on October 15th, 2012
With under a month remaining before the U.S. Presidential election, it is not clear whether either candidate will address abrupt climate change and global ecosystem collapse, and related rollbacks of civil liberties and a state of drone-based perma-war. Clearly President Obama's general rhetoric on the environment is more promising, and Governor Romney is avowedly anti-nature, but the President's record on the environment is weak, and we are running out of time to stop abrupt climate change. Unless I hear specific policies from the President on climate, civil liberties, and drone warfare I will not be voting for him instead writing in "None of the Above".
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell
Ecocide is jobs. God is hate. Fairness is socialism. Science is lying. Education be dumb. Goodness is climate change. Truth is money. Ignorance is strength. Romney and Republicans
Drones are love. Waiting is hope. Ecosystems are resources. Rhetoric is action. Justice is murder. Climate change is votes. Obama is god-like. War is peace. Obama and Democrats
By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet
Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk
Listening to the US Presidential election, you wouldn't know Earth faces ecological emergencies including abrupt climate ...