EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find
EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find Methane emissions for 2019 from 70 individual landfills that report methane emissions of 2.5 Gg a−1 or more to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) for 2019 and for which the TROPOMI inversion provides site-specific information. Credit: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2024). DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-5069-2024 The Environmental Protection Agency […]
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia A fisherman collecting dead fish caused by renovation works and the ongoing hot weather conditions from a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province on Apr 30, 2024. (Photo: AFP/STR) DONG NAI, Vietnam: Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern […]
WEF Panelist Says COVID Response Made People More Receptive to Central Bank Digital Currencies
WEF Panelist Says COVID Response Made People More Receptive to Central Bank Digital Currencies COVID-19 the path for a cashless future, according to Bahrain’s central bank chief at WEF. The World Economic Forum (WEF) “globalism caravan” was in Saudi Arabia late last month, when one of these “special meeting” panels heard about the usefulness of […]
The Enemy Is Among Us? Anti-genocide Groups Are Being Targeted by Media and Government
The Enemy Is Among Us? Anti-genocide Groups Are Being Targeted by Media and Government Well friends, the verdict is in! If you are opposed to Israel’s slaughter of something like 40,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, or the clearly enunciated plans by that nation’s government to ethnically cleanse the rest of historic Palestine, making the developing […]
A True Bipartisan Scandal
A True Bipartisan Scandal How out of control is our surveillance state? Read about a dubious investigation that swept up communications of some of the country’s most senior highest officials, and their families, in secret Last October, current and former congressional staffers from both parties began receiving curious notices. They came from Google, which obeyed […]
Coastal hurricanes around the world are intensifying faster, new study finds
Coastal hurricanes around the world are intensifying faster, new study finds With landfalling hurricanes comes strong winds and boosted precipitation, two factors that can exacerbate the impacts of storm surge and coastal flooding. In new work, PNNL scientists find that amplified warming in the upper troposphere and changes in heating patterns are driving hurricanes to […]
Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone as heavy rains persist
Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone as heavy rains persist 01:51 Video by:Olivia BIZOTFollow Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. …click on the above link to read the rest […]
The Homo Economicus Myth
The Homo Economicus Myth Among the larger albatrosses burdening the economics profession is the idea of Homo economicus. To this day, most economics undergraduates hear about it in the context of neoclassical economics. Homo economicus, we are told, is the ideal economic man who always seeks to maximize profits and minimize costs. He only acts “rationally,” and rationalism is […]
Daily “Once in a Century” Floods
Daily “Once in a Century” Floods Mother Nature’s revenge: Over the last month alone, all corners of the world were hit by major floods. While this is anecdotal, does it not feel like we’re witnessing a new natural disaster each day? Photo by Chris Gallagher / Unsplash Picture this: You come home to find one […]
More Evidence Screams “The Books Are Cooked!”
More Evidence Screams “The Books Are Cooked!” You just can’t make stuff like this up … except the government does … over and over! Photo by Ahmed Zayan on Unsplash On April 20th, I wrote about how CNBC had reported that something looked rather rigged about the government’s new jobless-claims data in this election year: What a Wonderful […]
Art of the Collapse, May 2024
Art of the Collapse, May 2024 Let’s play “match the satire to the atrocity” There are so many wars (and related civil unrest) these days, that it’s hard to keep track of which meme/satire/diatribe is aimed at which crisis. But April included April Fools’ Day, so at least we have a logical place to start: […]
The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption
The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption The energy transition is essential but complex and challenging. The pace of the transition and the balance between future and current energy security are key issues. Economic and logistical barriers, as well as geopolitical and environmental concerns, need to be addressed for a successful transition. The future […]
The Politics of Food | Chris Smaje
The Politics of Food | Chris Smaje Lab-grown food vs small farms What’s the future of food? Last year, two of my former podcast guests had a long and very public disagreement about the politics of food, locking horns over the utility of farming in a densely-populated world. Activist and writer George Monbiot has written […]
Exclusive: Every right-wing party in Europe needs to prepare for mass censorship, warns Flemish MEP Gerolf Annemans
Exclusive: Every right-wing party in Europe needs to prepare for mass censorship, warns Flemish MEP Gerolf Annemans In an exclusive interview with Remix News, Gerolf Annemans, the Vlaams Belang MEP and president of the European Identity and Democracy group, warns that even greater censorship of conservatives is just around the corner, and tells right-wing groups […]
Discovering Power’s Traps: a primer for electricity users
Discovering Power’s Traps: a primer for electricity users In magazines like Mother Jones and Sierra Club, environmentalists who aim to reduce harmful impacts to public health, wildlife habitats and climate systems propose “electrifying everything.” I don’t get it. Already, most of our food, shelter, communications and transportation systems depend on electricity. Replacing vehicles, stoves, heaters, water heaters and […]
