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The Top Global Risks in 2019
The Top Global Risks in 2019 The suits are pressed and the jets are gassed up, as global political and business leaders prepare to converge in Davos for the World Economic Forum. To prep the wide variety of world leaders attending the summit, the organization has just published its most recent edition of the Global Risks […]
Arctic Blast Brings Dangerously Cold Wind Chills To Northeast
Arctic Blast Brings Dangerously Cold Wind Chills To Northeast The coldest air of the year and possibly the Winter 2018-2019 season has descended southward toward the East Coast, can create life-threatening situations for those who lose power and cannot heat their homes. Wind chill warnings and advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from the Midwest into the […]
Complaint Lodged with European Ombudsman: Regulatory Authorities Colluding with Agrochemicals Industry
Complaint Lodged with European Ombudsman: Regulatory Authorities Colluding with Agrochemicals Industry Back in 2016, I posed the question in The Ecologist whether regulators in the EU were acting as product promoters when it came to the relicensing of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup. The renewal of the license for glyphosate in the EU was […]
Whiplash & the Breath of the Sea
Whiplash & the Breath of the Sea Last week was tough in a way that I hadn’t expected. I had two events to go to: the first, a climate change conference put on by our state’s climate change commission, and the second, an agricultural bank board meeting. It was unexpectedly tough to think about the […]
Monsanto/Bayer Giant Moving to “Genome Edit” Fruits and More
Monsanto/Bayer Giant Moving to “Genome Edit” Fruits and More Not surprising, Monsanto, today hidden behind the Bayer logo, as the world leader in patented GMO seeds and the probable carcinogenic Roundup herbicide with glyphosate, is attempting to quietly patent genetically modified or GMO varieties of fruits using controversial gene-editing. The “beauty” of this for Monsanto/Bayer […]
Opinion: Energy Development Threatens Big Game Herds in Wyoming (And Why it Matters outside the state, too)
OPINION: ENERGY DEVELOPMENT THREATENS BIG GAME HERDS IN WYOMING (AND WHY IT MATTERS OUTSIDE THE STATE, TOO) We’re faced with a federal government determined to continue free-for-all industrial development even when there are pragmatic, evidence-based conservative solutions available. Illustration by Sean Quinn Wyoming is sprawling and sparsely populated, home to some of the most awe-inspiring, […]
Science magazine on Peak Sand 2017 and 2018
Science magazine on Peak Sand 2017 and 2018 [ Sand is essential to make concrete, glass, silicon for computer chips, and many other products (longer list in Peak Sand), so no wonder top journal “Science” has had two articles on this topic. Sand mining also ruins ecosystems, lessens biodiversity, impairs water and food security, makes storm […]
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns, Say Top Researchers
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns, Say Top Researchers Climate action advocates have underestimated the strength and sophistication of decades-long fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns and need a coordinated set of strategies to fight back, say leading academics. Among those strategies, say the three researchers from Yale and Brown University, are promoting financial transparency, suing misinformers and their […]
Major Weekend Snow Storm Expected To Batter Northeast
Major Weekend Snow Storm Expected To Batter Northeast A series of winter storms traversing the country will bring significant snow and ice to the Midwest and Northeast this weekend followed by an ice storm that could paralyze travelers. Approximately 100 million people are currently under a winter storm watch, warning or advisory across the US. Travel has already […]
A Planet in Crisis: The Heat’s On Us
A Planet in Crisis: The Heat’s On Us I’m standing atop Rush Hill on Alaska’s remote St. Paul Island. While only 665 feet high, it provides a 360-degree view of this tundra-covered, 13-mile-long, seven-mile-wide part of the Pribilof Islands. While the hood of my rain jacket flaps in the cold wind, I gaze in wonder […]
Snowmageddon Threatens Northeast This Weekend
Snowmageddon Threatens Northeast This Weekend Winter Storm Harper will become a major snowstorm from the Great Plains to the Midwest and Northeast Friday into the weekend, according to The Weather Channel. A blast of Arctic air will return to the nation’s northern tier starting Thursday. The storm system entered the West Coast Wednesday will collide into that frigid air once it reaches central […]
Tomgram: Susan Southard, Against Forgetting
Tomgram: Susan Southard, Against Forgetting Let me tell you a little story about Hiroshima and me: As a young man, I was anything but atypical in having the Bomb (we capitalized it then) on my brain, and not just while I was ducking under my school desk as sirens howled their nuclear attack warnings outside. […]
5 Easy Ways To Boost Your Immune System Naturally During Cold And Flu Season
5 Easy Ways To Boost Your Immune System Naturally During Cold And Flu Season Not everyone is on board with the flu shot once winter rolls around. If you are one of those who doesn’t want to get the shot, this guide is for you! It is possible to boost your immune system naturally and […]
Health Departments Are On Climate Change’s Front Lines
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE ON CLIMATE CHANGE’S FRONT LINES From extreme heat to mosquito-borne diseases, climate change is having a huge public health impact. Can health departments keep up? Photo © iStockphoto.com/Karl Spencer January 2, 2019 — When the rains of Hurricane Harvey finally dissipated in late summer 2017, the potential for health hazards lingered on. […]
Uniting for a Green New Deal
Uniting for a Green New Deal Support is growing in the United States for a Green New Deal. Though there are competing visions for what that looks like, essentially, a Green New Deal includes a rapid transition to a clean energy economy, a jobs program and a stronger social safety net. We need a Green […]
