Police have arrested eight people after Greenpeace protesters “blocked” an oil tanker that had arrived in the Thames from Russia. The environmental group said activists snuck past security and climbed onto the spot where the ship was meant to dock in Essex on Sunday night. It said the Andromeda tanker appeared to make a U-turn…
Category: Environment
Climate catastrophists need to chill
The Supreme Court building is currently surrounded by crowd-control barricades after the leak of a draft decision in the dobbs Case. The plaza was clear, however, on April 22, Earth Day, when Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, set himself aflame to protest climate change. Bruce’s extreme deed, an echo of the Buddhist monks who self-immolated…
An Intimate Look at Mexico’s Indigenous Seri People
A light wind laden with the scent of the sea softened the stifling heat: The temperature had reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, and it was only 10 am Salma’s house was at the end of the main road in Punta Chueca, a small town on the mainland coast of the Sea of Cortez, also known as…
As Earth heats up, the world must consider sunlight reflection
From suffocating heat in India to rampaging wildfires in New Mexico, the planet is sending us a message: the long-dreaded climate emergency is now. The world is poised to blow past the Paris Agreement temperature targets, with devastating consequences. Faced with this clear and present danger, the United States and other nations must consider expanding…
Opinion | Wondering How to Help Stop Climate Change? Do Less.
NASHVILLE — When I mention the new meadow I am cultivating where our front yard used to be, my adult children roll their eyes. The word “meadow” conjures the mental image of a sunny field of blooming wildflowers, but this one is a work in progress. A dream more than an actuality. The new meadow…
Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds
When Royal Dutch Shell sold off its stake in the Umuechem oil field in Nigeria last year, it was, on paper, a step forward for the company’s climate ambitions: Shell could clean up its holdings, raise money to invest in cleaner technologies, and move toward its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. As soon…
Rob Young discusses climate change at CivicCon in Pensacola
Rob Young doesn’t know why climate change and sea level rise are such political hot buttons. Part of the problem, he suspects, is that there are a lot of people who profit by keeping our country divided. But, he said, another part of the problem is scientists like himself haven’t done a good job explaining…
Jimmy Carter says court ‘misinterpreted’ environmental law he signed
Former President Carter is taking the rare step of weighing in on judicial proceedings, saying that an appeals court is misinterpreting a conservation law he signed. On Monday, Carter filed a briefing chastising a ruling that upheld a Trump-era decision to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in order to enable medical evacuations…
Rejection of Arctic mine expansion bid offers hope for narwhal population | Canada
The expansion of an iron ore mine in the Arctic that would have increased shipping and led to the “complete extirpation of narwhal” from the region has been blocked. After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Review Board rejected a request from Baffinland Iron Mines Corp asking to significantly increase mining on…
The climate solution that can also restore our seas
The National Academies of Sciences released a report in December 2021 assessing potential benefits of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal strategies and calling for more research to learn how these methods could help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Among the recommended strategies is ocean iron seeding or ocean pasture restoration (OPR). The idea behind OPR…