Category Archives: Consumption and Overpopulation

Barents Observer: Energy Consumption On Record Low Level In Sweden Due To Warm Weather

Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden  Photo: Thomas Nilsen vid Kiruna Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014. http://barentsobserver.com/en January 02, 2015  

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Top Environmental Story Of The Year: China And The US Agree To Tackle Climate Change

  Also see our Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014 1. China and the U.S. Pledge Joint Action on Global Warming: In what was widely seen as a possible breakthrough in the battle to coordinate some kind of response to … Continue reading

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Chinese Man Jailed For 13 Years For Eating Tigers/ Planet Ark

  Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers Date: 31-Dec-14 Country: China Author: Ben Blanchard A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, … Continue reading

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The Guardian’s Wildlife Of The Week

The newly described frog L. Larvaepartus – male (left) and female – from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. This little amphibian is the world’s only frog that gives birth to tadpoles, eschewing the common froggy practice of laying eggs … Continue reading

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BBC : Tiger And Wildcat Import From Myanmar To China Growing

Tiger and wild cat trade from Myanmar to China growing By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service Tiger numbers are down to 5% of what they were a century ago Continue reading the main story Related Stories China … Continue reading

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We Don’t Want War!

Photo: Ann Novek

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Same Old Molotov–Ribbendorf Pact Again:(((( Lufthansa Calls Estonians As Russians:(((((

 Photo: Postimees http://tarbija24.postimees.ee/3050549/piltuudis-lufthansa-peab-eesti-elanikke-venelasteks    

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Svenska Dagbladet: Prisras Slår Hårt Mot Tunga Oljeländer Men Norge Klarar Sig Bra

Prisras slår hårt mot tunga oljeländerna ListaPanikturné. Valutafall. Fortsätter pumpa. Norge Oljeraset oroar inte trots våg av varsel http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/branscher/energi-och-ravaror/7-oljeekonomier-som-paverkas-av-raset_4237517.svd?sidan=1

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Barents Observer: Inflation Hits Russian Pockets

Society Inflation punches on Russian wallets Consumer price growth in northern Russian regions reaches its highest level since 2008. January 08, 2015 http://barentsobserver.com/en/society/2015/01/inflation-punches-russian-wallets-08-01 Photo: Atle Staalsen

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Barents Observer: Alarm Over Kara Sea Permafrost Thawing

Alarm over Kara Sea permafrost thawing Remember the big sinkhole on Yamal Peninsula discovered last summer? Scientists have no discovered leaking methane gas from the shelf west of Yamal. That is where Gazprom will drill. Photo: Barents Observer     http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2015/01/alarm-over-kara-sea-permafrost-thawing-09-01

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