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Hookworm Infections and Sanitation Failures Plague Rural Alabama
New civil rights movement emerges around septic system pollution By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue A measure of desperation and disease, parasitic infections caused by hookworms are seen by medical specialists as a powerful betrayal of civic progress. More than 700 million people worldwide, many of them children, are infected by a microscopic worm that […]
Shenzhen’s New Path to Sustainability Is Crowded With Obstacles
A new and huge city focuses on getting cleaner. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue An apt message for a new office park in Shenzhen. In 2014, provincial and national economists valued Guangdong Province’s annual economy at $US 1.1 trillion, which is more than Indonesia’s gross domestic product, and accounts for 10.4 percent […]
Analysis: India Seen As Vital Player at Paris Climate Conference
Opportunity to shift from coal to cleaner energy is real and needed.
The Stream, November 30: Paris Climate Talks Begin
The Global Rundown International climate negotiations that could lead to a binding global emissions deal kicked off today in Paris. Major countries pledged billions to fund research into renewable energy, much of which is being stored with pumped storage hydroelectricity. Governments in Brazil announced a lawsuit against the owners of the Samarco iron mine, which […]
Septic System Pollution Contributes to Disease Outbreaks
More research and funding is needed to help understand the severity By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Drip by drip, septic systems, both faulty units and those that pass inspection, are nurturing an undesirable gang of bacteria, parasites, viruses, nutrients, and other contaminants in groundwater, streams, and soil in the United States. Septic pollution represents […]
The Stream, November 25: $16 Billion Plan For Africa Climate Adaptation Proposed
The Global Rundown The World Bank announced a $US 16 billion plan to invest in climate adaptation projects in Africa, and a new report warned that current carbon reduction pledges are too weak and will be costly for developing countries. South Africa’s economy nearly went into recession this year as major industries declined and drought […]
The Stream, November 24: Weather Disasters Increased 14 Percent In Last Decade
The Global Rundown The number of natural disasters occurring each year has increased, according to a new report from the United Nations. Floods could put thousands at risk in Ethiopia, while China is pursuing a project to guard its cities against flooding. Newly installed sensors aim to protect Paris’ water supply from a terrorist attack. […]
China’s Early Pivot Away From Carbon
World’s largest coal consumer’s big challenge to lower climate-changing emissions. Photo by Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Though economic expansion is slowing in China, the country is still growing over $US 700 billion annually, almost twice the growth increase in the United States. Demand for energy to build and operate mammoth residential housing projects […]
U.S. Not Prepared for Tar Sands Oil Spills, National Study Finds
Report urges new regulations, research, and technology to respond to spills of diluted bitumen. Photo courtesy Sam LaSusa Oil gathers in a sheen near the banks of the Kalamazoo River more than a week after a spill of crude oil, including tar sands oil, from Enbridge Inc.’s Line 6B pipeline in 2010. It was the […]
Ecosystems Are Dying as Long Island Contends With a Nitrogen Bomb
Septic systems and nitrogen pollution are killing the island’s marine heritage By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Thousands of dead bunker fish and hundreds of diamondback turtles washed ashore last May in Peconic Bay on the east end of Long Island, New York. Fed by warming waters and a stream of nitrogen, a foul bloom of […]
The Stream, November 4: Antarctic Ice Sheet Precarious If Melting Continues
The Global Rundown Current rates of melting in Antarctica could trigger a process that would eventually collapse the West Antarctic ice sheet, a new study found. Countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are struggling to spend climate finance money on adaptation projects, and nearly 40 percent of Americans are not very worried […]