Christine Folch

Category: Environment

  • Colorado & Brazil mine disasters kill two rivers in 2015.

    NASA Earth Observatory image shows toxic mud reaching Atlantic Ocean. Contaminated Rio Doce Water Flows into the Atlantic. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons. The Basics to understand 2 of the worst environmental disasters from this year. The short of it is that twin mining disasters have killed two rivers. The long-term punchline is…

  • Paris & Rest of World Get Much-Needed Good News: UN Climate Accord Passes

    “The Paris Accord passes,” said Laurent Fabius, triumphantly describing the successful outcome of COP21 Paris Climate Conference he oversaw as its president. As his green gavel struck the table, thousands of cheering delegates leapt to their feet. 195 countries and the EU approved the COP21 Climate Agreement on Saturday, December 12, 2015–a historic global accord…

  • Success! Got my Antarctica World Passport at COP21 Paris

    Success! Got my Antarctica World Passport at COP21 Paris

    (An example of how art helps us see our world more clearly.) And I just *happened* to have an extra passport sized photo The 1959 Antarctic Treaty, signed by more than 50 countries (including the U.S.), designates that continent for peace and scientific research–a borderless land outside the territorial ownership of any nation. But climate…