by ostyx | Nov 4, 2014 | Asia (incl. Maldives), Home, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types, Water
A new study released this week has found that by the year 2030 climate change will have set back China’s attempts to prevent waterborne illnesses by seven years, creating a serious risk for the world’s largest population. The research used estimates to predict how far...
by ostyx | Oct 24, 2014 | Asia (incl. Maldives), Energy, Features, Forests, Home, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types, Wildlife
Bangladeshis will gather in their capital city of Dhaka this weekend to protest a coal plant that would irreversibly impact the Sundarbans—one of the world’s largest mangrove forests and a sanctuary for hundreds of species, including the Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans,...
by ostyx | Oct 15, 2014 | Adaptation/Security, Africa & Middle East, Features, Governments, Home, News, North America, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
Climate change is already affecting the operations of the United States Department of Defense, and will figure prominently into future military plans, according to a report released by the Pentagon on Monday. At a conference of defense ministers in Santiago, Chile, US...
by ostyx | Sep 19, 2014 | Features, Governments, Home, Jobs/Economy, Justice, News, North America, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
On Tuesday, a United Nations Climate Summit convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will bring officials from 162 countries—including more than 100 heads of state—to New York City to discuss actions to slow global warming. Thanks to the efforts of a cadre of...
by ostyx | Sep 4, 2014 | Features, Governments, Home, News, Posts, Regions, Science/Weather, Top, Topics, Types
Two of the world’s foremost international voices are ramping up their calls to action in advance of the UN Climate Summit taking place later this month in New York City. On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon published an op-ed in the Huffington Post, urging...
by ostyx | Aug 21, 2014 | Arctic & Antarctica, Energy, Features, Home, News, Oceans, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
After years of preparation, ExxonMobil and OAO Rosneft have received the go-ahead to begin drilling a $700 million Arctic Ocean oil well in the Kara Sea. The well, which will be Russia’s most northerly, is to be the first of as many as 40 offshore wells planned for...
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