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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 […]
That Green Growth at the Heart of the Green New Deal? It’s Malignant
That Green Growth at the Heart of the Green New Deal? It’s Malignant Longview, Washington. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. A burgeoning save-the-climate effort called the Green New Deal, explains Vox’s David Roberts, “has thrust climate change into the national conversation, put House Democrats on notice, and created an intense and escalating bandwagon effect. … everyone […]
More vegetables, less meat for all our sakes
More vegetables, less meat for all our sakes Spanish market: Vegetable-rich diets make for a healthier planet. Image: By ja ma on Unsplash Researchers are clear: the healthy diet for a healthy planet is more vegetables, less meat. What matters is the food that’s served, and the way it’s produced too. LONDON, 17 January, 2019 […]
What will happen when Earth’s north and south poles flip
What will happen when Earth’s north and south poles flip Earth’s magnetic field is what protects our planet from harmful space radiation. But our protective shield might soon go into a transformation that could threaten the lives on Earth. This video shows what will happen when Earth’s magnetic poles flip. Did you know that Earth […]
Climate Disaster Is Upon Us
Climate Disaster Is Upon Us The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure? Ice falls from Margerie Glacier into Glacier Bay, Alaska. (Kimberly Vardeman, CC BY 2.0) I’m standing atop Rush Hill on Alaska’s remote St. Paul […]
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal “For Sale” signs have replaced “Dairy of Distinction” on the last two dairy farms on the road I drive to town. The farm crisis of the 1980’s that never really went away has resurfaced with a vengeance. In 2013, aggregate farm earnings were half of what […]
Warmer waters leave Irish anglers fishless
Warmer waters leave Irish anglers fishless Anglers’ prize: But the salmon is not doing well in Irish waters. Image: Via Wikimedia Commons [public domain] Irish anglers are having little luck as fish feel the effects of warmer waters − which are also increasing greenhouse gases. WEST OF IRELAND, 16 January, 2019 − Unusually high temperatures […]
Life Threatening Winter Storms
Life Threatening Winter Storms Parts of Canada could become the coldest spot on the planet with a winter storm coming with crazy frigid temperatures with wind chill factors in the -40oC level for some. This going to be really dangerous. Quite frankly, the human body was NOT designed to handle conditions like that. This is […]
