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Fukushima To Dump 1 Million Tons Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific
Fukushima To Dump 1 Million Tons Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is expected to release more than one million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the destroyed nuclear power plant into the ocean after the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the Asian Nikkei Review. More than one thousand […]
People power: everyday Australians are building their own renewables projects, and you can too
People power: everyday Australians are building their own renewables projects, and you can too In the town of Goulburn in southern New South Wales, an energy revolution is brewing. The community has come together to build its own 4,000-panel solar farm – everyday citizens are invited to buy shares in the venture and reap the rewards. Goulburn […]
New Harvard Study Finds “Elevated Radiation” Levels Near Fracking Sites
New Harvard Study Finds “Elevated Radiation” Levels Near Fracking Sites Fracking has been one of the keys to helping the U.S. achieve its energy independence and become the world’s largest oil and gas producer over the last ten years. But now, it looks like it may be coming with some unintended consequences, according to Reuters. Researchers […]
Analysis shows how the Greens have changed the language of economic debate in New Zealand
Analysis shows how the Greens have changed the language of economic debate in New Zealand When Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support to form a government. Hipkins was also suggesting […]
Fifth Of Countries Worldwide At-Risk Of “Environmental Shocks” Collapsing Ecosystem
Fifth Of Countries Worldwide At-Risk Of “Environmental Shocks” Collapsing Ecosystem A new report via insurance firm Swiss Re warns that one-fifth of countries worldwide are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of a decline in biodiversity. The reinsurer said more than half of global GDP, equal to about $41.7 trillion, is highly dependent on “high-functioning […]
Why People Harm the Environment Although They Try to Treat It Well: An Evolutionary-Cognitive Perspective on Climate Compensation
Why People Harm the Environment Although They Try to Treat It Well: An Evolutionary-Cognitive Perspective on Climate Compensation Anthropogenic climate changes stress the importance of understanding why people harm the environment despite their attempts to behave in climate friendly ways. This paper argues that one reason behind why people do this is that people apply […]
Do Weeds Matter for Biodiversity?
Do Weeds Matter for Biodiversity? Weeds. A very negative-sounding word for many. However, weeds might not exactly be what we used to think they are. Let me take you on a walk in the countryside, observing fields of barley as we pass them by. In the meanwhile, let’s explore who weeds really are. Let’s find […]
Who is “we”?
Who is “we”? Ed. note: Robert Jensen, “Who is we?” The Ecological Citizen, 4:1 (2020): 57-61. (The version below is slightly revised for a forthcoming book, The Perennial Turn, edited by Bill Vitek.) Who is “we”? We humans have made a mess of things, which is readily evident if we face the avalanche of studies and statistics describing the contemporary […]
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?”
Study warns US farmland is now 48 TIMES more TOXIC to insects: Are neonicotinoids to blame for the impending “insect apocalypse?” (Natural News) Researchers have determined that the nation’s farmland is now 48 times more toxic to insects than it was just 25 years ago, and much of this rise in toxicity is being blamed […]
B.C. gives Pacific BioEnergy green light to log rare inland rainforest for wood pellets
Conservation North director and ecologist Michelle Connolly sits in front of B.C.’s rare inland rainforest, which it set to be logged for pellets this winter. Photo: Sean O’Rourke NEWS B.C. gives Pacific BioEnergy green light to log rare inland rainforest for wood pellets Prince George plant will grind ancient cedar and hemlock into pellets to […]
Economy vs. environment: York Region seeking a process to develop Greenbelt lands
Economy vs. environment: York Region seeking a process to develop Greenbelt lands Newmarket mayor says public should be consulted after environmentalists sound alarm York Region councillors voted Thursday to ask the province to open up parts of the Greenbelt to developers — but a vocal few are saying the public should have been consulted first. […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VI It’s truly unfortunate that our society pursues such self-evidently egregious exploits on our environment. You can’t continue to pollute your backyard without eventually destroying the complex ecological systems that support you — to say little about the finiteness of most resources we overly depend upon. And, certainly, we can’t continue […]
A Strong Case for the Anthropocene: no other species has ever consumed so much of earth’s resources so quickly
A Strong Case for the Anthropocene: no other species has ever consumed so much of earth’s resources so quickly Figure 1. Produced energy and the pattern of human population growth from 1750. Utilization of these energy sources, together with the energy used by humans from net primary production, is now approaching the entire energy available […]
Leaked Document Reveals Exxon’s Plan To Increase Emissions As Energy Space Prepares For Decarbonization
Leaked Document Reveals Exxon’s Plan To Increase Emissions As Energy Space Prepares For Decarbonization As oil majors prioritize their own decarbonization goals, an internal document viewed by Bloomberg reveals Exxon Mobil Corp. is planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions output by as much as a small country like Greece. Exxon is one of the biggest corporate emitters of greenhouse gasses […]
Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions
Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions Preface. Below are excerpts from Cardoso, P., et al. 2020. Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions. Biological Conservation. *** Highlights: We are pushing many ecosystems beyond recovery, resulting in insect extinctions. Causes are habitat loss, pollution, invasives, climate change, and over exploitation. We lose biomass, diversity, unique histories, functions, […]
