China is fueling its phenomenal economic growth with huge quantities of coal. The environmental consequences reach far beyond its borders — China is second only to the United States in greenhouse gas emissions. Soaring electricity demand necessitates the construction of over 40 GW of new capacity per year.
Gunns is the biggest native-forest logging company in Australia and the biggest hardwood-chip company in the world. Gunns plans to build a massive native-forest fed, polluting pulp mill in northern Tasmania which will destroy iconic forests in the Great Western Tiers, North East Highlands, Ben Lomond, Blue Tier and the Eastern Tiers. Gunns has also [...]
Antarctica is not much more than a short paddle away. Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 414-square-kilometre chunk of ice in western Antarctica, on the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf. This disintegration started on February 28 and finally broke off on 29 March. A direct result of global warming. Because scientists noticed [...]
