Environment

Canada Losing Its Seasons

By Stephen Leahy
"Canada is not a country, it's winter," Canadians say with pride. But the nation's long, fearsome winters will live only in memory and song for Canadian children born this decade.

Fukushima Running Out of Workers

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world’s worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving.

‘Every Day Is a Fukushima Memorial’

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Japan prepares to mark the second anniversary of the Mar. 11 triple disaster - an earthquake, tsunami and a critical nuclear reactor accident - with much soul searching across the country.

Across U.S., Health Concerns Vie with Fracking Profits

By George Gao
Peter “Pete” Seeger is a 93-year old U.S. folk legend who resides near Wappingers Falls in southern New York. He can be spotted occasionally on the traffic-heavy Route 9, flanked by world peace signs and armed with a banjo.

U.S. Abstains on Controversial World Bank Mongolia Mine Project

By Carey L. Biron
The United States has refused to vote for involvement by the World Bank Group in a massive but controversial mining project in Mongolia.

“We Aren’t Fighting Poverty Here, We’re Improving the Quality of Life”

By Emilio Godoy
The residents of San Crisanto, a small communal village nestled in an idyllic setting in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatán, have learned that valuing and protecting natural resources can generate employment and income.

At the Bottom of Lake Nyasa is ‘Rare Earth’

By Thembi Mutch
The local Tanzanian community bordering Lake Nyasa is no nearer to understanding what the conflict between their country and Malawi is about, nor why so much is at stake, as mediation efforts between Malawi and Tanzania are expected to begin soon.   

World Bank Urges African Agriculture Rethink

By Carey L. Biron
The World Bank is urging African governments to retool their agriculture policies, particularly to include a far greater focus on agribusiness as a critical driver of future development.

Microbes Thriving Deep Within the Earth

By Stephen Leahy
Every living thing from bacteria to President Barack Obama is made of carbon from exploding stars.

Putting Local Climate Know-How on the Map

By Peter Richards
A new weapon in the arsenal against climate change is tapping local knowledge to bridge the policy gap and let communities make their own informed decisions about how to manage livelihoods, natural resources, culture and heritage.

Indigenous Community Takes Forest Law into Own Hands

By Fabíola Ortiz
An indigenous community in Brazil has decided to single-handedly take action against illegal loggers who are moving into their territory in search of highly valued timber.

Cuba Diversifies – But Energy Focus Still on Oil

By Ivet González
Cuba continues to focus heavily on oil for its energy needs, through agreements with partners like Venezuela, with the hope of discovering commercially exploitable wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two Million People Hold their Breath Over Lake Malawi Mediation

By Mabvuto Banda
Over two million families who solely depend on Lake Malawi for their livelihoods are anxiously putting their hopes into an upcoming mediation between Malawi and Tanzania intended to put an end to a longstanding ownership dispute.

Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline “Devastatingly Cynical”

By Carey L. Biron
The U.S. State Department late Friday released a draft environmental impact assessment of a contentious pipeline project that simultaneously acknowledged the dangers posed by climate change while also noting the project would “not likely result in significant adverse environmental effects”.

“Eco-Reconstruction” Still an Impossible Dream for Chilean Village

By Marianela Jarroud
The reconstruction of the fishing village of Boyeruca, destroyed by the tsunami that swept over central-south Chile on Feb. 27, 2010, was meant to serve as a model of ecological and sustainable reconstruction.

U.S. Security Establishment Increasingly Worried about Climate Change

By Walter García and Joe Hitchon
More than three dozen national security officials, members of Congress and military leaders are warning of the threat climate change poses to U.S. national security, the latest in an indicator that U.S. intelligence and national security circles are increasingly worried about a warming planet.

Q&A: Climate Change Front and Centre in Cuban Development Model

By Walter García and Ivet González
Each of Cuba’s 168 municipalities faces the challenge of designing its own strategic development which, as well as economic and social progress, minimises the impact of extreme weather and other problems caused by global warming.

Killer Heat Waves and Floods Linked to Climate Change

By Stephen Leahy
Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused by climate change, new research reveals.

Peace and Dead Sea at a New Low

By Pierre Klochendler
Two of the three main objectives of the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project grapple with how to “save the Dead Sea” and “build a symbol of peace in the region.” With Israeli-Palestinians relations and the Dead Sea at an all time low, questions arise whether the ‘Red-Dead Canal’ (as it is known in environmental jargon) could save not only the hyper-saline desert lake but peace itself.

Green Energy Solves Dual Crises of Poverty and Climate

By Stephen Leahy
Green energy is the only way to bring billions of people out of energy poverty and prevent a climate disaster, a new study reveals.

More Dead Than Red

By Pierre Klochendler
The World Bank has declared the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project feasible. Designed to “save the Dead Sea”, “desalinate water and/or generate hydroelectricity at affordable prices in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority”, and “build a symbol of peace in the Middle East”, the scheme, green groups warn, is fraught with environmental hazards.
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