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 3, 2014 | News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types, Wildlife
The world’s wildlife population have decreased by over 50% in just 40 years – according to a new report published by WWF, which shows climate change was a major factor, along with habitat loss and exploitation. The 2014 Living Planet Report, identified climate...
by ostyx | Aug 13, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Science/Weather, Wildlife
As the Ebola virus is ravaging parts of West Africa, recent reports are linking the outbreak to past studies holding climate change accountable for the uptick in viral diseases. In 2006, a study published in the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical...
by ostyx | Aug 12, 2014 | Energy, Indigenous, News, North America, Oceans, Pollution/Health, Posts, Wildlife
Following the tailings pond breach in Mount Polley, Canada last week, protesters took to the streets of Vancouver calling on Imperial Metals and government officials to take responsibility for their role in the spill that poisoned the region’s water supply. The...
by ostyx | Jun 11, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, Features, Forests, Justice, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types, Wildlife
Following months of intense campaigning, environmentalists can claim a victory today, as British oil company Soco has agreed to end controversial drilling operations in the Virunga world heritage site – Africa’s oldest national park. In an unexpected decision, the...
by ostyx | May 27, 2014 | Arctic & Antarctica, Features, Justice, News, Oceans, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types, Wildlife
Activists from across 12 countries occupied and blocked two separate oilrigs destined to drill in the Arctic Ocean today, in protests aimed at halting oil exploration in this fragile and environmental important region. 15 Greenpeace activists climbed onto...
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