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Power Grid Chaos Jolts Texas On Friday, Energy Costs Triple Amid Heat Wave
Power Grid Chaos Jolts Texas On Friday, Energy Costs Triple Amid Heat Wave The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has been asking customers to conserve energy this week as spot power prices in Texas triple to a record on Friday. The state’s power grid operator that serves most of Texas declared an energy conservation emergency for […]
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That’s both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years of data culled from ice cores, according to the U.S. government’s State of the Climate report, which was published this week with the American […]
Climate change risks could cause an American “Fukushima”
Climate change risks could cause an American “Fukushima” Preface. Nuclear power plants need a constant supply of electric power to pump cool water into a reactor’s core. Ninety percent of them, 54 plants, have at least one flood risk exceeding their design. If flooding stops the power supply long enough, as happened in Fukushima, the […]
The War on Nature
The War on Nature Ancient Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Chinese and Indians respected or worshipped several gods. Those gods were usually forces of nature, which opened the mind, eyes and hearts of human beings to the mysteries, beauty and truth of the natural world. The vast human majorities of the ancient world were peasant farmers […]
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity
Neoliberalism and Environmental Calamity Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Current conditions represent a political emergency of sorts, meaning that ways of solving environmental and social problems will either be worked out or circumstances, led by the environment, will assume a life of their own. Given that these conditions are the result of historical processes that […]
Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Invade Alps To Artic, Found In Fresh Snow
Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Invade Alps To Artic, Found In Fresh Snow A new study has revealed that high levels of microplastics have been detected in some of the most remote regions of the world. The discovery, published in the journal Science Advances, is the first international study on microplastics in snow, conducted by the Alfred Wegener […]
Norway Detects Radiation Near Russian Border Days After Nuclear-Powered Missile Explodes
Norway Detects Radiation Near Russian Border Days After Nuclear-Powered Missile Explodes Days after the Kremlin’s nuclear-powered missile exploded, killing seven and leading to evacuations, Norway detected tiny amounts of radioactive iodine in the air near the northern part of the country bordering Russia. According to Norway’s nuclear safety authority (DSA), the radioactive iodine was detected between […]
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup “It’s the Environmental Protection Agency, not the pesticide protection agency.” “It’s a little bit sad,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, “the EPA is the biggest cheerleader and defender of glyphosate.” (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) […]
“This Is Blowing Up:” Texas Energy Costs Hit Record High Monday As Heatwave Strikes
“This Is Blowing Up:” Texas Energy Costs Hit Record High Monday As Heatwave Strikes Power demand in Texas hit a record high on Monday as consumers turned up their air conditioners to escape a heatwave that is boiling much of the southern Plains over the next 7-10 days. “A large ridge of high pressure has […]
‘I Want Them to Have Justice’: Inside the Fight to Save the Shubenacadie River
‘I Want Them to Have Justice’: Inside the Fight to Save the Shubenacadie River In Nova Scotia, water protectors have fiercely opposed a gas company’s plans for a decade, helped by a celebrity supporter. It is so quiet on the banks of the Shubenacadie you can almost hear the river breathe. Standing by the Treaty […]
Russia Initiates Civilian Evacuation Near Site Of “Mini Nuclear” Accident
Russia Initiates Civilian Evacuation Near Site Of “Mini Nuclear” Accident Russia is evacuating civilians in the area of Nyonoksa village in the far northern region where a nuclear-powered experimental rocket exploded during tests last Thursday, which had killed seven, Interfax reports. So far it appears a “recommendation” and not an ordered evacuation, which officials advise should be accomplished by Wednesday, after […]
BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies
BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies Worse, the giveaway probably isn’t needed, with the global industry desperate for new gas fields. We’re in a climate crisis. So why did the B.C. government give oil and gas companies $663 million in subsidies last year so they would produce more fracked natural […]
Is Global Warming an Existential Threat? Probably Not, But Still a Serious Issue.
Is Global Warming an Existential Threat? Probably Not, But Still a Serious Issue. During the recent presidential debate, a number of candidates suggested that global warming represents an existential threat to mankind, and thus requires dramatic and immediate action. Governor Jay Inslee has been particularly generous in the use of this term, but he is not alone. […]
‘Fall Armyworm’ Invades China; Wreaks Havoc On Agriculture Lands
‘Fall Armyworm’ Invades China; Wreaks Havoc On Agriculture Lands China’s agriculture ministry warned in June that it found fall armyworms in 21 provinces, across 333,000 hectares of crops. Fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) are a destructive garden pest that can destroy a variety of crops as well as grasses. Chinese officials are worried about prevention and control measures of the […]
