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Several Blasts Of Arctic Air Will Bring Early Winter To Northeast
Several Blasts Of Arctic Air Will Bring Early Winter To Northeast Several days ago, Ed Vallee, head meteorologist at Empire Weather LLC, stated that an Arctic blast of cold air would roll into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions later in the week, with the chance of producing one of the first snowmaking weather events of the year. As […]
Inconvenient Truth: Best Way To Help The Environment Is To Avoid Green “Eco-Friendly” Products
Inconvenient Truth: Best Way To Help The Environment Is To Avoid Green “Eco-Friendly” Products Make no doubt about it: it’s now trendy to be the most planet-loving, alternative energy supporting, climate changing fighting Captain Planet that you can be. And what would being a friend to environment be without sanctimoniously ridiculing those who disagree with you or […]
UK Gov’t Halts Fracking In England Ahead Of General Election
UK Gov’t Halts Fracking In England Ahead Of General Election The U.K. fracking industry has grounded to halt as the British government ended its support for the controversial practice of extracting oil out of the ground, reported Bloomberg. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government announced Saturday that all new hydraulic fracturing wells would be banned. The country’s […]
Dammed Good Question about the Green New Deal
Dammed Good Question about the Green New Deal Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest question that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the backup for energy if it proves impossible to get off of fossil fuels fast […]
Agrochemical Apocalypse: Interview with Environmental Campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason
Agrochemical Apocalypse: Interview with Environmental Campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason The renowned author and whistleblower Evaggelos Vallianatos describes British environmentalist and campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason as a “defender of the natural world and public health.” I first came across her work a few years ago. It was in the form of an open letter she had sent to […]
Trees and the TMEX
Trees and the TMEX Just before the recent federal election in Canada, the Liberal party committed to planting two billion trees over the next 10 years, the cost of which is to be “offset by forthcoming revenues from the Trans Mountain pipeline.” However, a closer look at the proposed deal shows that sequestration of carbon dioxide by […]
The Climate Crisis Is Real: Here’s the Expert Advice on What We Need to Do
The Climate Crisis Is Real: Here’s the Expert Advice on What We Need to Do A global primer on next steps, from keeping oil in the ground to changing our diets to shifting to a green economy. “The world is waking up,” Thunberg told world leaders at the recent UN Climate Action Summit. “And change […]
Dangerous Storms Spoil Halloween, Leave Half A Million Without Power Across Northeast
Dangerous Storms Spoil Halloween, Leave Half A Million Without Power Across Northeast A powerful storm swept through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast overnight in a spooky fashion, producing 50 mph gusts, damaged powerlines, and has left more than a half-million customers without power on Friday morning. Approximately 613,00 customers, with the bulk of the power outages […]
Has the climate crisis made California too dangerous to live in?
Has the climate crisis made California too dangerous to live in? As with so many things, Californians are going first where the rest of us will follow . Monday morning dawned smoky across much of California, and it dawned scary – over the weekend winds as high as a hundred miles an hour had whipped wildfires through […]
Techno-fix futures will only accelerate climate chaos – don’t believe the hype
Techno-fix futures will only accelerate climate chaos – don’t believe the hype Don’t expect the future to turn out like popular 1960s TV show The Jetsons. Thanks to the efforts of climate activists, the climate and ecological emergency has never been more prominent. But acknowledging the problem is just a starting point. Now this momentum must be harnessed to […]
A Mining Explosion: The Dirty Little Secret Of The Green Revolution
A Mining Explosion: The Dirty Little Secret Of The Green Revolution Leftwing darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed Green New Deal, despite its flimsy 14 pages total, is nothing if not all-encompassing and vaulting in its ambition. The bill was also crucial to Ocasio-Cortez’s rapid ascent to acronym status and anointing as the queen of green. Thanks […]
Record Low Temps Up To 50 Degrees Below Normal Threaten To Absolutely Wreck The Rest Of The Harvest Season
Record Low Temps Up To 50 Degrees Below Normal Threaten To Absolutely Wreck The Rest Of The Harvest Season It isn’t supposed to be this cold in October. The official start of winter is still almost two months away, and yet the weather in much of the western half of the country right now resembles […]
ECB Official: Can Use Portfolio To Combat Climate Change
ECB Official: Can Use Portfolio To Combat Climate Change Central banks have been making all kinds of ridiculous climate change statements in the last several quarters. Some monetary authorities have even said, they could also expand balance sheets to purchase climate-related financial investments. Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board and Governing Council of the […]
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Cyberattack
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Cyberattack India’s second nuclear power unit stopped operating on 19th October 2019. It is suspected that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was hit by a cyberattack and the authorities were already alerted of the threat months in advance. Even as cybersecurity experts are investigating the case, the authorities were quick to […]
