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DAPL Leaves Climate Change & Polluted Water for Future Generations

2016-09-18 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Indian Country Today: The battle cries across the length of Dakota Access crude oil pipeline are Water is Life and For Future Generations. These cries have been clearest at Standing Rock where a vast Indigenous community is defending the drinking water of the Tribe and all the downstream people for present and future generations. After joining my allies who were opposing DAPL in Iowa, I went to Standing Rock in early August to serve as a lawyer on the ground. I went to be an advocate for the River itself and for...

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The Pope is urging Christians to save the polluted planet from 'debris, desolation, and filth'

2016-09-01 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Pope Francis called on Thursday for concerted action against environmental degradation and climate change, renewing his fierce attack on consumerism and financial greed, which, he said, were threatening the planet. A year after publishing the first ever papal document dedicated to the environment, the pope returned to the subject calling on Christians to make the defense of nature a core part of their faith. "God gave us a bountiful garden, but we have turned it into a polluted wasteland of...

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Can One Polluted Island Help A Drowning Country?

2016-07-14 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Anybody who has made a sandcastle knows that building walls to hold back the ocean is always a losing game. But on an island where the ocean creeps closer every year, it's a dangerous game people are being forced to play. Kiribati is a country of 33 such islands. With a population of over 100,000 at risk of losing their homes, livelihoods and culture, Kiribati has been thrust into the international spotlight for the impact of climate change and sea level rise. "Nothing is going to stop the ocean....

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Kids who breathe polluted air have higher rates of mental illness

2016-06-15 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: We know air pollution is linked to heart disease and puts people at risk for stroke. Now a new study reveals that even a small rise in air pollution is associated with a significant rise in mental illness in young people, as reported in The Guardian. Researchers in Sweden tracked more than 500,000 children under the age of 18 for the study. They matched air pollution concentrations with mental-illness medication dispensed for kids, ranging from sleeping pills to antipsychotics. Places with elevated...

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Goodbye to Night: 80% of Humanity Lives Under Light Polluted Skies

2016-06-11 20:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Discover: The beauty of the night sky is rapidly fading, and an update to the first global light pollution map, created 15 years ago, makes that painfully clear. The new atlas revealed that more than 80 percent of the world lives under light-polluted skies that rises to 99 percent of the population in the United States and Europe. One-third of humanity can no longer see the Milky Way. As the new map shows, the night sky is slowly retreating to the glow of artificial light. Losing the Night Over...

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