The drama has captivated the country, making politicians cry and drawing shamans from distant parts. Experts brought in first to help save the whale, and then to ease the animal's demise, have faced death threats.
Nigeria has become a major destination for the developed world's discarded electronics, items often near the end of life, sometimes completely dead, and frequently toxic because they contain hazardous materials.
A friend remarked to me over the weekend about the apocalyptic scenes of fire raging in Tehran. The strike on an oil depot has sent plumes of smoke across Iran's capital. An environmental catastrophe is unfolding, with reports of rain turning black and increasing respiratory problems.
At the turn of the 20th century, a young Sicilian woman who will soon marry a "rich American" presents two postcards, supposedly from the United States, to a village elder. The first depicts a man holding a wheelbarrow that contains a massive onion, so large that it dwarfs both the wheelbarrow and the man. The second postcard displays a tree that is bursting with coins, as if money is sprouting from the branches.
"The Earth's cry for rescue from the punishing weight of the industrial system we have created is our own cry for a scale and quality of life that will free each of us to become the complete person that we were meant to be."
"We're looking at something that's completely changing the face of our planet and the ability of our oceans to sustain lives and livelihoods," said Mark Eakin, executive secretary for the International Coral Reef Society.
EPA is going to be on the border with Mexico. There, for decades, has been raw sewage that's been traveling across the border, and Americans are very concerned with regards to beach closures...
"It's really hard. It's emotionally taxing," said Dave Bader, a marine biologist at the Marine Mammal Care Center, a wildlife hospital in Los Angeles that has responded to more than 190 animals in distress between Feb. 20 and March 28.
