Amazon deforestation in Brazil up 199 percent in August 2018

By Stefania Costa 24 September 2018(Imazon) – In August 2018, SAD detected 545 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an increase of 199% in relation to August 2017, when deforestation totaled 182 square kilometers. In August 2018, deforestation occurred in Pará (37%), Mato Grosso (20%), Amazonas (19%), Rondônia (16%), Acre (7%), Roraima (1%) […]

Chilling images of illegal mining operations in Peru – Using planes and drones, Peruvian Air Force captures photos and videos of rainforest destruction from illegal mining and logging

By Yvette Sierra Praeli 24 September 2018 (Mongabay) – Illegal mining is destroying the Amazon. Most people know this, but it is chilling to see the destruction in aerial images that show details of the mining camps, trucks and backhoes operating 24 hours a day. The images also show dredges extracting material from riverbeds, as […]

New landslide kills 21, buries houses in Philippines – “The ground in the area is still vibrating”

By Bullit Marquez and Joeal Calupitan 20 September 2018NAGA, Philippines (AP) – A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least 15 people and sending rescuers scrambling to find survivors after some sent text messages pleading for help. The slide surged down on about 30 houses in two […]

German police halt forest eviction after journalist falls to his death

BERLIN, 19 September 2018 (AP) – Authorities in western Germany say they’re suspending the eviction of protesters from a threatened forest after a journalist fell to his death. Police said Wednesday the young man plunged at least 15 meters (50 feet) from a rope bridge strung between two treehouses in Hambach forest in what appeared […]

German power company to raze Hambach forest for coal mine – Police forcibly remove tree homes of protesters – “The destruction of the Hambach forest is intolerable”

By Martin Meissner and David Rising  13 September 2018 KERPEN, Germany (AP) – German police forcibly removed protesters from tree houses Thursday as they sought to free the way for parts of an ancient forest to be cleared next month for new coal strip mining. Police were hoisted on platforms by cranes to the up-to […]

Why growth can’t be green: New data proves you can support capitalism or the environment, but it’s hard to do both

By Jason Hickel 12 September 2018 (Foreign Policy) – Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories on soil depletion, deforestation, and the collapse of fish stocks and insect populations. These crises are being driven by global […]

Did environmental degradation worsen Kerala’s flood tragedy?

By Anjana Pasricha 24 August 2018 NEW DELHI (VOA News) – As India’s southern Kerala state looks at the task of rebuilding in the aftermath of devastating floods that swept away homes, inundated farmland and destroyed infrastructure, environmentalists have raised the question: Could the damage have been reduced if more attention had been paid to […]

Australia drought: New South Wales town “mobbed’” by thirsty emus

19 August 2018 (BBC News) – Large numbers of emus have been flocking to an outback mining town in New South Wales as Australia continues to struggle with extreme drought. The flightless birds are desperately searching for food and water in Broken Hill, local animal rescue services say. “They’re actually walking down our main street. […]

Trump’s EPA is now allowing asbestos back into U.S. manufacturing

By Sydney Franklin 6 August 2018 (The Architect’s Newspaper) – Fast Company recently reported on the potential comeback of one of the most infamous building materials of recent memory. Asbestos is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a serious of loopholes by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Fast Company reported, on June […]

95 percent of all lemur species face high risk of extinction, experts say – “This is, without a doubt, the highest percentage of threat for any large group of mammals and for any large group of vertebrates”

2 August 2018 (Mongabay) – Together with other leading primate conservationists, Russell Mittermeier, Chief Conservation Officer for the NGO Global Wildlife Conservation and recently announced winner of the 2018 Indianapolis Prize, is sounding the alarm about the plight of lemurs.Mittermeier, who also serves as chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Primate Specialist Group, […]

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