Image from YouTube video clip.   Via Survival International: It almost seems that ‘conservationism’ is having hard time to learn from the past: killing, torture and the victimization of innocents (mostly tribal people) continues in the name of… Read More

Originally published at CommonDreams.org:   The Great Barrier Reef suffered through the worst coral die-off in recorded history this year, scientists found, with unusually warm ocean water and record-setting bleaching events killing a stunning 90 percent of all coral in… Read More

Via Climate Nexus: Trees might suck a little less – The power of North American forests to become an effective mechanism to absorb carbon from the atmosphere could diminish due to global warming. According to a study in Ecology Letters,… Read More

GE Tree researchers claim that their work is being “strangled” by red tape due to the efforts of environmental campaigners, according to an article by Matt McGrath published by the BBC. The quoted researchers argue “there is too much concern… Read More