Month: March 2016

Agenda 21 at work. Continue reading Claim: Protecting 30 percent of the ocean has many benefits, study suggests

Then don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Britain. Continue reading Brexit a threat to Paris deal, says UK climate advisor

“Here’s a quick trip around the world, showing what’s changed since the Paris Agreement was finalized in mid-December.” Continue reading 100 days since the Paris climate deal: What has changed?

“In the European Union, the use of organic agricultural land has almost doubled in recent years.” Continue reading Organic farming in the EU

“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this month that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — an important climate-change measurement — had the greatest year-to-year increase in 56 years, and that the rise was partly because of the effect of El Niño-related weather on vegetation.” Continue reading El Niño Upsets Seasons and Upends Lives Worldwide

“The industry and the Department of Energy are also pinning their hopes on the development of less conventional reactor designs that are meant to be safer and cheaper to build and operate.” Continue reading Amid a Graying Fleet of Nuclear Plants, a Hunt for Solutions