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Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen?
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen? Global bank heads say urgent action needed to prevent a ‘Minsky moment’ collapse in asset prices. They may find themselves feeling just a little shaky, however, after a recent open letter written by Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, with Banque […]
Growing a Revolution: Review
Growing a Revolution: Review Growing a Revolution: bringing our soil back to life by David R. Montgomery W. Norton & Company 321 pages $19.58 hardcover, $11.52 paperback, $9.88 Kindle, $26.29 audio CD Resilience.org asked me to review this book, probably because I did a multibook review five years ago in which I compared four books on sustainable […]
To stop global catastrophe, we must believe in humans again
To stop global catastrophe, we must believe in humans again We have the technology to prevent climate crisis. But now we need to unleash mass resistance too – because collective action does work @billmckibben Because I am concerned about inequality and about the environment, I am usually classed as a progressive, a liberal. But it seems […]
Five dollars is not enough for five a day
Five dollars is not enough for five a day In discussions about food, environment and health, a resource perspective is often lacking. For more than half of the global population what ends up on their plate is mostly a function of their economic and energetic circumstances. If one want to change what people eat it […]
Climate and Forests: Land Managers Must Adapt, and Conservationists, Too
Climate and Forests: Land Managers Must Adapt, and Conservationists, Too The case for adaptive management by land management agencies has been in the making for a long time, and takes on a new urgency with the changes being forced by the emissions from consumer and industrial combustion of fossil fuels. The case for adaptive conservationby non-governmental organizations takes on its […]
Gas Driller at Center of 2019 Pulitzer-Winning Book on Fracking Still Faces Legal Battles
Gas Driller at Center of 2019 Pulitzer-Winning Book on Fracking Still Faces Legal Battles Eliza Griswold’s book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America examines the impacts of fracking in western Pennsylvania, and on Monday it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Griswold’s book carefully refuses the birds-eye view of fracking’s impacts — readers […]
Using manure for fertilizer in the future – it won’t be easy
Using manure for fertilizer in the future – it won’t be easy Animals produce 44 times more manure than humans in the U.S. Preface. At John Jeavons Biointensive workshop back in 2003, I learned that phosphorous is limited and mostly being lost to oceans and other waterways after exiting sewage treatment plants. He said it can be […]
Chernobyl’s Deadly Effects Estimates Vary
Chernobyl’s Deadly Effects Estimates Vary April 26 marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1986 radiation disaster at Chernobyl reactor Number 4 in Ukraine, just north of Kiev the capital. It is still nearly impossible to get scientific consensus on the vast extent of the impacts. The explosions and two-week long fire at Chernobyl spewed around […]
Electric Car-Owners Shocked: New Study Confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars
Electric Car-Owners Shocked: New Study Confirms EVs Considerably Worse For Climate Than Diesel Cars The Brussel Times reports that a new German study exposes how electric vehicles will hardly decrease CO2 emissions in Europe over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles won’t lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions from highway traffic. According […]
Toxic Arsenic Found In Major Bottled Water Brands
Toxic Arsenic Found In Major Bottled Water Brands Consumer Reports (CR) is now warning the public about a serious issue, where 11 brands of bottled water, out of 130 had detectable levels of highly toxic, arsenic, and six of those brands had levels above 3 parts per billion (ppb) — the maximum level allowed by CR. […]
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know But if politicians ran governments on them, the planet might have a fighting chance. Conservative politicians are happily fighting carbon taxes and generally ignoring the issue of global warming. At the same time, an uneasy feeling is rippling through the climate-science community these days. After […]
Wild Bee Population Collapses By 90% In New England, Study Warns
Wild Bee Population Collapses By 90% In New England, Study Warns Researchers from the University of New Hampshire conducted a study to document declines in about 100 wild bee species critical to pollinating crops throughout New England. What they discovered, according to the study, was a collapse in the wild bee population across the state, reported AP. Researchers analyzed […]
‘Finally!’: Court Orders EPA to Stop Stalling Potential Ban on Pesticide Tied to Brain Damage in Kids
‘Finally!’: Court Orders EPA to Stop Stalling Potential Ban on Pesticide Tied to Brain Damage in Kids “We hope Trump’s EPA finally decides to protect the future of countless children and the health of millions of farmworkers.” American farmers use chlorpyrifos, a pesticide tied to brain and nervous system issues, on crops such as apples, […]
Solar Storm Alert: Earth to be Bombarded by Solar Particles in a Few Days
SOLAR STORM ALERT: EARTH TO BE BOMBARDED BY SOLAR PARTICLES IN A FEW DAYS There is an upcoming solar storm expected this weekend. Researchers have noticed a sunspot that will bombard the Earth with solar particles on Monday. Sunspots are patches of darkness on the Sun which are caused by an underlying magnetism beneath the […]
“Falter”: In New Book, Bill McKibben Asks If the Human Game Has Begun to Play Itself Out
“Falter”: In New Book, Bill McKibben Asks If the Human Game Has Begun to Play Itself Out Thousands are taking to the streets in London today to demand radical action to combat the climate crisis. Protesters with the group Extinction Rebellion have set up encampments and roadblocks across Central London and say they’ll stay in […]
