We Can't Put a Price on Nature
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Wenonah HauterThe greenwashed economy threatens our ability to pursue sustainable development.
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Environment
Gates-Funded Experiment To Spray Atmosphere With Sulphur Particles
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonGeoengineering threatens to worsen droughts, starve millions
Lemurs the world's most threatened mammal: study
• http://phys.org, AFPLemurs, the furry apes brought to fame by the Disney animation film "Madagascar", are the most endangered mammals on Earth, an International Union for Conservation of Nature conference found.
UK's Urban Rivers Bounce Back
• arcleinThe recovery has not been universal, however. Rivers in some rural upland areas - such as Wales and parts of northern England - appeared to deteriorate slightly. The team is now investigating these trends further. Another important finding was t
Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills
• http://www.ted.com, TEDxSummitA novel idea for cleaning up oil spills
How Fire Could Change the Face of the West
• http://www.wired.com, By Brandon KeimThe vast wildfires of this summer and last represent a new normal for the western United States. They may signal a radical landscape transformation, one that will make the 21st century West an ecological frontier.
An Underwater Explosion Continues To Send Dead Sea Life To The Surface
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Stephanie PappasAn underwater volcano that erupted near the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa is giving scientists a closer look at how ocean ecosystems could respond to climate change, from dying fish to adapting plankton.
RadTest4U - Free Testing of Air Filters for Radioactive Isotopes
• RadTest4U.com via enenews.com"Why are we doing this? Self reliance. Not government reliance. This is the way things are supposed to work."
Disappearing grasslands: ASU scientists to study dramatic environmental change
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Sandra LeanderThe Earth's grasslands and savannas are experiencing a major transformation as woody plants, such as trees and shrubs, have begun to dominate arid lands around the globe.
Economy casts shadow on Rio+20 environmental summit
• http://www.csmonitor.com, By Bradley BrooksWorld leaders are gathering in Brazil for a three-day meeting on sustainable development, but the US election and Europe's economic woes are making the conference a subdued affair.
Stressed-Out Grasshoppers Can Damage the Entire Ecosystem
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comIn the same way humans might be tempted to binge on some junk food when they're under stress, grasshoppers head for the carbohydrate-rich foods when they get scared.
Another Earth Summit in Disarray?
• http://www.motherjones.com, By John VidalOn June 20, the UN commences a long-awaited follow-up to the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development in Rio. Here's a guide to what could happen.
A sea of broken promises
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Smita ChandraWorld leaders have made pitiful progress on their guarantee to protect global oceans from overfishing and other threats.
Battery Maker A123 Announces New Tech to Jump-Start Its Business
• Kevin Bullis .technologyreview.comA123 Systems says it has developed an improved version of its lithium-ion battery cells that could open up new applications for lithium-ion batteries and lower the cost of electric vehicles.
SunEdison Turns to Big New Markets for Solar Power
• Kevin Bullis .technologyreview.comThe solar-panel installer is replacing diesel engines in villages in India and other Asian countries.
Environmentalism 101– Issues We Need to Face if We Are to Save the World
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Jack CunninghamEnvironmentalism is the movement of the 21st century, or at least the movement of the modern world.
Earth Facing Imminent Environmental 'Tipping Point': Report
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffBiosphere reaching an environmental 'state shift', says scientists
In tree rings, Japanese scientists find 8th-century mystery
• http://phys.org, AFPIn the late eighth century, Earth was hit by a mystery blast of cosmic rays, according to a Japanese study that found a relic of the powerful event in cedar trees.
New report examines effects of trees killed by bark beetles on wildfire
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Sherri EngA recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the U.S. and Canada provides a more complete picture of the effect of this destructive insect on wildfires.
Island Imperiled by Rising Seas Battles Nature and Humans
• http://www.livescience.com, Charles ChoiThe island nation of Kiribati is one of the countries most threatened by rising sea levels. However, many of the floods it has seen may be due to a mix of natural variability and human activities, complicating the picture of how rising sea levels are
Scientists sound acid alarm for plankton
• http://phys.org, By Tom MarshallThe microscopic organisms on which almost all life in the oceans depends could be even more vulnerable to increasingly acidic waters than scientists realised, according to a new study.
Steak or Veggie Burger: Which is Greener?
• http://www.motherjones.com, By Kiera ButlerA lifelong vegetarian eats her first hamburger—to find out the truth.
The Microbial Complications of Fracking
• http://www.wired.com, By Jeffrey MarlowSeveral years ago, land owners in the forested rolling hills of West Virginia started getting unannounced visitors.
Group pulls plug on billboard linking global warming believers to terrorists
• Washington PostA mug shot of Ted Kaczynski took center stage in the increasingly ugly debate over climate change as a libertarian think tank funded by major corporations, launched a billboard campaign equating people convinced that global warming is real to the con
America's Most Polluted Cities
• http://www.forbes.com, morgan brennanIt’s troublesome news for the Sunshine State, where air pollution already plagues many cities. In fact, five California cities have the worst air quality of all major U.S. metropolitan areas, according to the American Lung Association.
The Scope Of The Alberta Oil Sands Must Be Seen To Be Believed
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert JohnsonI've spent the past few days touring oil sands research facilities and drilling sites, but today I got to see the vast expanse of sands from above.
Bureaucratic tangle favors illegal logging
• http://lapress.org, Cecilia Remón35 percent of exported cedar and mahogany comes from illegal sources.
Pacific reef sharks have declined by more than 90 percent, new study says
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Juliet EilperinPacific reef shark populations have plummeted by 90 percent or more over the past several decades, according a new study by a team of American and Canadian researchers, and much of this decline stems from human fishing pressure.
Seven Ways to Be a Better Recycler
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Courtney CraigMost Americans recycle — but there’s a right and a wrong way to recycle properly.
Bears and Salmon and Us
• arcleinThe relationship between salmon and bears is basic, Levi said. "Bears are salmon-consuming machines. Give them more salmon and they will consume more-and importantly, they will occur at higher densities. So, letting more salmon spawn and be a
