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“It’s an Atomic Bomb”: Australia Deploys Military as ‘Firenados’ Wreak Havoc, Fire Crisis Grows
“It’s an Atomic Bomb”: Australia Deploys Military as ‘Firenados’ Wreak Havoc, Fire Crisis Grows Australia’s fires have grown so monstrous that they are now generating their own weather. (TMU) — Australia’s government has announced that it would call up 3,000 military reservists to confront an unprecedented bushfire crisis that is producing nightmarish “firenados”—cyclonic fire-tornadoes—and conditions that […]
“Dire Circumstances”: Aussie Wildfires Intensify After Killing Half A Billion Animals; Record Numbers Evacuate
“Dire Circumstances”: Aussie Wildfires Intensify After Killing Half A Billion Animals; Record Numbers Evacuate The brushfires raging across Australia which have killed an estimated 480 million animals have intensified over the last 12 hours, according to NASA, causing a record number of residents evacuate as forecasters predict worsening conditions. Authorities on Friday urged evacuations for Australians living in […]
State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed
State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed A seven-day state of emergency has been called in the Australian state of New South Wales amid raging wildfires that have killed eight people in the region since Monday, including volunteer firefighters, according to officials. Military helicopters and naval vessels have been […]
2020 Just Began, And Weird Things Are Already Starting To Happen All Over The World
2020 Just Began, And Weird Things Are Already Starting To Happen All Over The World Many of us are expecting 2020 to be a very unusual year, and it certainly didn’t take long for the weirdness to start. In this article I am going to share several examples of this weirdness with you, and I […]
Seattle Company Used Secret Drain to Dump Toxic Waste Directly Into Sewer System
Seattle Company Used Secret Drain to Dump Toxic Waste Directly Into Sewer System The two men responsible allegedly lied to regulators about their operation since 2009. (TMU) — According to a 36-count grand jury indictment, a Seattle company used a hidden drain to dump a highly-corrosive chemical solution directly into the sewer system. The King County sewer system […]
Empty Gestures on Climate Change
Empty Gestures on Climate Change When climate campaigners urge people to change their everyday behavior, they trivialize the challenge of global warming. The one individual action that citizens could take that would make a real difference would be to demand a vast increase in spending on green-energy research and development. MALMÖ – Switch to energy-efficient […]
Powerful Winter Storm To Dump Snow And Ice From Northern Plains and Upper Midwest to Northeast
Powerful Winter Storm To Dump Snow And Ice From Northern Plains and Upper Midwest to Northeast Winter Storm Gage is producing snow, ice, and strong winds from the Northern Plains and upper Midwest Sunday will move into the Northeast early next week and unleash a wintery mess that could cause severe travel headaches ahead of […]
Japan Proposes Dumping Radioactive Waste Into Pacific As Storage Space Dwindles
Japan Proposes Dumping Radioactive Waste Into Pacific As Storage Space Dwindles As the decade comes to an end, the future of nuclear power in the west remains in doubt. Almost nine years ago, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a 15-meter tsunami that disabled the power supply and cooling at three of the reactors at the […]
It’s the hottest decade–ever
It’s the hottest decade–ever As the decade comes to a close, environmentalists are looking back over the last ten years of supposedly ‘natural’ disasters and extreme weather. It’s alarming: there are absolutely no signs that the global climate crisis is under control. It just keeps on getting hotter. While Canadians are enjoying a balmy […]
How The Cold Can Be Bad For Your Health, & What You Can Do About It
How The Cold Can Be Bad For Your Health, & What You Can Do About It Winter comes with some extremely cold temperatures for parts of the country, and as such, brings the potential for health problems too. There are a few things to look out for, and ways to prepare yourself if you have […]
Peak Sand
Peak Sand Preface. Sand Primer: Without sand, there would be no concrete, ceramics, computer chips, glass, plastics, abrasives, paint and so on We can’t use desert sand because it’s too round, polished by the wind, and doesn’t stick together. You need rough edges, so desert sand is worthless Good sand is getting so rare there’s […]
Why UVic Faculty Massively Voted to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Why UVic Faculty Massively Voted to Divest from Fossil Fuels It’s time to walk the talk on reconciliation and the climate crisis. Therefore, we think it is hypocritical for UVic to present itself as a sustainability and reconciliation leader while investing in companies that are primarily responsible for both the climate emergency and Indigenous dispossession. For example, UVic has […]
In “Historic” Ruling, Dutch Supreme Court Says Government Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25%
In “Historic” Ruling, Dutch Supreme Court Says Government Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% In a move that has “put the rest of the world on notice,” the Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate change ruling that requires the Dutch government to accelerate cuts of carbon emissions. It was called an “immense victory for […]
The Human Cost of the EV Revolution
The Human Cost of the EV Revolution There’s a chance that the iPhone you’re about to get for Christmas contains cobalt mined by a six-year-old. There’s also a chance that that six-year-old has been killed or maimed in the processes of mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the lion’s share of the world’s […]
Ocean floor mining: What could possibly go wrong?
Ocean floor mining: What could possibly go wrong? A recent article on undersea mining in The Atlantic brought back a detailed childhood memory. When I was in fifth grade, my class put on a sort of mini science fair and performance art program for parents. My project focused on the prospect of mining the oceans. I drew a […]
