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August 16, 2013
By Georg Kell
The Guardian

China is the largest contributor to global warming and also the biggest investor in renewables. The future it chooses will affect us all, writes Georg Kell

The call by the Chinese government for an “ecological civilisation” which aims to control pollution and greenhouse gas emissions may sound like...

In the rolling green hills of Kentucky, the Sisters of Loretto are leading a grassroots movement against the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline.

By James West
Mother Jones
August 15, 2013

August 14, 2013
By GeorgeH
LDS Earth Stewardship

August 12, 2013
By Chris Oestereich
Blog

August 8, 2013

By Liz Marshall, Five Smooth Stones Project

Genesis Farm

 

Nez Perce leader: ‘We need to be able to meet our ancestors in the spirit world and hold our heads up strong and answer them when they ask if we did all we could do to protect the people and the land.’

By Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
August 7, 2013

Calling tar sands development a project of “total destruction,” members of the Nez Perce tribe placed their bodies before...

July 26, 2013
United Nations UNEARTH News