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• US rejects controversial Keystone XL pipeline
  19 Jan 2012 in Energy

  The US state department has denied a permit for the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline, that once constructed would transport dirty and climate killing tar sands from Canada to the US and other world markets. One of the world’s most …

• Amazon loggers captured a young tribe girl and burned her alive
  12 Jan 2012 in Biodiversity

  Loggers in Brazil have reportedly burned a young tribe girl alive in an effort to scare the local indigenous population from its land. The girl, who the Telegraph report was around the age of eight, came from one of Amazon’s …

• Canada will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol
  13 Dec 2011 in Global Warming

  Just hours after returning from COP17 in South Africa, Peter Kent, Canada’s environment minister, announced that the country would use their legal right and become the first country to quit the Kyoto Protocol. Kent claimed that the Kyoto protocol “will …

• The Durban climate deal saves the talks, but not the climate
  12 Dec 2011 in Global Warming

  The hopes that COP17 would result in a new and strong climate deal were, to be frank, extremely low if not nonexistent. With only three days left of negotiations, UN chief Ban Ki-moon even warned that an agreement would probably …

• Greenpeace activists penetrates French nuclear plant, everyone relieved they weren’t terrorists
  07 Dec 2011 in Energy

  The other day nine activists from Greenpeace managed to breach the security, infiltrate and hang a banner on one of the reactor buildings at a French nuclear site. According to media reports the police took “several hours” to respond to …

• Denmark to end their reliance on fossil fuels, aims for 100 percent renewable energy in 2050
  05 Dec 2011 in Energy

  The new red and green government in Denmark wants to end the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. In a proposal presented to the parliament last week the Danish government laid out their new and bold energy plan. By 2050 Denmark …

• IEA warns world headed for irreversible climate change in five years, greenhouse emissions soaring
  11 Nov 2011 in Global Warming

  This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released their yearly World Energy Outlook report. The energy report contained a very urgent call for action on climate. The IEA report warned that if our energy infrastructure is not rapidly changed the …

• French energy giant EDF fined for spying on Greenpeace
  10 Nov 2011 in Business & Politics

  Today a French court fined the largely state-owned energy giant EDF for €1,5 million for spying on Greenpeace campaigners. The French court found that EDF, which is hoping to build four nuclear reactors in the UK, had hired the security …

• Occupy Earth: Nature is the 99%, too
  10 Nov 2011 in Featured Quote&Green Quote

  “Tearing apart wildlife habitat to make a profit and doing the same at a workplace are just considered the price of doing business. Clearcutting a forest and clearcutting a labor force are two sides of the same coin.”

• Jon Huntsman slams Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann on climate change and gas prices
  23 Aug 2011 in Business & Politics

  A few days ago I wrote about Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, the three front-runners in the Republican primary, and just where they stand politically when it comes to our climate and environment. As one can imagine their …