Toxic waits: Aurora's EPA Superfund site could put a giant development at risk — and public health

The EPA recently said it needs more testing to ensure that shallow and deep, underground water sources are safe. The site sits above two important sources of drinking water, the Dawson and Denver aquifers.

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From South Korea to Malaysia, the ‘smart cities’ hailed as answer to world’s urban ills turn to ghost towns

Across the globe, urban developments conceived by corporations have been pitched as technological and eco-friendly utopias, but many are prohibitively expensive and catalysts for land dispossession and social inequality.

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Desertification: Interview with UNCCD lead scientist Barron Orr

Barron Orr talks about UNCCD's efforts to tackle land loss and degradation and what he hopes will be achieved at the CoP this year in Delhi.

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Ag’s climate challenge: Grow 50% more food without more land or emissions

It means less beef, less food waste and reforestation on a grand scale, among other key steps, say authors of a new United Nations and WRI report.

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'Climate despair' is making people give up on life

"It's super painful to be a human being right now at this point in history."

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This 22-part plan is how can we feed the world by 2050

We need to slash emissions from agriculture while at the same time feeding billions more people.

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Jeff Sparrow: Australia's Orwellian anti-refugee system hints at what's to come for climate refugees

They might be the victims but, as international law now stands, climate refugees are not entitled to anything.

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Nutrient runoff starves corals in the Florida Keys

Rising ocean temperatures, a consequence of climate change, are known for bleaching and killing corals. But a study, published today in Marine Biology, reveals another overlooked culprit: excess nitrogen.

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Jill Whitmore: A zealot responds to climate change alarm

'We all need to open our minds to the fact that things must change.'

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World hunger rises with climate shocks, conflict and economic slumps

An annual UN report shows an estimated 2 billion people now face moderate or severe food insecurity as the planet warms.

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Leaking pipes and a grand plan: Ireland’s simmering water crisis

Ireland's water delivery system faces a period where the combination of population growth concentrated along the east coast and climate disruption will present immense challenges.

www.irishtimes.com

Climate change will cause massive movement of wildlife, study says

A new study describes the future mass redistribution of plants and animals on Earth due to climate change.

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Burning Man: Federal clampdown could imperil festival's free spirit

It's the latest battle in a years-long tug of war between the Bureau of Land Management and the Burning Man organization over the annual gathering's population growth at Nevada's Black Rock desert.

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World Population Day: How smaller families will reduce our carbon footprint, says Population Matters' Alistair Currie

“We can't eradicate poverty and avert our environmental crisis unless we address population." That is the message Population Matters' Alistair Currie wants to deliver.

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How India is trying to kick its coal addiction

With India's demand for energy set to double over the next decade because of a rapidly growing economy and population, shedding its coal dependency is a monumental challenge.

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Overpopulation: Racist 'dog whistle' or fuel for climate crisis?

While a growing population requires more electricity and energy - which produce more greenhouse gases, heating up the climate - many activists are wrestling with the question of what demographic expansion means for their movement.

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Fires, refugees, traffic, gentrification ... so why isn't anyone talking about population?

Even though population trends lie at the very heart of our national politics, the topic is oddly absent from our contemporary conversations.

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Monoculture farming is not good for bees: Study

As agriculture has expanded over the last few decades, global dependence on pollinator insects has increased. But crop diversity hasn't increased nearly as much – and this disparity spells trouble for many regions, especially parts of South America and Asia, according to a new study.

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Disease, flood, war: Climate change refugee crises happening now

24/7 Wall St. reviewed five ongoing global refugee crises today related to climate change.

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World Population Day: Fastest-growing countries; Guinea, Chad, Mali

World Population Day, July 11, is just around the corner. It was established in 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program to turn our focus to population issues.

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A crack in the Great Lakes Compact? Approved water diversion prompts pushback

The Great Lakes hold quadrillions of gallons of water. Is allowing one more company to take water from them such a big deal?

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WATCH: A short film about overpopulation

From filmmaker Jacco Kliesch, Mindless Crowd is a reflection on humanity's relationship with its landscape and the natural world.

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The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim

Seaside cliffs are crumbling in Pacifica, bringing down entire buildings.

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If people can't get through, neither can the river

The San Pedro River is the only current gap in 45 miles of existing border fence here in southern Arizona, funneling human immigrants and migratory animals across the border when it's dry and crucial water for the arid landscape when it's rainy.

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Butterfly numbers fell by one third in the US over last two decades

Butterfly numbers have dropped by one third in the last two decades in the US, echoing declines seen in Europe. These figures raise alarm bells for the health of other insect populations, because butterflies face similar environmental changes and are used as a proxy for studying insects in general.

www.newscientist.com

The surprising ways big cities are good for the environment

How urban living can cap population growth and help conserve natural resources.

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Abu Dhabi population spike linked to rise in greenhouse gas emissions

Rapid increases in population and economic growth have been contributed to causing a rise in greenhouse gas emissions in Abu Dhabi.

www.thenational.ae

Let rivers flood: Communities adopt new strategies for resilience

New kinds of flood plans put nature back in charge, help populations adapt to a changing climate, reduce risk - and more.

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Northern communities face one of biggest climate change risks, study says

A new report from the Canadian Council of Academies says Canada's northern communities face one of the biggest risks when it comes to climate change.

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'The next era of human progress': What lies behind the global new cities epidemic?

The urge to build cities from scratch is not new – but this time they are being conceived by private multinational corporations as gilt-edged tax-exempt gated communities

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Robin McKie: Global population of eight billion and growing: we can’t go on like this

World Population Day will mark a global crisis – one that is best tackled by more access to birth control, particularly in Africa.

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Flooding, climate change stir Bangkok to address poverty along canals

Big cities like Bangkok are moving whole slums to mitigate effects of flooding and climate change – after gaining trust of residents.

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Human population density main driver of nature loss in Africa

A new study reveals that rapid human population growth is the biggest driver of environmental degradation in African countries.

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The world economy is a pyramid scheme, Steven Chu says

The world economy is based on ever-increasing population growth, said Nobel laureate Steven Chu, a scheme that economists don't talk about and that governments won't face, a scheme that makes sustainability impossible and that is likely to eventually fail.