[posted by Naomi Klein on The Intercept, August 28, 2017] Now is exactly the time to talk about climate change, and all the other systemic injustices — from racial profiling to economic austerity — that turn disasters like Harvey into human catastrophes. Turn on the coverage of the Hurricane Harvey and the Houston flooding and you’ll hear lots of talk about how unprecedented this kind of rainfall is. How no one saw it coming, so no...

[posted by Sandra Laville and Matthew Taylor on The Guardian, June 28, 2017] Exclusive: Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments. A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute and the number will jump another 20% by 2021, creating an environmental crisis some campaigners predict will be...

  [posted by Valerie Volcovici on Reuters, June 15, 2017] A federal judge ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider its environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Wednesday, opening up the possibility that the line could be shut at a later date. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington said the Army Corps did not adequately consider the effects of a possible oil spill on the fishing and hunting...

G7 ambiente: il DECOLOGO di 100 scienziati e 200 associazioni

G7 Ambiente: 100 scienziati e 200 associazioni lanciano a Bologna il “DECOLOGO per una società ecologica” 10 punti e 78 proposte concrete per un’Italia a zero emissioni e zero veleni È stato presentato oggi a Bologna il Decologo per una società ecologica, il manifesto di proposte redatto e promosso da un’ampia rete di rappresentanti della comunità scientifica e accademica e da circa 200 associazioni attive in tutto il paese sul fronte...

[posted on ClientEarth, April 28, 2017] EU countries have voted to secure tough new industrial pollution rules that could save thousands of lives each year. These standards have not been updated since 2006 and environment organisations have campaigned strongly to ensure success this time. After the UK lobbied to weaken the ‘LCP BREF’, as it’s known, environmental lawyers ClientEarth led a group of NGOs to write to Secretary of State...

[posted by Helen Thomson on New Scientist, May 8, 2017] Improving the worst environments in the US could prevent 39 in every 100,000 cancer deaths. That’s according to the first study to address the impact of cumulative exposure to environmental hazards on cancer incidence in the US, which found strong links between poor environmental quality and increased rates of cancer. The environment we live in can influence biological processes...