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Massive 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Coast Of Indonesia
Massive 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Coast Of Indonesia A massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the Indonesia island of Sumatra, prompting tsunami warnings across the Pacific ring of fire, according to USGS. The quake followed a smaller quake killed one person and damaged some homes. View image on Twitter ✔ #BREAKING: A magnitude 7.5 […]
What Comes Next
What Comes Next Photo Source Doc Searls | CC BY 2.0 There are no hidden secrets about anthropogenic global warming. It’s everywhere, wherever one looks! After all, the People’s Climate March (311,000) in 2014 organized by 350.org (Bill McKibben) was one of the biggest rallies ever held in NYC. Also, worldwide exposure was ubiquitously on […]
Why Growth Can’t Be Green
Why Growth Can’t Be Green New data proves you can support capitalism or the environment—but it’s hard to do both. Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories on soil depletion, deforestation, and the collapse of fish […]
Soothing Noah Smith’s Fears About a Post-Growth World
SOOTHING NOAH SMITH’S FEARS ABOUT A POST-GROWTH WORLD Last week Foreign Policy published an article I wrote titled “Why growth can’t be green.” It stirred a lively online discussion – and of course attracted dissenters. Among them was one Noah Smith, who penned a critical op-ed in Bloomberg. You can read it here. I wrote […]
How the world breaks
How the world breaks Stan and Paul Cox describe the destructive force of nature in the context of climate change In May 2006, an eruption of mud began to flow in Sdoarjo Indonesia. With the eruption, 40,000 villagers were displaced and 20 were killed. About a decade after the disaster began, these statues were placed […]
A “Perfect Storm” Is Surrounding One of the Worst Ebola Outbreaks in History in the DRC Right Now
A “Perfect Storm” Is Surrounding One of the Worst Ebola Outbreaks in History in the DRC Right Now An Ebola outbreak that has been going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo since August is already one of the worst in history – the 7th worst to be precise – and it looks like it […]
‘Mud and Confusion’: Oil and Gas Industry Goes On Defense as Studies Show Offshore Exploration Could Kill Zooplankton
‘Mud and Confusion’: Oil and Gas Industry Goes On Defense as Studies Show Offshore Exploration Could Kill Zooplankton “We knew it was going to cause a stir,” said Australian marine scientist Dr. Robert McCauley. McCauley was referring to the results of an experiment testing the impacts of a common oil and gas industry technique in waters off southern […]
Katla Building to a Major Event?
Katla Building to a Major Event? They claim that all the world’s nations combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according to new international calculations on global emissions published in the journal Nature Climate Change. That is 32 kilotons per day when one volcano […]
Macron Says “France Won’t Deal with Countries that Don’t Respect Climate Accord”
Macron Says “France Won’t Deal with Countries that Don’t Respect Climate Accord” French President Emmanuel gave a blistering speech at the UN pointed at Trump. I suggest Macron should look at Germany. Hoot of the Day French president Emmanuel Macron is calling on other countries to join him in refusing to sign new deals with […]
An Unforeseen Climate Beast Awakens!
An Unforeseen Climate Beast Awakens! Photo Source Peter Shanks | CC BY 2.0 East Antarctica is a big-time global warming player. Nothing is comparable. It is the world heavyweight, and nothing can impact the world with so much calamitous clout. As such, it would be a huge mistake to discount its capability to turn mean-spirited, […]
Monsanto’s Glyphosate Linked To Global Decline In Honey Bees
Monsanto’s Glyphosate Linked To Global Decline In Honey Bees Glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer, has caused significant concerns over its potential risk to human health, animals, and the environment for several decades. Earlier this month, a US court awarded a groundskeeper $289 million who claimed Bayer AG unit Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, gave […]
Florence is not the ‘new normal’. We’ve destroyed normal forever.
Florence is not the ‘new normal’. We’ve destroyed normal forever. If each new decade brings its own unique, ever-worsening climate disasters, there won’t be any new norms for a long, long time. HURRICANE FLORENCE FLOODS A LOCAL BUSINESS ON SEPTEMBER 16 IN WILMINGTON, NC. CREDIT: MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES You’ve probably seen the term “new normal” […]
Q&A: Why cement emissions matter for climate change
A builder directs wet concrete from a cement truck into the foundations of a large building. Credit: Peter Righteous/Alamy Stock Photo. Q&A: Why cement emissions matter for climate change If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world. In 2015, it generated around 2.8bn tonnes of CO2, […]
The Ecological Crisis is a Political Crisis
The Ecological Crisis is a Political Crisis Dakota Access Pipeline protestors by John Whathen With each passing day, reports on global climate change become increasingly bleak. Recent research has affirmed that the glaciers are melting faster than anticipated1, and that acidification, with its catastrophic effect on ocean ecosystems, is also proceeding faster than feared2. As […]
How radical municipalism can go beyond the local
How radical municipalism can go beyond the local Fighting for more affordable, accessible places to live means fighting for a less carbon-intensive future by the Symbiosis Research Collective Climate change, global finance, the neoliberal state: today’s crises require action on a big scale. And yet fighting for local democracy is – perhaps counter-intuitively – […]
