Tag: climate change
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WikiLeaks Exposes Obama Administration’s Weakening of Environmental Policies in TPP
The U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim countries aren’t on the same page regarding environmental policies within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact, and the dissension has been exposed by WikiLeaks. Organizations who have viewed the leaked version of the TPP’s environment chapter say it shows that the U.S. could ease up on pollution control requirements, a shark…
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Powerful Film Underscores Urgent Need to Address Climate Change
Ian Mauro, an environmental and social scientist at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, recently toured Atlantic Canada, interviewing fishers, hunters, farmers, businessmen, First Nations and local politicians about climate change. The result is a powerful film, Climate Change in Atlantic Canada, with people from different walks of life sharing observations about what’s happening all around them. When an…
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Major Antarctic Glacier Melting Irreversibly, Reaching Tipping Point
A major Antarctic ice mass, the Pine Island Glacier, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimeter to global sea level rise over the next 20 years alone, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change. [caption id="attachment_317873" align="alignnone" width="536"] Ice flow velocities at the surface of Pine Island Glacier in West…
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Emperor Penguins Move Breeding Grounds Due to Diminishing Antarctic Sea Ice
Confronted with the loss of sea ice in some parts of Antarctica, four colonies of emperor penguins have come up with an innovative breeding strategy to adapt to their changing environment. [caption id="attachment_317538" align="alignnone" width="500"] Emperor penguins are the largest penguin species on Earth and are found only in Antarctica. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Using satellite images,…
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Congress Moves to Fast Track TPP, Threatening Human Health and Environment
By Ilana Solomon Yesterday, Congress pulled a rusty, old tool from the bottom of its toolbox. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014, otherwise known as “fast track,” which could facilitate passage of deeply flawed trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact with…