Australian rivers ‘face disaster’  By Nick Bryant  BBC News, Sydney  Australia is facing is worst drought in a century Parts of Australia’s vital Murray-Darling river basin will be beyond the point of recovery unless they receive water by October. That is the verdict of an expert panel whose leaked report… Continue reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2008  2:48 PM CONTACT: American Rivers Michael Garrity, 206-852-5583 (cell)   New Salmon Plan Fails to Address Effects of Dams, Global Warming American Rivers Urges Judge Redden to Give New Administration a Chance to Get it Right   WASHINGTON, DC – June 17 – Today… Continue reading

Conflicts Fuelled by Climate Change Causing New Refugee Crisis, Warns UN http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/17/9699/ ————————————————————————————- Continue reading

Published on Monday, June 16, 2008 by The Los Angeles Times Human Cost of Brazil’s Biofuels Boom by Patrick J. McDonnell BOCAINA, BRAZIL – For as far as the eye can see, stalks of sugar cane march across the hillsides here like giant praying mantises. This is ground zero for… Continue reading