By Fabíola Ortiz
The Gramacho dump, just before it was closed down.
Credit:Fabíola Ortiz/IPS
The Gramacho dump, just before it was closed down.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 4, 2012 (IPS) – As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which will discuss the green economy, the Brazilian city has put an end to one of its worst environmental sins: the enormous Jardim Gramacho garbage dump on Guanabara Bay. Continue reading
Natalie Pompilio
Big Oil is a big risk for national security. Can our military—the world’s No. 1 oil guzzler—change the politics of climate change? Air Force cargo planes drop barrels of fuel to remote bases in Afghanistan to avoid dangerous land-based fuel convoys. This makes each barrel cost up to $400, and is a major reason the Pentagon is working to cut down the military’s reliance on fossil fuels. Continue reading
By: John Newton
The challenges of climate change have profoundly affected the Church’s outreach in a region of Africa increasingly afflicted by drought and famine. In the Turkana district of north-west Kenya, where more than two-thirds of the population are nomads dependant on grazing animals, changing rain patterns over the last decade have led to very serious droughts – and triggered a major famine in 2011. The average annual rainfall can be less than 150mm (6”) in central parts of the district. Continue reading
