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How Climate Change is Increasing Cholera Outbreaks in Northern Europe

Tue, 2012-07-24 22:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Rising temperatures: The Baltic Sea represents the 'fastest warming marine eco-system examined so far anywhere on earth'

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  • Vibrio bacteria, which is normally found growing in warm and tropical waters, now thrives in the Baltic Sea

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  • Bacteria strains will multiply as seas warm, predict researchers
  • The bacteria causes illnesses from cholera to gastroenteritis

    dailymail.co.uk - by Claire Bates - July 23, 2012

    Climate change could be driving an increase in illnesses such as cholera and gastroenteritis in northern Europe, scientists have warned.

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    A rise in temperatures in the Baltic Sea has triggered the growth of the water-borne bacteria Vibrio.

    An international team examined sea surface temperature records and satellite data in the Baltic, as well as statistics on Vibrio cases in the region.

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    We Were Wrong on Peak Oil. There's Enough to Fry Us All

    Thu, 2012-07-12 00:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                      

    'The great profusion of life in the past – fossilised in the form of flammable carbon – now jeopardises the great profusion of life in the present.' Illustration by Daniel Pudles

    guardian.co.uk - by George Monbiot - July 2, 2012

    The facts have changed, now we must change too. For the past 10 years an unlikely coalition of geologists, oil drillers, bankers, military strategists and environmentalists has been warning that peak oil – the decline of global supplies – is just around the corner. We had some strong reasons for doing so: production had slowed, the price had risen sharply, depletion was widespread and appeared to be escalating. The first of the great resource crunches seemed about to strike.

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    Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

    Fri, 2012-06-22 20:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

          

    A class 2 brine disposal well in western Louisiana near the Texas border. The well sat by the side of the road, without restricted access. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)

    propublica.org - by Abrahm Lustgarten - June 21, 2012

    Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation's geology as an invisible dumping ground.

    No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers or onto the soil. But until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the waste for millennia.

    There are growing signs they were mistaken.

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    Patient Outcomes and Environmental Monitoring System (POEMS)

    Sun, 2012-06-17 23:15 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

    GHRF, and Nepal and Bhutan affiliated NGOs, along with Ministries of Health and Agriculture are partnering to utilize mobile and information technology tools to warehouse health and environmental data together to allow multi-level assessments and cross-correlation of outcomes to assess health and environmental impact. 

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    Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO-5) - UN: Humanity Speeding Down "Unsustainable Path"

    Sat, 2012-06-09 21:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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    Coke, Ford, Heinz, Nike and P&G team up on plant-based PET resins

    Thu, 2012-06-07 12:19 — Corey Watts

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    www.wasterecyclingnews.com - June 5, 2012 - by Jessica Holbrook, Plastics News

    Major corporations are teaming up to accelerate the development of PET made entirely from plant-based sources.

    Coca-Cola Co., Ford Motor Co., H.J. Heinz Co., Nike Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. have formed the Plant PET Technology Collaborative, a group aimed at supporting the development and use of plant-based PET material and fibers.

    According to a news release, the collaborative will support new technologies and focus on researching and developing commercial solutions for plant-based PET. The collaborative also will work to develop common practices and standards for using plant-based plastics, including life-cycle analyses and universal terminology.

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    Rainwater Harvesting in the Amazon Cleans up Where Oil Left its Mark

    Tue, 2012-05-29 23:37 — Corey Watts

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    Good Environment - www.good.is - May 29, 2012 (Photo by Mitch Anderson)

    Oil companies started drilling around Ecuador’s Lago Agrio in 1972. Texaco had found oil here a few years before, in the middle of the Amazon, and for decades the oil industry harvested the oil gushing from the ground. Chevron took over when it bought Texaco, and Ecuador’s state oil company took over from Chevron. All the while, the drilling operations were pouring pollution in the area’s air and water—so much pollution that last year an Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron to pay a total $18 billion to a group of 30,000 indigenous people, represented by a coalition of lawyers from Ecuador and North America. 

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    Plastic-Eating Fungi Found in Amazon May Solve Landfill Problems

    Mon, 2012-05-14 18:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                   

    digitaljournal.com - by Anne Sewell - March 10, 2012

    Just when you thought that plastic waste was never going to break down in the environment, along comes Mother Nature to solve the problem.

    The Amazon contains more species of flora and fauna than virtually anywhere else on earth.

    In a report by NZ Herald it was stated that a group of students from Yale University found a species which appears to be happy eating plastic in airless landfills.

    Their findings were published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology last year with the conclusion that the microbe is "a promising source of biodiversity from which to screen for metabolic properties useful for bioremediation."

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    Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi

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    World Needs to Stabilise Population and Cut Consumption, Says Royal Society

    Wed, 2012-05-02 17:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

          

    World population will reach 9 billion by 2050. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

    Economic and environmental catastrophes unavoidable unless rich countries cut consumption and global population stabilises

    guardian.co.uk - by John Vidal - April 25, 2012

    World population needs to be stabilised quickly and high consumption in rich countries rapidly reduced to avoid "a downward spiral of economic and environmental ills", warns a major report from the Royal Society.

    Contraception must be offered to all women who want it and consumption cut to reduce inequality, says the study published on Thursday, which was chaired by Nobel prize-winning biologist Sir John Sulston.

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    Clinton Sees ‘Goldmines’ in Methane Emission Curbs to Fight Climate Change

    Mon, 2012-04-02 23:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    by Alexander Ragir and Joao Oliveira - bloomberg.com - June 1, 2011

    Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged cities and the World Bank to work on curbing methane emissions from landfills and charcoal, saying those steps first would buy time in the fight against global warming.

    Politicians may need years to work out a way to limit the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels, and it would cheaper and quicker to focus on other gases first, Clinton said at the C40 meeting of mayors from the world’s largest cities in Sao Paulo today. Methane has 25 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide, also known as CO2.

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