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Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? The Billionaires’ Bunker Fantasies Go Mainstream
Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? The Billionaires’ Bunker Fantasies Go Mainstream Mill, Halsey, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Having written about the media for several years now, I have become ever more sensitive to how we, as news consumers, are subject to ideology – the invisible, shifting sands of our belief system. […]
The World Won’t Buy Alberta’s Second-Rate Coal: Experts
The World Won’t Buy Alberta’s Second-Rate Coal: Experts What Kenney wants mined is such poor quality ‘it won’t make the cut’ for global markets, panel told. Alberta’s proposed coking coal projects are often compared to the Elk Valley mine in BC, but the amounts and quality aren’t at all the same, say two industry veterans. Photo […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXIX Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Today’s contemplation was prompted by an email my mum sent me. As she closes in on 80, I find that she’s becoming a bit more open-minded about things but remains somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to global warming/anthropogenic climate change. We periodically […]
California Utility Cutting Power to 51,000 Customers Amid Dangerous Wildfire Conditions
In this image from a U.S. Forest Service wildfire monitoring camera, plumes of smoke rise from the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County, Calif., on Aug. 17, 2021. (U.S. Forest Service/ALERTWildfire Network via AP) California Utility Cutting Power to 51,000 Customers Amid Dangerous Wildfire Conditions The nation’s largest utility announced on Tuesday evening that it […]
Counting the Days to Maturity: Calculating planting dates for fall vegetables
Counting the Days to Maturity: Calculating planting dates for fall vegetables While most of the US is still seeing sweltering hot temps, the cool temps of fall and winter aren’t really all that far away for those of us unlucky (or lucky) enough to not live in a tropical climate. The tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and […]
Grappling with growth
Grappling with growth Synergies and tensions between degrowth and people’s movements We live in an age of converging crises. Only days ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a damning report on the state of the environmental crisis. At the same time, while a few countries are recuperating from the pandemic, an on-going […]
Environmental Demonstrators vs Militarized Police
Environmental Demonstrators vs Militarized Police The movement against climate chaos is running up against intense repression funded by private corporations as well as the federal government, writes Shea Leibow. A huge column of smoke from the Bootleg Fire in Oregon could be seen for miles on July 8. (National Interagency Fire Center, Wikimedia Commons) This […]
Water Shortage Crisis, Hoover Dam is at Record-Low Water Level
Water Shortage Crisis, Hoover Dam is at Record-Low Water Level Lake Mead faces a water crisis. Lake Powell, also fed by the Colorado River, is even deeper into crisis level. MISH Severe Drought Could Threaten Power Supply in West for Years to Come The WSJ reports Severe Drought Could Threaten Power Supply in West for Years […]
The problem with climate change politics
The problem with climate change politics Climate change bears all the hallmarks of a state-sponsored crisis, useful to shift attention from other political failures. But the absence of financial accountability which characterises government actions also introduces behavioural errors. The absence of a profit motive in any state action exposes the relationship between governments and their […]
Buying our way out of pandemic malaise is hurting the planet, experts say
Buying our way out of pandemic malaise is hurting the planet, experts say Some say the emphasis should be on well-being rather than economic growth People line up to shop in Toronto. As COVID-19 cases eased in recent months, provinces have relaxed restrictions and encouraged people to spend again. But the emphasis on economic growth […]
More Cognitive Dissonance
More Cognitive Dissonance In my last post, I expressed my concerns regarding methane emissions along with the growing speed which our collective predicaments appear to be gaining. Then I explained precisely why we have thus far not made any real progress on these predicaments based upon our collective denial, which has a considerable amount to do with […]
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Energy Transition Tale
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Energy Transition Tale PDF White Paper https://aad34399-d41b-4ad9-8d9d-5a2916094de2.filesusr.com/ugd/d8f080_433f3a6554b34231b6c6af71c437d625.pdf
CON26
CON26 Up Stories Evia 2021The IPCC came out with another report today, which is a lead-in to another climate conference, this time in Glasgow in Oct-Nov 2021. All the headlines and reactions are exactly the same as they always are: There is no time to lose!, We have to act now!, but also: There is still hope! […]
Plunging Crop Supplies Send Prices Soaring And Reignite Food Inflation Fears, WASDE Reports
Plunging Crop Supplies Send Prices Soaring And Reignite Food Inflation Fears, WASDE Reports The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was released Thursday afternoon and pointed to declining grain supplies that sent grain futures prices higher and will keep food inflation in focus. The closely watched supply and demand report slashed estimates for corn […]
