Tag: News
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Could We Win the Keystone XL Battle But Still Lose the Tar Sands War?
The Vietnam War might seem irrelevant to the environmental movement’s five-year effort to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved by President Obama, would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Texas coast for refining and shipment overseas. But the more I look at the situation, the more I see worrisome…
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Array Technologies Commissions Four Solar Tracking Sites in California
The leading solar tracking solutions company, Array Technologies Inc. (ATI), and nationally recognized construction firm Swinerton Renewable Energy have announced the completion of four solar projects located deep in the heart of the California desert. The four utility-scale solar sites are now online and providing electricity to the grid throughRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Why the BLM Battle at Bundy Ranch Matters
A 20-year feud between private rancher Cliven Bundy, 68, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) turned violent late last week when hundreds of armed Americans came together in support of Bundy, whose cattle were being removed from federal land by court order for illegal grazing. The mass of armed citizenry, as well as threats…
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Report Shows Sharp Rise in Murders of Environmentalists, Only 1% of Killers Convicted
Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals. In the most comprehensive global analysis of the problem on record, the campaign group has found that at least 908 people are known to have died in this time.…
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Climate Change Causes Chain Reaction in Ecosystems
A collaborative study released yesterday involving scientists from the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has shown that climate change is altering species distributions and populations, seemingly through shifting interactions between species rather than direct responses to climate. [caption id="attachment_330572" align="alignnone" width="500"] The study shows that many of the climate-related impacts on a given species occur as a…