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10 Critical Water Scarcity Facts We Must Not Ignore
10 Critical Water Scarcity Facts We Must Not Ignore Why is water scarcity a legitimate concern? It is true that the hydrologic cycle, the process in which the earth circulates water throughout its ecosystems, is a closed-loop cycle that neither adds nor takes away water. In theory, the amount of water on earth will always […]
Why A Flu Outbreak In China Can Spook Global Markets
Why A Flu Outbreak In China Can Spook Global Markets When people talk about empires of the past, they generally mean Rome and Britain. But the biggest and in some ways most interesting empire was built and run by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. At it’s peak it stretched from China to […]
China Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads; Hundreds Infected As Human-To-Human Transmission Confirmed
China Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads; Hundreds Infected As Human-To-Human Transmission Confirmed Health officials in Wuhan, China reported 139 new cases of a new mystery virus over the weekend, now rapidly spreading to other provinces and surrounding countries, reported CNN. As of Monday morning, three people have died from the pneumonia-like illness, and globally there have been more than […]
Mystery Chinese Virus Has Likely Infected Over 1,700 As It Sweeps Across China And Japan
Mystery Chinese Virus Has Likely Infected Over 1,700 As It Sweeps Across China And Japan While there have been more than 60 confirmed cases of a new mystery virus emerging from Wuhan, China, UK experts estimate that closer to 1,700 have been sickened with the SARS-like pneumonia, according to the BBC. “I am substantially more concerned […]
Europe Leads The World In Environmental Protection
Europe Leads The World In Environmental Protection Earlier this week, the European Union unveiled their European Investment Plan aimed at shifting 1 trillion euros into making the economy more environmentally friendly over the next 10 years. Statista’s Willem Rpoer reports that the investment plan is in line with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s Green Deal, which looks to make the […]
Merkel Inks Deal For Stalled German Coal Exit
Merkel Inks Deal For Stalled German Coal Exit In a move that’s sure to restore a smidgen of Greta Thunberg’s childhood, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally hammered out a deal for Germany’s stalled exit from coal-fired power generation, after state leaders agreed to shut down the industry by 2038. We would note that this […]
Permafrost will limit natural gas, oil, and coal extraction
Permafrost will limit natural gas, oil, and coal extraction Preface. For many people, it’s comforting to know that about 25% of remaining oil and gas reserves (we have the know-how and economics to get it) and resources (beyond our technical and monetary capability) are in the arctic. They assume we’ll get this oil and gas […]
THE RENEWABLE GREEN ENERGY MYTH: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill
THE RENEWABLE GREEN ENERGY MYTH: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill Funny, no one seemed to consider what to do with the massive amount of wind turbine blades once they reached the end of their lifespan. Thus, the irony of the present-day Green Energy Movement is the dumping of thousands […]
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms Beyond Garden Scale Gardeners know too well the feeling of overwhelm when facing a new landscape. The seemingly infinite possibilities brings up the question, “Where do I start?”. Fortunately, there is a process we can use to answer that, it’s called permaculture design. From Food Forest to Farming Dreams […]
Mystery SARS-Like Virus Spreads To Japan
Mystery SARS-Like Virus Spreads To Japan A new mystery disease which has sickened dozens in Wuhan, China has made its way into Japan, after a Chinese national traveled from the eastern Chinese city to his home in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, according to the Japan Times. The man, in his 30s, returned from Wuhan on January 6, […]
Surf’s Up!
Surf’s Up! The wave of change is finally here. Are you prepared to ride it? Nothing seems right anymore. In whichever direction we choose to look, things are unraveling at a quickening pace. Welcome to the Fourth Turning; and with it, a profound loss of trust in institutions and government. Such lack of social cohesion is […]
Major Winter Storm Threatens Millions In Northeast This Weekend
Major Winter Storm Threatens Millions In Northeast This Weekend A powerful winter storm is expected to dump snow and ice across the Midwest and Northeast this weekend. Early indications suggest wintry precipitation is possibly Saturday as the winter storm transitions from Midwest states to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, while heavy snow could fall in some […]
Emergency alert issued after ‘incident’ at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Emergency alert issued after ‘incident’ at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station The Province of Ontario has issued an emergency bulletin after an “incident” at the Pickering Nuclear Generation Station The emergency bulletin, which was sent out shortly after 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, said it applies to people within 10 kilometres of the facility. “An incident was reported at […]
Millions Brace For Weekend Winter Storm Will Hit Plains, Great Lakes, And Northern New England
Millions Brace For Weekend Winter Storm Will Hit Plains, Great Lakes, And Northern New England A powerful storm could bring dangerous winds, snow, and ice over the weekend to millions of people across the US. The Weather Channel is calling the storm Winter Storm Isaiah and will dump snow and ice early Saturday in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, […]
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned A new trove of internal exchanges shaken loose by Ben Parfitt amplifies decades of safety urgings. “Why is this so difficult?” a BC Hydro dam safety engineer plaintively asked his superiors seven years ago. He’d been stymied again in proposing that because the risks […]
