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As the World Burns: Hurtling Towards an Unlivable Planet
As the World Burns: Hurtling Towards an Unlivable Planet Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The media and political establishments are diddling while the planet burns. Are we really supposed to take their games seriously as humanity veers ever more dangerously off the environmental cliff? In 2008, James Hansen, then head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space […]
The Real New Deal
The Real New Deal While we’re on the issue of the Green New Deal, here’s an article by Dr. D. with an intro by Dr. D., one he sent me in the mail that contained the actual article, and that I think shouldn’t go to waste. I hope he agrees. Waste being the key term […]
Your Recycling Might Be Poisoning Poor Communities
Your Recycling Might Be Poisoning Poor Communities You know the routine, which has become a required liturgical rubric of the American civic religion. You separate your trash: plastics here, glass here, cans here, papers here. Doing so is our little way of showing we care about the environment. Not doing so – let’s just say […]
Factcheck: What Greenland ice cores say about past and present climate change
Factcheck: What Greenland ice cores say about past and present climate change A misleading graph purporting to show that past changes in Greenland’s temperatures dwarf modern climate change has been circling the internet since at least 2010. Based on an early Greenland ice core record produced back in 1997, versions of the graph have, variously, mislabeled the […]
Flirting With Disaster: the Return of Offshore Drilling
Flirting With Disaster: the Return of Offshore Drilling Photograph by TheConduqtor It’s been decades since a fisherman out of Montauk on Long Island told me about seeing a ship in the Atlantic Ocean east of Long Island similar to those he had seen searching for oil in the Gulf of Mexico when he was a […]
Only possible to feed people sustainably in an equitable society
Only possible to feed people sustainably in an equitable society A recent report from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirms that the current food system isn’t sustainable neither for the environment nor for our health. Organic agriculture, conservation farming and agro-ecology are key technologies for a transition to a sustainable food system, […]
New Warnings on Plastic’s Health Risks as Fracking Industry Promotes New ‘Plastics Belt’ Build-Out
New Warnings on Plastic’s Health Risks as Fracking Industry Promotes New ‘Plastics Belt’ Build-Out A new report traces the life cycle of plastic from the moment an oil and gas well is drilled to the time plastic trash breaks down in the environment, finding “distinct risks to human health” at every stage. Virtually all plastic — 99 […]
In Deathbed Video, ‘Godfather’ Of Climate Science Begs World Leaders To Deploy Last-Ditch Solar Shield
In Deathbed Video, ‘Godfather’ Of Climate Science Begs World Leaders To Deploy Last-Ditch Solar Shield Before passing away from heart disease on February 18, climate scientist Wallace Smith Broecker left behind a “final warning” to fellow scientists – telling them in a video recorded days before his death that humanity must deploy a volcano-inspired “solar shield” in […]
Green New Deal Dystopia
Green New Deal Dystopia It’s entirely possible the Green New Deal socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t have a clue and she is a useful idiot. She may in fact believe the Green New Deal is a panacea for global warming. Patrick Moore, the founder of Greenpeace who left that organization in disgust, tweeted AOC and put […]
Only 12 Years Left to Readjust for the 1.5 Degree Climate Change Option – says IPCC Report. Current Commentary.
Only 12 Years Left to Readjust for the 1.5 Degree Climate Change Option – says IPCC Report. Current Commentary. 1. Introduction. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently published a report1 (abbreviated as SR15) which concludes that humankind has a mere twelve years left, during which time sufficient and dramatic carbon-emission mitigation […]
Organic Foods Are the Only ‘Clean’ Packaged Option for Consumers
Organic Foods Are the Only ‘Clean’ Packaged Option for Consumers Unlike organic packaged foods, conventional packaged food contains thousands of poorly regulated food chemicals, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group. “Although many consumers choose organic to avoid toxic pesticides, few know that federal rules dramatically limit the use of synthetic substances in organic food,” said EWG nutritionist […]
Fracking the World: Despite Climate Risks, Fracking Is Going Global
Fracking the World: Despite Climate Risks, Fracking Is Going Global The U.S. exported a record 3.6 million barrels per day of oil in February. This oil is the result of the American fracking boom — and as a report from Oil Change International recently noted — its continued growth is undermining global efforts to limit climate change. The Energy Information Administration predicts U.S. oil production will […]
Food supply falls as fish flee warmer seas
Food supply falls as fish flee warmer seas Both jobs and food are at risk as fish evade rising warmth. Image: By Lalo on Unsplash On the fishing grounds, they already know about global warming. As fish flee warmer seas there are winners – but many more losers. LONDON, 4 March 2019 – Global warming has already begun to affect […]
2019 is Breaking All Records for Cold – The Real Threat is a Global Freeze
2019 is Breaking All Records for Cold – The Real Threat is a Global Freeze QUESTION: Global cooling….you talk a lot about global cooling in the colder winter this year. But what effect does it have on the future summer temperatures and growing of crops? GL ANSWER: This type of climate change has the potential to be […]
A Unique Learning Opportunity Focused On How We Can Provide Nutritious Affordable Food While Enhancing Biodiversity.
A UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS AFFORDABLE FOOD WHILE ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY. We are on a mission to discover methods of landscape management that can provide nutritious affordable food while enhancing biodiversity. We are delighted to be offering a unique opportunity to take part in our study, would you like to […]
