Ecology and Environment
France’s Global Warming Predicament
When one of the world’s most developed culturally elite countries, France, tosses in the towel on the IPCC 2°C barrier, it sends a loud and clear message that the global warming fight is losing the battle. Seriously, France expects 4°C.…
From both sides of the opposition to the TAV the umpteenth appeal to the EU Parliament. When will a response be forthcoming?
It was exactly a month ago when even our mainstream press couldn’t help but register (to the general consternation) the not inconsiderable uncertainty on the part of the French government about its willingness to proceed with the trumpeted Great Work…
Groups Urge Philippines to Ratify Agreement vs. Toxic Waste Trade Following Thailand’s Ratification
8 June 2023, Quezon City. Environmental health and justice groups lauded the Government of Thailand for joining the global efforts to control unwanted imports of hazardous waste and other wastes by ratifying the Basel Convention Ban Amendment. Thailand accepted the…
Judge Rules in Favor of Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs; Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial
June 1, 2023 – Less than two weeks before the first-ever constitutional climate trial in U.S. history is slated to begin in Montana, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the youth plaintiffs in the landmark children’s climate case…
“Get solutions to beat plastic pollution,” says BAN Toxics
Environment watchdog group BAN Toxics held a symbolic “walk for creation” on June 5 to emphasize the urgency of people’s actions on plastic pollution in time for World Environment Day. The walk started from Barasoain Church to La Consolacion University…
Launch of “Making Peace with the Earth: An Ecofeminist Manifesto” – June 5th in Rome
Monday, June 5th, 2023, from 11 am Associazione della Stampa Estera in Italia (Via dell’Umiltà, 83, Rome, Italy) “Making Peace with the Earth Through Diversity, Mutuality, Non-Violence & Care” An Ecofeminist Manifesto Press Conference with Dr Vandana Shiva in Rome…
BAN Toxics calls for a meaningful plastics treaty to cut plastic pollution in Philippines
“As countries negotiate the second round of international negotiations (INC-2) in Paris, France this week, we forward our calls to global leaders to demand a binding treaty for plastic reduction, global transparency, and uphold the rights and environmental justice of…
The survival of many ecosystems depends on pollination
As the Neolithic process of settlement of human communities in villages near areas of cultivation or domestication of animals progressed in the Neolithic period, as agricultural work increased and food production improved, the ability to tame bee hives developed and…
Bottom-Dwelling Marine Animals Thriving on Offshore Wind Farm Foundations
In a discovery by researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands, offshore wind turbines have become a haven for benthos — the community of marine organisms that live in, on or around the seafloor. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes There are more soil animals per…
Supremes Declare War on Wetlands
The Supreme Court is effectively axing a major component of the Clean Water Act, rolling back 50 years of wetland protection in a declaration of war against nature by changing a word in the text of the Clean Water Act.…
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