Blogging the End of the World™
JAKARTA, 18 February 2018 (Mongabay) – Police in Indonesia have arrested and charged four farmers with the killing of an orangutan found shot more than 100 times. Investigators in East Kalimantan province, in Indonesian Borneo, detained the four men on 15 February 2018 and charged them the following day. They have been identified as 36-year-old […]
Arlington, Virginia, 12 February 2018 (Conservation International) – A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that protected areas that are deforested are more likely to subsequently lose legal protections.The study examined 62 protected areas in Rondônia, Brazil, home to immense stretches of the Amazon, and found […]
15 February 2018 (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) – Nearly 50 years of conservation efforts have been unable to prevent orangutan numbers on Borneo from plummeting. The latest data published by a team from 38 international institutions, led by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, the German Centre […]
By Josh Gabbatiss 14 February 2018 (The Independent) – A ship has made a winter crossing of the Arctic without an icebreaker for the first time as global warming causes the region’s ice sheets to melt. The tanker, containing liquefied natural gas, is the first commercial vessel to make such a crossing alone during the […]
By Michael Biesecker 14 February 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has broken months of silence about his frequent premium-class flights at taxpayer expense, saying he needs to fly first class because of unpleasant interactions with other travelers.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke about his flight costs on Tuesday in a […]
By Mitch McCann 18 February 2018 (Newshub) – A week ago, Tongans were bracing themselves for what was to be the most destructive cyclone in the island’s history.But amid concerns around health and housing, officials now fear for the country’s agricultural sector, which took a massive hit during the storm.David Soaki has farmed his land […]
By Umair Hague 25 January 2018 (Eudaimonia & Co.) – You might say, having read some of my recent essays, “Umair! Don’t worry! Everything will be fine! It’s not that bad!” I would look at you politely, and then say gently, “To tell you the truth, I don’t think we’re taking collapse nearly seriously enough.” […]
By Katie Weeman and Patrick Lynch; Editing by Sara Blumberg 13 February 2018 (NASA) – Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.This acceleration, driven mainly by increased melting in Greenland and Antarctica, has […]
29 January 2018 (FashMaps) – This map is a collection of terrorist events committed by Nazis/White Supremacists/White Nationalists since 2001, in which their acts were motivated by their violent ideologies. It lists the events, number of people killed, and the narrative of the event.The Nazi/White Supremacist/White Nationalist ideology promotes violence against all people not seen […]
14 February 2018 (UN News) – “This is an urgent signal for action, and the report recommends the directions to follow,” Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN Women, said on the launch of the new report, Turning promises into action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters […]
