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Deep Freeze: Dangerously Cold Record Low Temps To Hit Chicago, Midwest
Deep Freeze: Dangerously Cold Record Low Temps To Hit Chicago, Midwest It could be warmer above the Arctic Circle than in Chicago by Wednesday, with Bloomberg reporting that temperatures are forecast to fall in the Windy City to 20-to-25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus-29 to minus-32 Celsius). “That is pretty amazing,” said Brian Hurley, a senior branch […]
Small Laws, Great Crimes: the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act
Small Laws, Great Crimes: the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act It’s been said that small laws breed great crimes. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act is such a law. The crimes committed against the people in its name are legion. But it got even more criminal last week when the Colorado Supreme Court decided the protection […]
Coffee harvests face risk from rising heat
Coffee harvests face risk from rising heat Many millions of people depend on coffee for a living. Image: By Rodrigo Flores on Unsplash Global coffee harvests, which provide the drink of choice for millions and the livelihoods of many more, are in peril, not least from rising temperatures. LONDON, 28 January, 2019 – Coffee drinkers, be warned. A combination of […]
‘Life-Threatening’ Arctic Blast To Freeze Nearly 200 Million As Polar Vortex Slams Midwest
‘Life-Threatening’ Arctic Blast To Freeze Nearly 200 Million As Polar Vortex Slams Midwest A massive blast of Arctic air will hit the Midwest and Northeast by the middle of this week, bringing temperatures to their lowest levels in years. According to the National Weather Service, the hardest hit zone will stretch from Minnesota and Iowa […]
Alberta Is Playing a Dangerous Game with Pipeline Ad Campaign
Alberta Is Playing a Dangerous Game with Pipeline Ad Campaign The anti-BC PR blitz fuels the anger of right-wing groups like the ‘yellow vests.’ A Tyee investigation revealed the expensive details of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s national public relations effort to scapegoat British Columbia, including dubious claims of pipeline benefits translated into Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Filipino and […]
On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal
CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART II On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal With the Southwest locked in a 19-year drought and climate change making the region increasingly drier, water managers and users along the Colorado River are facing a troubling question: Are we in a new, more arid era when there […]
Collapse Is Already Here
Collapse Is Already Here It’s a process, not an event. Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse — be it economic, environmental and/or societal — thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time. As if it will be completely obvious, like a Hollywood blockbuster. Complete with clear warnings from scientists, politicians and […]
OPINION: WHAT MY MOTHER’S DEATH TAUGHT ME ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET. WE CAN’T, AND HERE’S WHY.
OPINION: WHAT MY MOTHER’S DEATH TAUGHT ME ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET. WE CAN’T, AND HERE’S WHY. As environmentalists, we often refer to our work as “saving the planet.” This is unhelpful for a couple of reasons. Illustration by Sean Quinn January 24, 2019 — As I look back on 2018, the thing I’ll remember most is […]
Toxic Pesticides Assault in Utah
Toxic Pesticides Assault in Utah In 2014, I met Blaine Malquist. This was in Florida at the Pesticides Forum of Beyond Pesticides, a national organization fighting for environmental and public health protection from the use and misuse of pesticides. Mosquito fogging Malquist lives in Nephi City, Juab County, Utah. He briefly said to me that […]
End Times, Dead Ahead
End Times, Dead Ahead “It is time we consider the implications of it being too late to avert a global environmental catastrophe in the lifetimes of people alive today.” (Jem Bendell) In other words, the world is coming to an end. Of course it is… but when? Professor Jem Bendell’s brilliant seminal work, “Deep Adaptation: […]
Climate change is making winter colder in the Northeast
Climate change is making winter colder in the Northeast Rising temperatures are weakening the jet stream, allowing frigid Arctic air to reach further south. Early this week, record cold blasted the Northeast, as Boston, Massachusetts saw a high of 10°F, and nearby Worcester saw the temperature top out at just 1°F. Meteorologists say this is just the beginning of […]
What a Project in Wisconsin Can Teach Others About Working With Farmers to Reduce Phosphorus Runoff
WHAT A PROJECT IN WISCONSIN CAN TEACH OTHERS ABOUT WORKING WITH FARMERS TO REDUCE PHOSPHORUS RUNOFF Adoption of best management practices on farms near Green Bay, Wisconsin, could help answer nagging questions about how well these strategies work to reduce nutrient pollution. Photo courtesy of NEW Water, the brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage […]
238 academics call on the EU to plan for a post-growth future
238 academics call on the EU to plan for a post-growth future Preface. We know there’s going to be no growth soon due to peak oil and limits to growth, and ought to be planning for it so that the financial system doesn’t “freak out” and crash like Humpty Dumpty, beyond repair. We will eventually […]
When will Niagara Falls Completely Freeze?
When will Niagara Falls Completely Freeze? It has been a bitterly cold season. Niagara Falls became a winter wonderland as frigid temperatures cause the falls to turn to ice. This is not so rare as people claim. In this 1911 photo of the Great Freeze, you can still see water flowing, but minimal and nowhere near […]
