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Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Now Turning Up In Human Stool
Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Now Turning Up In Human Stool Last month we revealed how high levels of dangerous microplastics had been detected in some of the most remote regions of the world. Now there are new reports that microplastics are turning up in human stool, a new study suggests. The study, Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: A […]
Climate Change Has been a Routine Scare Tactic Since the 1930s
Climate Change Has been a Routine Scare Tactic Since the 1930s QUESTION: Is there a pattern? C ANSWER: For whatever reason, these people have been promoting that the cities will all sink and we are the cause of it all. They have been touting this scenario since the 1930s when there was the Dust Bowl. It resurfaced […]
Solar Energy Is Renewable, But Is it Environmentally Just?
Solar Energy Is Renewable, But Is it Environmentally Just? Story Transcript DHARNA NOOR: It’s The Real News. I’m Dharna Noor. The solar industry has been soaring over the past several years. The US is now home to some two million solar installations. Solar energy now provides about a fifth of California’s power and it makes sense […]
Here’s what happens when two hurricanes collide
Here’s what happens when two hurricanes collide When two hurricanes collide, the phenomenon is called the Fujiwhara effect. If two cyclones pass within 900 miles of each other, they can start to orbit. If the two storms get to within 190 miles of each other, they’ll collide or merge. This can turn two smaller storms into one […]
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Public Documents on Expanded Use of Antibiotics As Pesticides
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Public Documents on Expanded Use of Antibiotics As Pesticides More Information Sought on CDC’s Concerns of Increased ‘Superbug’ Threat WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for refusing to release public documents related to its approval of expanded use of antibiotics as agricultural pesticides. Overuse of […]
Climate change underlies Europe’s rapid warming
Climate change underlies Europe’s rapid warming From the edge of the Arctic to almost the Tropic of Cancer, Europe’s rapid warming is evidenced by hotter summers − and winters. LONDON, 5 September, 2019 − Europe’s rapid warming means the world’s hottest property could now be on the continent. It has seen the strongest intensification of heat waves […]
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging ‘Illegal’ Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging ‘Illegal’ Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off “Honeybees and other pollinators are dying in droves because of insecticides like sulfoxaflor, yet the Trump administration removes restriction just to please the chemical industry.” “It is inappropriate for EPA to solely rely on industry studies to justify bringing sulfoxaflor […]
Amazon Chaos: “BlackRock Is Literally Reaping Profits As The World’s Jungles Burn”
Amazon Chaos: “BlackRock Is Literally Reaping Profits As The World’s Jungles Burn” According to a new report from the Friends of the Earth U.S.; Amazon Watch; and Profundo, Larry Fink’s BlackRock Inc is one of the top investors in companies “responsible for tropical forest destruction in the Amazon and around the world.” The report called BlackRock’s Big […]
Ancient Amazonian Societies Managed the Forest Intensively But Sustainably–Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
ANCIENT AMAZONIAN SOCIETIES MANAGED THE FOREST INTENSIVELY BUT SUSTAINABLY — HERE’S WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who lived there before European arrival August 15, 2019 — When loggers and cattle ranchers began toppling the rainforest in Brazil’s far western state of Acre, […]
Boris Johnson’s destruction of democracy is making it easier for the hard right to ruin our planet
Boris Johnson’s destruction of democracy is making it easier for the hard right to ruin our planet The vision that Boris and his clique represent is plain (for some of us) to see. They appear to be unabashed authoritarians, and their grand scheme consists of austerity for the poor, welfare for the wealthy and marginalisation […]
Extinction Rebellion: What is it?
Extinction Rebellion: What is it? The climate crisis is turning average law-abiding people into raging law-breaking eco rebels, by boatloads. Extinction Rebellion (ER) is at the forefront, demanding that governments declare climate emergencies and take urgent action. In that regard, ER, which started in the UK, says government must reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero […]
Unsettled Weather
Unsettled Weather After leaving the Bahamas for dead, Hurricane Dorian barely grazed the US mainland en route to the Canadian shoals of oblivion, perhaps saving America’s insurance industry. But the steamy west coast of Africa is hurling out a cavalcade of replacements as the high season for Atlantic storms commences, so better keep the plywood […]
‘Spill’: A New Exhibit Examines Humanity’s Abuse of Water
‘Spill’: A New Exhibit Examines Humanity’s Abuse of Water Toxic messes turn into blazing — and angry — works of art at Vancouver’s Belkin Gallery. Oil slicks, toxic tailing ponds, poisoned aquifers, drowned landscapes and sludgy brown crude vomited up from the bottom of the sea. To say that humans have abused water is like […]
Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Phase out Nuclear Power Draws Attacks — Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Phase out Nuclear Power Draws Attacks — Here’s Why They’re Wrong Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has released an ambitious climate proposal, one which champions of the status quo were quick to criticize. One line of attack, coming from many different sources, focuses on Sanders’ plan to phase out nuclear power, but the arguments, and who is […]
One million plant & animal species at risk of extinction
One million plant & animal species at risk of extinction As usual, no mention of birth control or carrying capacity. Plumer, B. 2019. Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace. New York Times. Extinction rates are tens to hundreds of times higher than they have been in the past 10 […]
