Monthly Archives: June 2020

HAMILTON, Canada, Jun 8 2020 (IPS) – Do migrants willingly choose to flee their homes, or is migration the only option available? There is no clear, one-size-fits-all explanation for a decision to migrate — a choice that will be made today … Continue reading →

Source: EcoWatch   16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism By John R. Platt Jun. 29, 2020 12:02PM ES This year has brought us some brutal lessons so far, chief among them the fact that systemic racism drives or … Continue reading →

Source: With Much of the World’s Economy Slowed Down, Green Energy Powers On – The New York Times After a two-hour boat trip from Lowestoft, a seaside town on the east coast of England, giant wind mills more than 500 … Continue reading →

Source: Fading Winters, Hotter Summers Make the Northeast America’s Fastest Warming Region | InsideClimate News

Source: Global Warming Is Melting Our Sense of Time On June 20, in the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, north of the Arctic Circle, a heat wave baking the region peaked at 38 degrees Celsius — just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It … Continue reading →

Source: Vatican: Climate Change Efforts Go Forward Even Without US – The New York Times

Source: Five U.S. Communities in Search of Environmental Justice – EcoWatch Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice  Inside Climate NewsJun. 23, 2020 08:54AM ESTCLIMATEA house in “Cancer Alley,” which stretches from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, … Continue reading →

Source: Cloud cuckoo land? How one bird’s epic migration stunned scientists | Environment | The Guardian When Onon took off above the rolling hills of the Khurkh valley in Mongolia last June, researchers had no idea if they would see him alive … Continue reading →

Source: These Louisiana activists are facing ‘terrorizing’ charges for a stunt they pulled 6 months ago | Grist Early Thursday morning, two activists who have opposed a planned $9.4 billion petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, were arrested for … Continue reading →

Source: Plastic ‘has entered’ Antarctic terrestrial food chain – The Peninsula Qatar