by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Health & Safety
By Seth Borenstain | The Japan Times WASHINGTON – Driving a gas-powered car about 1,300 kilometers melts about a square meter of Arctic sea ice in the critical month of September, according to a new study that directly links carbon pollution to the amount of ice...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species
Dominique Mosbergen | The Huffington Post In California’s drought-stricken forests, trees are dying at an “unprecedented” rate, according to officials. The U.S. Forest Service said last month that 102 million trees have died across the state since 2010, including 62...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Politics of energy
Ryan Grenoble | The Huffington Post If you stumbled across an alarming chart about sea ice on Twitter last month and doomsday scenarios immediately leaped into your head, you’re not alone. What the graph illustrates is true: There’s substantially less sea ice...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
The Huffington Post | By Chris D’Angelo Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruise Lines will plead guilty to seven felony charges and pay $40 million for deliberately polluting the ocean and attempting to cover up the crime, the Department of Justice said...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2016 | Conservation, Spiritual Ecology
A new group has formed to preserve, restore and celebrate the history of Alexander Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham — the oldest and first African-American church in the county. A Buckingham Circuit Court judge recently appointed Joseph Scruggs, Mary E. Brown Shelton...
