Northern China is running out of water, but the government’s remedies are potentially disastrous CHINA endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same. “Water is the worst,” says Wang Tao, of the Carnegie-Tsinghua…
How Much Damage Would Drinking A Glass Of Brooklyn’s Terribly Polluted Gowanus Canal Actually Do To You?
“So, right off the bat, you’d have a massive problem with dysentery,” Ludgen Balan, founder of the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, told me. Dysentery, caused by an infection from hostile bacteria or amoebas, results in severe diarrhea, likely with some blood and mucus added as a bonus. That was the very first thing Balan told…
2013: Dry/Ice: Global Warming Revealed
by Drunvalo Melchizedek What you are about to read is going to change your world forever, this I can promise you. I actually apologize that I have to be the one who brings this unsettling news, but you must know if you wish to survive, for what is coming will either be DRY and heat…
Great Barrier Reef fears: environment groups step up fight against gas projects
Lawsuit aims to stop US government funding Curtis Island developments which could ‘destroy this wonderful place’ American environmental groups have escalated a lawsuit against the US government which aims to prevent it funding two “deadly” gas facilities beside the Great Barrier Reef. The three groups have filed a challenge to the funding of a second…
Melting Sea Ice Means Uncertain Future for Walruses
Zack Strong, Wildlife Advocate, Bozeman, Montana Huge, tough, impervious to cold. Long, sharp tusks. Fierce enough to defend themselves against polar bears and killer whales. A diet of shellfish that many cultures consider delicacies. It’s hard to believe that walruses would have much to worry about, or that the world’s walrus populations could be in…
Fracking produces annual toxic waste water enough to flood Washington DC
Growing concerns over radiation risks as report finds widespread environmental damage on an unimaginable scale in the US Fracking in America generated 280bn US gallons of toxic waste water last year – enough to flood all of Washington DC beneath a 22ft deep toxic lagoon, a new report out on Thursday found. The report from…
One in five Americans Living in High Traffic Pollution Areas
Diane Bailey, Senior Scientist, San Francisco A new study came out showing that 19 percent of people in the U.S. live close to high traffic roadways and likely face elevated air pollution levels—and the public health problems that come with that–as a result. According to the study, 60 million people could face greater risk of…