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Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism
Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism Photo Source Molly Adams | CC BY 2.0 Climate change action would kill imperialism, and that is why we can’t have it in America. American political power is based on fossil fuels, and the US military is the engine that consumes those fuels to produce that power. So long […]
Government Agency Warning: Space Storms Could Cause Mass BLACKOUTS
Government Agency Warning: Space Storms Could Cause Mass BLACKOUTS The Met Office has told United Kingdom ministers that space storms could cause massive blackouts and destroy computers. According to the government agency’s study, a space storm could bring down the internet and all communications. According to The Sunday Times, a new report is claiming that huge […]
Degrowth as a concrete utopia
Degrowth as a concrete utopia Economic growth can’t reduce inequalities; it merely postpones confronting exploitation. Español “My Visit to the Mountain Homestead.” Credit: Flickr/Eli Duke. CC BY 2.0. The emergence of interest in degrowth can be traced back to the 1st International Degrowth Conference organized in Paris in 2008. At this conference, degrowth was defined […]
Ohio’s watershed moment: How to fix Lake Erie algae
THE GREEN MONSTER Ohio’s watershed moment: How to fix Lake Erie algae The western tail of Lake Erie brims with life. Warm, shallow waters along the Ohio-Michigan border teem with bass, bluegill, and walleye, sustaining a billion-dollar fishing industry. Millions of people from Cleveland to Detroit draw their drinking water from this nook of the […]
Book Review: The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom: Commons, Contestation and Craft
Book Review: The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom: Commons, Contestation and Craft The threat posed by global warming and environmental degradation are the most pressing examples of what has become known over the past several decades as the ‘tragedy of the commons’. In this book, Derek Wall explores the work of the late Nobel Laureate, […]
The Extinction Rebellion–A Tipping Point for the Climate Emergency?
THE EXTINCTION REBELLION – A TIPPING POINT FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY? The only rational response to the scientific evidence on climate change, is to declare a global emergency – to mobilise all of society to do whatever it takes to fix it. As the UN Secretary General Guterres recently stated: “We face a direct existential threat”. […]
Weather Models Forecast Coldest Thanksgiving On Record In Northeast
Weather Models Forecast Coldest Thanksgiving On Record In Northeast According to new weather models, the US mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions are expected to experience the coldest/earliest temperatures to the start of any winter season on record. Weather Prediction Center: “Highs 20-35 degrees below normal” The culprit: a massive area of high pressure from the Arctic Circle will descend across Canada and into the Northeast, collapsing […]
Manchester promises to phase out fossil fuels in 20 years in one of the world’s toughest climate change pledges
Manchester promises to phase out fossil fuels in 20 years in one of the world’s toughest climate change pledges “How typical of Manchester to step forward and lead in this way.” (Image: PA) Manchester has signed up to one of the most ambitious climate change targets in the world as the city seeks to become […]
California Rooftop Solar Mandate: An example of bad groupthink?
California Rooftop Solar Mandate: An example of bad groupthink? In recent news, California legislators have done a gimmick-trick that has earned the state loud applause from the environmentally-minded consumers and activists: California Energy Commission (CEC) recently voted 5-0 to add a new provision to the state’s building code. This includes a requirement that from 2020, […]
The Snowiest Decade
The Snowiest Decade This winter is starting off colder than the last two years. My biggest concern is that all the nonsense about Global Warming is preventing us from preparing for the real trend – Global Cooling. Even in the Bible, there is the story about Joseph warning the Pharaoh that there would be 7 years […]
Who or What Is Really Responsible for the Huge Forest Fires in California?
Who or What Is Really Responsible for the Huge Forest Fires in California? Once again, faced with the failure of the “press” to educate us on an issue, we decided to go out and research the truth about what appears to be the significant increase in huge forest fires. Once we did the research, we […]
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food
Australia’s drought, climate change and the future of food There’s a reason that few people are thinking about world grain supplies. Last year saw record worldwide production of grains and record stocks of grains left over. But this year worldwide production slipped about 2 percent, owing in large part to the plunge in Australia’s production […]
Why This Planet Is Becoming Uninhabitable
Why This Planet Is Becoming Uninhabitable And Even Trump Now Acknowledges that Man-Made Global Warming Spells Doom There are now overt indications that this planet is becoming uninhabitable. Not only are increasing numbers of humans migrating from near the Equator, northward toward nations that have more temperate climates, but also there are stronger and more […]
What Terrible Injustices Are Hiding Behind American Energy Habits?
What Terrible Injustices Are Hiding Behind American Energy Habits? When someone charges a cellphone or flips on the lights, what costs are felt by the far-off communities that produced the coal or gas powering that home? What happens to those same communities when a utility decides to switch from coal power to natural gas? And […]
