Climate science – Sept 12
Mediterranean’s rich marine life under threat
FAO warns climate change could be major threat to food security
Britain’s mosquito explosion
Health
Climate science – Sept 11
Warming may be hurting gray whales’ recovery
Warming is seen as wiping out most polar bears
As Brazil’s rain forest burns, planet heats up
What a lake says about climate change
Climate change and global disease
Global warming may pose threat to heart
Rate of global warming predicted 35 years ago
Children – Sept 11
Lack of play hurting children’s mental health
Turning the ride to school into a walk
Is it normal to let your kids get eaten by a bear?
Climate – Sept 2
Greek forest fires could be CO2 threat
Climate change brings ticks ever closer
Al Gore, James Hansen, and civil disobedience
NASA scientists challenge security rules- claim agency may be trying to silence them about global warming
Urban design – Aug 31
The city as massive gym: Living longer by walking more
More people, more concrete, and lots more heat in Phoenix
United States – Aug 30
Biden on energy and the environment
Heat stressing California’s grid
‘Immigrant paradox’: Come to the U.S., die younger
Porter ties withdrawal from Iraq to $9 gas
Monetary policy and weaseling out of debt
Food & agriculture – Aug 28
The power of produce (health claims)
Farming the concrete jungle
Study links CO2 to demise of grazing lands
Zimbabwe: Give fertilizer sector priority on power
Useful mutants, bred with radiation
Health, climate, water – Aug 24
WHO says sex, farming, growing population gives diseases breeding ground
Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, study finds
Sea rise outpacing forecasts due To Antarctica
Queensland fast-tracks emergency water supply for worst case scenario
Air travel – Aug 23
WHO predicts more global epidemics, blames air travel
TIME: Does flying harm the planet?
Oil Depletion and the Brisbane airport expansion
Sicko and the ecology of health care reform
Sicko‘s success represents a modern day muckraking triumph. Yet it is critical to examine the shortcomings of Moore’s views of health care reform in the context of energy, ecology and sustainability.
Peak oil – Aug 14
While the watchdog sleeps (the press)
Oilwatch Monthly
Fleming: Transition, resilience and tradeable energy quotas
What happens after the US healthcare system dies?
The impact of peak oil on rural communities: Cornwall
PO and peak investment constraining production levels
United States stumbling – Aug 14
‘Learn from the fall of Rome,’ GAO comptroller-general warns US
Why is America falling apart? Ask Ayn Rand
US tumbles down the world ratings list for life expectancy
America loses stature as tallest country
