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New Orleans BP Oil Flood Protest, Jackson Square. Protest against the great oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Climate change   Mental Health   Oil   Photos  
 Grist 
Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
A new legal theory suggests that oil companies could be taken to court for every kind of homicide in the United States, short of first-degree murder. | The idea of “climate homicide” is getting at... (photo: Creative Commons / Infrogmation)
A young girl carries an empty container as she walks across the sands to fill it from a well in Barrah, a desert village in the Sahel belt of Chad, Friday, April 20, 2012. UNICEF estimates that 127,000 children under 5 in Chad's Sahel belt will require lifesaving treatment for severe acute malnutrition this year, with an estimated 1 million expected throughout the wider Sahel region of West and Central Africa in the countries of Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal and Mauritania
Africa   Climate change   Photos   Weather  
 Al Jazeera 
Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study
Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal hot spell throughout West Africa’s Sahel region in April, according to a study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), an inter... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Stryjskyj Park in Spring. Entrance from the Parkova St. 30 April 2013.  The Augusta Chronicle 
Climate change is leading to an earlier spring and more extreme weather, say experts
In our warming world, spring-like conditions are arriving earlier — prolonging seasonal allergies, causing early snowmelt, and extending growing seasons, experts say. | “Climate change is already ... (photo: Creative Commons / Mykola Swarnyk/https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mykola_Swarnyk)
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Weather  
Food packaging: Diced tomatoes and salad in plastic trays (Fruit and vegetables)  AOL 
Healthier ready-to-eat meals would have ‘huge’ EU climate benefits – report
Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as reducing disease, a report has found. | Fast food and ready meals... (photo: European Community / Jennifer Jacquemart)
Climate change   Environment   Health   Photos  
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Blacklisted: Sasol one of the world’s worst Co2 emitters
The company is among 57 companies globally responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions. ... ... (photo: Creative Commons / Jo Schmaltz http://flickr.com/photos/23766028@N00)
Climate change   Emissions   Environment   Photos  
Stryjskyj Park in Spring. Entrance from the Parkova St. 30 April 2013. The Augusta Chronicle
Climate change is leading to an earlier spring and more extreme weather, say experts
In our warming world, spring-like conditions are arriving earlier — prolonging seasonal allergies, causing early snowmelt, and extending growing seasons, experts say. |... (photo: Creative Commons / Mykola Swarnyk/https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mykola_Swarnyk)
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Weather  
Food packaging: Diced tomatoes and salad in plastic trays (Fruit and vegetables) AOL
Healthier ready-to-eat meals would have ‘huge’ EU climate benefits – report
Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as reducing disease, a report has foun... (photo: European Community / Jennifer Jacquemart)
Climate change   Environment   Health   Photos  
NASAs Fermi Mission Sees No Gamma Rays from Nearby Supernova Phys Dot Org
NASA's Fermi mission sees no gamma rays from nearby supernova
A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near... (photo: Hiramatsu et al. 2023/Sebastian Gomez (STScI))
NASA   Photos   Science  
Image showing a man on a camel, Bajrawia Pyramids in Sudan,  February 3, 2020. CNN
Camels evolved from a cold-weather ancestor. We could learn from their remarkable transformation
Since I became a climate reporter — and then a new dad — bedtime stories are different now. Coming home from flood or drought, wildfire or research lab there awaits a... (photo: Creative Commons / Osama Elfaki)
Environment   Photos   Weather   Wildlife  
Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions from the sector, but smaller amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are also emitted, Nov. 20, 2020. Gallup
Black Adults More Concerned Than Others About Local Pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Substantial proportions of Americans are concerned about exposure to four types of environmental pollution or contamination in their communities. Blac... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ catazul)
Climate change   Emissions   Environment   Photos  
Ukrainian emergency workers clear the debris at the site of Russia's air attack, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. Deutsche Welle
Ukraine&aposs Zaporizhzhia: How safe is the nuclear plant?
The International Atomic Energy Agency warned attacks on Ukraine&aposs Zaporizhzhia power plant put it — Europe&aposs largest nuclear facility — &aposdangerously c... (photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko)
Nuclear Accident   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War  
Environmental Issues Climate Change
- What's with That? Woodford vs Old Forester mint juleps a
- Biden Shields Millions of Acres of Alaskan Wilderness From D
- One Potential Key to Knicks’ Season: Friendship
- Jacavone column: Concern over environment led to creation of
A young girl carries an empty container as she walks across the sands to fill it from a well in Barrah, a desert village in the Sahel belt of Chad, Friday, April 20, 2012. UNICEF estimates that 127,000 children under 5 in Chad's Sahel belt will require lifesaving treatment for severe acute malnutrition this year, with an estimated 1 million expected throughout the wider Sahel region of West and Central Africa in the countries of Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal and Mauritania
Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study
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- Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's clim
- It's Your Business: City hard at work to be more sustain
- Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ i
- Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of an
New Orleans BP Oil Flood Protest, Jackson Square. Protest against the great oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
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Global Warm Pollution
- Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ i
- At UN conference, Indigenous peoples say little has changed
- Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of an
- Pacific Environment and Ulsan Port sign to accelerate green
New Orleans BP Oil Flood Protest, Jackson Square. Protest against the great oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
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- States sue to block US rules curbing tailpipe emissions in c
- Communities of color at increased risk of diseases linked to
- Red state coal towns still power the West Coast
- GOP state AGs sue to block Biden’s crackdown on gas ca
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Chemicals Ecology
- FDA warns public against food ripening chemicals
- Univar Solutions and ClearShift Take Steps to Advance Zero C
- Univar Solutions and ClearShift Take Steps to Advance Zero C
- Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'
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- Dan Podaru candidează la Primăria Sectorului 1. Vrea să r
- Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of an
- Encroachments on Aravalli hills a growing concern
- Lafayette to plant 74 trees for Earth and Arbor days, local
Image showing a man on a camel, Bajrawia Pyramids in Sudan,  February 3, 2020.
Camels evolved from a cold-weather ancestor. We could learn from their remarkable transformation
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Nature Natural Disasters
- Le Schmilblick au Montauban vintage festival : "C’es
- Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say e
- Rewilding Nation campaign backed by Hollywood actor Leonardo
- Cerca de 100.000 personas visitaron el Parque Natural del Al
A woman walks near her house in a flooded area in Orenburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. The floods in the Orenburg region near Russia's border with Kazakhstan sparked the evacuation of thousands of people following the collapse of a dam on Saturday.
'Colossal' floods heading for Russian city
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- 5.0-magnitude quake hits Alaska Peninsula -- GFZ
- NJ earthquake shook local geologists into action, sending th
- 5.0-magnitude quake hits Alaska Peninsula -- GFZ
- NJ earthquake shook local geologists into action, sending th
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