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Our conversation with a coronavirus
Our conversation with a coronavirus We have all been flummoxed by the way in which the coronavirus called COVID-19 has behaved as if it has agency in the world. We say it “moves,” “adapts,” “evades,” and “tricks us.” We attribute an intelligence to it. We marvel at its ability to manifest itself in so many ways. […]
How We Got Here: the Global Economy’s 75-Year Stumble to the Precipice
How We Got Here: the Global Economy’s 75-Year Stumble to the Precipice Not only will there not be a recovery, but there can’t be a recovery, as those brittle extremes have been lost for good. How did the global economy end up teetering on a precarious financial precipice? To formulate a cogent answer, let’s take a […]
Heat Wave To Bake Significant Parts Of US Through Mid-July
Heat Wave To Bake Significant Parts Of US Through Mid-July Extreme temperatures, mostly in the mid/the high 90s, are expected for the first half of July for much of the U.S., reported The Weather Channel. These hotter-than-usual temperatures have already begun this week and will bake a significant part of the country this holiday weekend, with elevated temperatures forecasted through the […]
Russia Denies Causing Latest Radioactivity Over Europe; UN Agency Says Origin “Still Unclear”
Russia Denies Causing Latest Radioactivity Over Europe; UN Agency Says Origin “Still Unclear” Last Friday monitors with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) issued an alarming report that its radiation sensors based in Scandinavia picked up abnormal radioactivity levels in the air over the Baltics and Scandanavia. Its ultra-sensitive networked sensors set up across Europe and the world are capable of picking up nuclear weapons […]
The epidemic in the US: a comment by the virologist Guido Silvestri
The epidemic in the US: a comment by the virologist Guido Silvestri Many have noted the spike in the number of coronavirus cases observed in the United States. The fear is, obviously, that this increase will result in a corresponding spike in the number of deaths after some delay. The virologist Guido Silvestri wrote a comment in […]
The 100-Mile Diet, 15 Years Later
The 100-Mile Diet, 15 Years Later Authors Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon on asparagus season, a more just local food system, and pandemic gardens of hope. First in a week-long series. Fifteen years ago, The Tyee launched a series called The 100-Mile Diet written — and lived — by Alisa Smith and James (J.B.) MacKinnon. The idea […]
Arctic Heat Overwhelms Green Infighting Issues
Arctic Heat Overwhelms Green Infighting Issues Image Source: Hunter Allen and Richard Rivera – Public Domain Arctic temperatures are soaring to new records… and staying there, ever since May of this year. Truth be known, the Arctic’s been heating up for years. Siberia recently hit 105°F. That’s not normal. It’s 30°F hotter than normal. Farther […]
DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns
DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns Washington, D.C. is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies — BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell — for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies’ role in leading solutions to the climate crisis. […]
Europe On Alert After Unknown Radioactivity Spike Detected Over Baltic Sea
Europe On Alert After Unknown Radioactivity Spike Detected Over Baltic Sea Almost a year ago Russia admitted to releasing significant amounts of radiation into the air that triggered warning alerts in the region of the far north Arctic Circle port cities of Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk, after a failed weapons test involving a “small-scale nuclear reactor” that killed Russian […]
COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here?
COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here? The COVID-19 story keeps developing. At first, everyone listened to epidemiologists telling us that a great deal of social distancing, and even the closing down of economies, would be helpful. After trying these things, we ended up with a huge number of people out of work […]
3,500 Mile-Long “Godzilla Dust Cloud” Will Hit US Southeast Within Hours
3,500 Mile-Long “Godzilla Dust Cloud” Will Hit US Southeast Within Hours A giant dust cloud which has traveled 5,000 miles from North Africa is touching down on the US Southeast this weekend, and will cause a brown haze and raising respiratory health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters. The North African dust storm is […]
Integrated Pest Management – Part 1
Integrated Pest Management – Part 1 What is it and how can we do it as part of a balanced system? In these times of global uncertainty and transition, where the globalised food system has become halted or reduced1, there is a wonderful opportunity to begin practicing food sovereignty on a personal basis2. This seems […]
D614G: A New, More Serious Covid-19 Mutation To Worry AboutW
D614G: A New, More Serious Covid-19 Mutation To Worry About We’re not done with the honey badger virus by a long shot. Continuing its Keystone Cops manner of dealing with covid-19, the US appears to be caught flat-footed by the resurgence of infections happening across many southern and western states right now. Yes, people are […]
How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly
How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discuss panel orientation and spacing for a project on simultaneously growing crops under PV Arrays while producing electricity from the panels in South Dearfield, Massachusetts. The project is part of the DOE InSPIRE project seeking to improve the environmental compatibility […]
