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Pandemic ‘poses particular challenges’ for food processing plants: Freeland
Pandemic ‘poses particular challenges’ for food processing plants: Freeland Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau warns labour shortages could affect the food supply Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working on ways to support Canada’s food processing plants during the COVID-19 pandemic in response to concerns about labour shortages. “I am so grateful to all […]
Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse
Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties. The amount of global warming will depend on the magnitude of future emissions, which, in turn, depends on how society grows and develops. The rate of warming will also depend on how sensitive the climate is to […]
Cover-19 and the Death of Market Fundamentalism
COVID-19 AND THE DEATH OF MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM On top of the countless human tragedies, there will be many long-lasting social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps none will be more profound though, than the death of free market fundamentalism and the return of the State. Why now? After all, there have long been […]
The Coronavirus Is Even More Dangerous Than Previously Thought
The Coronavirus Is Even More Dangerous Than Previously Thought In addition to the lungs, it injures the heart, kidneys, nervous & circulatory systems, intestines and liver Man, the more we learn about the honey badger virus (covid-19), the more we realize what a beast it truly is. Yesterday’s video went into the damage the virus […]
Scientists Discover Alarming Coronavirus Mutation That Could Render Vaccine Useless
Scientists Discover Alarming Coronavirus Mutation That Could Render Vaccine Useless The prospect that SARS-CoV-2, the “novel” coronavirus responsible for causing the illness COVID-19, might be mutating and evolving as it spreads across the globe has been such a terrifying prospect for the scientific community, that medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci seem to avoid even […]
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures The world-wide Corona-Crisis shows the limits of market-oriented economies. A key task for us all, Simon Mair writes, is demanding that emerging social forms come from an ethic that values care, life, and democracy. The central political task in this time of crisis is […]
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation? SERIES: CORONAVIRUS Is the United States Prepared for COVID-19? ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. […]
Canadian Meat Industry Warns Of “Immediate And Drastic” Impact To Supply
Canadian Meat Industry Warns Of “Immediate And Drastic” Impact To Supply We have been covering the impact of coronavirus on meat processing facilities in the U.S. and now it looks as though Canada is feeling the shockwaves as well. The country’s supply chain could come under pressure as industry leaders in Canada have warned of “immediate and […]
Plague and Civilization
Plague and Civilization The plague is a disease that raises its devouring and catastrophic head every so many decades and centuries, especially when humans violently disturb the natural world. The 2020 plague is one of a variety of pandemic diseases that have afflicted humans for millennia, not necessarily with the same intensity or virulence. The […]
Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse
Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse A new study in Nature (April 2020) casts a disturbing light on the prospects of abrupt ecosystem collapse. The report analyzes the probabilities of collapsing ecosystems en masse, and not simply the loss of individual species. (Source: Trisos, C.H. et al, The Projected Timing of Abrupt Ecological Disruption From Climate Change, Nature, April 8, 2020) […]
Fox News Reports Coronavirus Originated In Wuhan Lab
Fox News Reports Coronavirus Originated In Wuhan Lab Fox News reports that COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology and that “patient zero” was a lab employee who became infected before spreading it in the community – just as we have reported repeatedly over the past three months, in exchange for which Twitter’s “appropriate content” arbiters deplatformed us without reason […]
When viruses shatter limits
When viruses shatter limits Viruses are invisibly small, cause monumental pandemics, and force us to rethink our taxonomies All that is left to us, therefore, is to understand what the disaster is producing within us, to pay attention to the explosion of affects it reveals. Therein lie the complexity of the situation and its rare […]
Impact of Corona Virus similar to some earlier peak oil scenarios
Impact of Corona Virus similar to some earlier peak oil scenarios Empty roads, grounded aircraft, falling tourist and international student numbers, plunging car sales, empty super market shelves, disrupted supply chains… China Car Sales Slump 92% in First Half of February on Virus 21 Feb 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/china-car-sales-tumble-92-in-first-half-of-february-on-virus That all sounds like peak oil has hit […]
Fossil-fueled industrial heat hard to impossible to replace with renewables
Fossil-fueled industrial heat hard to impossible to replace with renewables Preface. Cement, steel, glass, bricks, ceramics, chemicals, and much more depend on fossil-fueled high heat (up to 3200 F) to make. Except for the electric-arc furnace to recycle existing steel, there aren’t any renewable ways to make cement, other metals, and other high-heat products, and […]
