Tag: News
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NASA Animation Shows Relentless Pace of 60 Years of Global Warming in 15 Seconds
A 15-second NASA time-lapse video shows the steady and rapid warming of the planet since the middle of the twentieth century, with regions in the Arctic and Siberia warming as much as two to four degrees Celsius (3.6 to 7. 2 degrees Fahrenheit) above a long-term average: The animation begins in 1950, but the intensity of the yellow,…
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5 Ways Fracking Hurts Animals
By Kate Good We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road—the one…
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New Report Shows Monsanto A Major Culprit in Record Decline of Monarch Butterflies
By Larissa Walker We hate to be the bearer of bad news, again, but the 2013-2014 overwintering population numbers for Monarch butterflies in Mexico were just released yesterday, confirming our bleak predictions from a few months ago: the situation is worsening. Last year’s overwintering numbers were an all-time low, with monarchs occupying 1.19 hectares. The area occupied by monarchs this year…
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New Study Shows Proximity to Fracking Sites Increases Risk of Birth Defects
[caption id="attachment_319748" align="alignright" width="360"] Fracking in Colorado. Video screenshot: PBS[/caption] The dangers of fracking are no secret, but a study released this week shows the devastating impact the process can have on babies before they even have a chance to live their lives. The unborn children of pregnant women who live within a 10-mile radius…
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EPA to Finalize First-Ever Coal Ash Regulations This Year
Late yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to finalize first-ever federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash by Dec.19, 2014, according to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups and a Native American tribe. The settlement does not dictate the content of the final regulation, but…