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Is California’s Second Biggest Utility On Verge Of Collapse Next: Edison Plunges After Saying It May Be Responsible For Deadly 2018 Fire
Is California’s Second Biggest Utility On Verge Of Collapse Next: Edison Plunges After Saying It May Be Responsible For Deadly 2018 Fire With California’s largest utility, PG&E, now bankrupt after starting the deadliest fire in California history, and cutting power to its customers at the mere hint of a windstorm that could leave it exposed […]
PG&E’s Rolling Blackouts Could Leave 1.8 Million Californians Without Power
PG&E’s Rolling Blackouts Could Leave 1.8 Million Californians Without Power Parts of California are seriously starting to behave like a third world country. No, we’re not talking about the poop, homeless, and opioid crisis on the streets of San Francisco, we’re talking about rolling blackouts from the state’s electric company, PG&E Corp. The next round of blackouts […]
Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing
Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil today over the company’s misinformation campaign to delay action to address climate change. Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters in a press conference today that “Exxon has fought us every step of the way,” and was “completely uncooperative,” noting that the company failed to comply […]
Buckle up. It’s time to rock the boat.
Buckle up. It’s time to rock the boat. The news in the summer of 2017 was all about the hurricanes in the Caribbean (three of which ripped into the US causing extensive damage), the earthquakes in Iran, Iraq, and Mexico, and disastrous, flooding in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh that drowned over a thousand people […]
Are Electric Cars Good for the Environment?
Are Electric Cars Good for the Environment? This article is Part 5 of an 11-part series analysis of Tesla, Elon Musk and EV Revolution. You can read other parts here. My wife loves driving the Model 3, not for all the selfish reasons I like to drive it (it is fast and quite the iPad on […]
Frack Quakes: Knowledge Is Weak as BC Drilling Grows
Frack Quakes: Knowledge Is Weak as BC Drilling Grows As an LNG boom looms, so does the mystery of related tremors, finds report. Regulators know fracking has caused earthquakes in northeastern B.C. big enough to rattle homes and halt construction at the Site C dam worksite in 2018. Those same regulators certainly are mindful of the fact […]
Winter Blast To Dump Heavy Snow Across Rockies, Plains, Midwest This Week
Winter Blast To Dump Heavy Snow Across Rockies, Plains, Midwest This Week Several major snowstorms are expected to dump heavy snow across the Rockies, the Plains, and into the Midwest this week as cold Arctic air blankets those regions in the last days of October. The potential for cold into November? It’s complicated. In today’s […]
California’s Blackouts Are Part Of A Far Bigger Problem
California’s Blackouts Are Part Of A Far Bigger Problem This past weekend, Pacific Gas & Electric had to resume electricity blackouts to 930,000 customers affecting upwards of three million people around San Francisco. Meanwhile, two major wildfires, one of which may have been caused by malfunctioning utility equipment, are burning and evacuations are underway. PG&E has informed […]
“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California
“Diablo Winds” Are Ferociously Whipping “Out Of Control” Wildfires Across Vast Stretches Of Northern California Why does this keep happening to California year after year? As you read this article, enormous wildfires are ravaging large portions of northern California, and Governor Gavin Newsom has already declared a statewide emergency. An extreme wind event that began […]
Global Authorities Brace For A Worldwide Protein Shortage As “One-Quarter Of Earth’s Pigs Have Been Wiped Out”
Global Authorities Brace For A Worldwide Protein Shortage As “One-Quarter Of Earth’s Pigs Have Been Wiped Out” African Swine Fever is killing millions upon millions of pigs all over the world, and this threatens to create a crippling global shortage of protein as we head into 2020. This epidemic began in China last year, and […]
California Fires Spark Massive Mandatory Evacuations; Wineries Burn As Winds Hit 93 MPH
California Fires Spark Massive Mandatory Evacuations; Wineries Burn As Winds Hit 93 MPH California’s annual wildfires are back despite a series of planned power outages aimed at preventing them – the latest of which is expected to affect as many as 3 million people across huge swaths of the state. The most intense fires raged […]
The Cycle of Climate Fear Tactics
The Cycle of Climate Fear Tactics QUESTION: Thank you for your interesting writing on climate change. I take it you see the cycle as natural and this fear seems to flip back and forth between warming and cooling as you published various news articles. Do you rank this as just fear-mongering? TB ANSWER: If we look just […]
California Faces “Biggest Blackout Ever” As 2.5 Million PG&E Customers May Have No Power For Days
California Faces “Biggest Blackout Ever” As 2.5 Million PG&E Customers May Have No Power For Days Earlier this week we joked that with PG&E now scrambling to enforce intentional blackouts every time there are powerful winds for fears the bankrupt company’s aged infrastructure could cause a new fire, “every time the wind blows California will […]
Europe is Losing 1,000 Farms Per Day & Climate Change Regulations May lead to Starvation
Europe is Losing 1,000 Farms Per Day & Climate Change Regulations May lead to Starvation The new EU Agriculture Commissioner has publicly stated that Europe loses 1,000 farms per day. He acknowledged that the EU is losing 400,000 farms per year. However, crop and livestock production in Europe is projected to decline and maybe completely abandoned Europe’s […]
Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations
Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations The Pentagon has long been concerned about the threats climate change pose to stability and how it will lead to conflicts due to mass migration and even more […]
