Climate Change
Environment and politics: one and the same
March 30, 2012"Capitalism is fundamentally incapable of dealing with climate change." These were the words of microbial ecologist Steve McCallister.
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Republicans and the corporate attack on science
March 1, 2012Fedoroff and other scientists are positively amazed at the hostility towards scientific proposals put forth to solve many of the problems facing the world today.
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Billionaires back controversial geoengineering methods
February 21, 2012A small unit of climate scientists, supported financially by notable billionaires, is lobbying governments and international organizations to back experiments in geoengineering
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Environmental groups unite to stop Keystone XL
February 14, 2012Aactivist group 350 called on everyone to send half a million messages to the Senate by the end of the day demanding "back the President and make sure this pipeline doesn't get built."
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Is seal killing at an end?
January 30, 2012Sealing - a grotesque business that involves killing seals for both their fur and meat - may soon see its last days in Canada.
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