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What Kenney Had to Kill to Embrace Coal
What Kenney Had to Kill to Embrace Coal Alberta’s 1976 Coal Policy protected vital drinking water supplies for much of the province. That’s gone now. Under the cover of a pandemic, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney quietly wiped away a near half-century of safeguards against open pit coal mining in most of the province’s Rocky Mountains […]
Lack of Wild Bees Causes Crop Shortage, Could Lead to Food Security Issues
Lack of Wild Bees Causes Crop Shortage, Could Lead to Food Security Issues Bees are responsible for pollinating key crops like apples, and their decline now threatens crop yields. Pikist Without bees, future generations may not be able to identify with adages like, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Crop yields for key […]
Towards a great forest transition – part 2
Towards a great forest transition – part 2 A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition. The ‘boycott palm oil’ approach has become a staple strategy in parts of the global environment movement, especially in the West. […]
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK? The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That’s the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter […]
What a milk carton can tell us
What a milk carton can tell us On the package of organic milk from Coop (Sweden) I can read the plastic cap is made out of oil. For some reason they can’t use biodegradeable plastic made from renewable sources. Instead they “support the production of the same quantity of renewable plastic somewhere else”. In addition […]
Chain Reaction
CHAIN REACTION Laurie King shares insights from the Shetland Islands. People across the UK have been growing more vegetables this year. Seed producers have reported a large increase in sales since the appearance of Covid-19. This is not only a consequence of people having more time to invest in their gardens and allotments, but also, […]
China’s Massive Three Gorges Dam On Edge Of Failure
China’s Massive Three Gorges Dam On Edge Of Failure The massive flooding taking place in China continues, for some reason, this story has been widely ignored by mainstream media. It is important because China’s massive Three Gorges Dam is in peril. If the dam fails there will be a staggering loss of lives and property. The Three […]
‘Catastrophic Flooding Expected’ – Hanna Hammers Virus-Infected South Texas
‘Catastrophic Flooding Expected’ – Hanna Hammers Virus-Infected South Texas Tropical storm conditions are expected for South Texas and northeastern Mexico on Sunday after Hurricane Hanna roared ashore on Saturday as a Category 1 storm. Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and came ashore on Saturday afternoon around Port Mansfield, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 90mph. The National […]
Guest post: Why low-end ‘climate sensitivity’ can now be ruled out
Guest post: Why low-end ‘climate sensitivity’ can now be ruled out After four years of labour and detailed discussions by an international team of scientists, we are able to quantify better than ever before how the world’s surface temperature responds to increasing CO2 levels. Our findings, published in Reviews of Geophysics, narrow the likely range in […]
Phosphate: All hopes rest on Morocco with 75% of remaining reserves
Phosphate: All hopes rest on Morocco with 75% of remaining reserves Source: The world’s longest conveyor belt system. This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space. atlasobscura.com. A winding system of interlinked belts, the extra-long conveyance system transports phosphate ore from a mining operation 61 miles to the sea. Preface. Phosphate […]
‘Overt Bastardization of the Truth’: Valve Turner Listed as ‘Extremist’ by U.S. Government Faces Upcoming Trial
‘Overt Bastardization of the Truth’: Valve Turner Listed as ‘Extremist’ by U.S. Government Faces Upcoming Trial The valve turners recently listed by Homeland Security as “extremists” believe their action of shutting down 15 percent of the daily U.S. oil supply on Oct. 11, 2016 was their only option of fighting the climate crisis. Valve turner Ken Ward of Climate Direct Action is […]
How Canada’s Oilsands City Is Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty
How Canada’s Oilsands City Is Supporting Indigenous Food Sovereignty A new Métis Cultural Centre in Fort McMurray aims to revive traditional practices in an urban setting. Genevieve Noel was in the room when Fort McMurray city councillors voted unanimously last month to provide almost eight acres for a Métis Cultural Centre. Noel, a Métis woman and designer, […]
“Busy In The Tropics” – Gonzalo To Become A Hurricane; Tropical Depression 8 Could Soak Texas
“Busy In The Tropics” – Gonzalo To Become A Hurricane; Tropical Depression 8 Could Soak Texas Update (July 23)(5:15ET)): The National Hurricane Center (NHC) tweeted early Thursday morning that Tropical Storm Gonzalo is expected to “strengthen again” and “become a hurricane later today.” NHC said Barbados had issued a hurricane watch. Gonzalo could strike the tiny island on […]
Protein for the Plant-Based Permaculturalist
Protein for the Plant-Based Permaculturalist A Parade of Pulses Whether plant-based eating (veganism) is the guiding force behind your diet, or you simply enjoy having plant-based dishes just because plants taste good, there is something to be gained from experimenting with plant foods. In particular, pulses are great for providing some substance and protein to […]
