Research has found that approximately 99% of our planet’s land-locked ice is held up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The remainder, however, is out in the open, located … [Read full article]
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Abandoned And Adrift Russian Ship Located 2,400km From Ireland
Often any ship news that ends up on a site like Planetsave inevitably refers to a ship crashing into a coral reef or spilling massive amounts of oil into the … [Read full article]
Megastorm Could Result In Californian Megaflood
Talk of flooding to an Australian these days and you’ll discover just how affected we all were by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. Nearly forty people lost their lives and $30 billion … [Read full article]
Canadian Government Knew About Controversial Sea Fertilisation
According to a resident of the suddenly-important aboriginal village of Old Massett in British Columbia, Canada, the Canadian government knew all about the well-publicised ocean fertilization project conducted off Canada’s … [Read full article]
In New Study of 13 Top Competing Nations, US Earns 'Dog' Rating on All Measures But One
Howard Steven Friedman is a statistician and health economist for the United Nations and an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He also has a … [Read full article]
Native American Populations Descend from Three Key Migrations
New research has discovered that Native American populations ranging from Canada to the southern tip of Chile all arose from three migrations, with the majority descended almost entirely from one … [Read full article]
Rising Tide, Sinking Boats — Economic Growth in G20 Nations is Increasing Inequality and Driving Climate Change
In a briefing paper released January 19 by Oxfam.org entitled, “Left behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of … [Read full article]
You Can't Eat Tar Sands
by Jamie Henn A startling new study from the Center for Global Development shows that full development of the Canadian Tar Sands would have a devastating effect on global food production, … [Read full article]
Canada Doesn't Believe Canada's Own Tar Sands Spin
Of course they don’t. Who would? But you know they’re doing everything they can to keep that a secret, given their recent withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol (because of the … [Read full article]
Reindeer Collapse — World's Largest Reindeer Herd Plummets
Sad news for all those who love reindeer (and who doesn’t?)… the world’s largest herd of reindeer has dropped from a population of about 800,000-900,000 to about 74,000. … [Read full article]
News Roundup & Action Opportunities!
Some more green news of the week: 1. The Weekly Standard Does Horrible Job Covering “Climategate 2”. The full post The Weekly Standard apart over on Media Matters is worth … [Read full article]
Voices of Truth: Indigenous Activists from Canada Protest Tar Sands Oil at Durban Climate Change Summit
This video from Amy Goodman and Democracy Now cuts to the chase. The horror of this environmental disease known as tar sands ‘development’ is succinctly explained by young and indigenous activists. … [Read full article]
10-Year-Old Writes & Sings Beautiful Song Opposed to Oil-Ruined Waters
This girl has a future! Beautiful song and message! And she’s 10!! I don’t know how I didn’t hear about this when it was created. Watch this beautiful video … [Read full article]