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The Troubles of “Invasive” Plants: Collateral Damage, Monsanto, and the Tragedy of Pinyon-Juniper eradication
The Troubles of “Invasive” Plants: Collateral Damage, Monsanto, and the Tragedy of Pinyon-Juniper eradication St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum). Photo by KtS This is part one of a three part series. In this part we discuss: a) the negative effects of invasive plant removal methods, b) the involvement of Monsanto in popularizing invasion biology, and c) […]
It’s Time to Get Serious About CO2 Pollution
It’s Time to Get Serious About CO2 Pollution Fifty years ago, a bipartisan U.S. Congress enacted novel, far-reaching legislation that changed our country and the world for the better. At that time, the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act were new, untested approaches to combating pollution. The U.S. had a huge problem in the […]
Climate Diary of an extreme heatwave across Australia and climate heat impacts
Climate Diary of an extreme heatwave across Australia and climate heat impacts The Bureau of Meteorology in the lead up to christmas in 2018 showed a heatwave building through the week. The forecast was for severe and extreme heatwave impacts particularly Thursday 27 December to Saturday 29 December. A blocking high in the Tasman and […]
BC earthquakes and fracking
BC earthquakes and fracking As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information There is no fracking going on right now in northeastern British Columbia, the epicenter of the province’s oil and gas production. Hydraulic fracturing operations have been shut down there for a month due to earthquakes […]
Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues
Gideon Mendel For Action Aid/ In Pictures/Corbis via Getty Images Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues Despite a series of troubling new reports and studies, the world has yet to respond adequately to the threat posed by global warming. One reason is that policymakers have not made the connection between climate action and the […]
Native Shrubs and Why They’re Essential for Carbon Sequestration
Native Shrubs and Why They’re Essential for Carbon Sequestration Sand prairie merging into shrubland in southeast Wisconsin. Credit: The Prairie Botanist “Shrubbiness is such a remarkable adaptive design that one may wonder why more plants have not adopted it.” (H. C. Stutz, 1989) In light of the newest IPCC and US climate change reports, coupled with […]
Communism, Fascism and Green Shaming
Communism, Fascism and Green Shaming In the United States, for over a hundred years, the ruling interests tirelessly propagated anticommunism among the populace, until it became more like a religious orthodoxy than a political analysis.” – Michael Parenti (Blackshirts and Red) “…the totality of which the psyche is a part becomes to an increasing extent […]
Climate Change & the Blame Game has been going on Since the 1890s
Climate Change & the Blame Game has been going on Since the 1890s COMMENT: I really get annoyed by people who say well it has been warm here so what happens elsewhere is irrelevant. They are idiots and cannot see the whole and just want to blame humans for everything. I can see how our situation […]
2018: the tipping point
2018: the tipping point My year in review — looking back, looking ahead Published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project for people and planet. Please support us to keep digging where others fear to tread. Over the last few years, the sense that world events are accelerating in a way that is increasingly difficult to keep up with […]
The Coming Mini Ice Age & Cyclical Movement of the Tropics Belt Itself
The Coming Mini Ice Age & Cyclical Movement of the Tropics Belt Itself We have the most sophisticated and diverse client base than probably any institution covering more than 100 countries. Our business has been constructed upon one bedrock foundation – unbiased computer analysis. These forecasts are NEVER my personal opinion. There are plenty of people who seek to […]
2018 Was a Year of Deadly Climate Disasters and an ‘Ear Splitting Wake-Up Call’
2018 Was a Year of Deadly Climate Disasters and an ‘Ear Splitting Wake-Up Call’ 2018 is set to rank as the fourth warmest year on record — and the fourth year in a row reflecting a full degree Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) temperature rise from the late 1800s, climate scientists say. This was the year that introduced […]
Schumer vs. the Climate: Manchin’s Criminally Insane Promotion
Schumer vs. the Climate: Manchin’s Criminally Insane Promotion Hell hath no fury like Chuck Schumer scorned. If I read Chuck Schumer correctly, he generally assumes his progressive opponents are powerless wimps and that he can just serve his Wall Street and AIPAC masters without taking our views or feelings into account. Or even that we’re […]
Ten 2018 Extinction Awards
Ten 2018 Extinction Awards Given the way people are transforming the earth into a place where the human species cannot survive, it is only right and just that we honor achievement in the race to extinction. Without further ado, here are the top eight Extinction Awards of 2018. 2018 Extinction Global Person of the Year […]
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado If fracking treated all people equally, that is, if every person in Colorado were threatened with anywhere from 10 to 50 fracked wells in their neighborhood, the oil and gas industry would be long gone. But it doesn’t, so only a minority of Coloradans reap the whirlwind in the state’s […]
