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Chemically Induced Frankenstein-Humans
Chemically Induced Frankenstein-Humans Photo Source CGP Grey | www.CGPGrey.com One of the biggest open questions of this century is whether 144,000 different chemicals swirling throughout the world are properly tested and analyzed for toxicity. By almost all accounts, the scale of toxic risk is unknown. This may be the biggest tragedy of all time, a […]
The Upside Of ‘Global Warming’
The Upside Of ‘Global Warming’ An interview from the Russian Ministry for Maritime and River Transport published on website PortNews says that Arctic ports along the Northern Sea Route are experiencing a surge in cargo. Up to August 24th of this year, 9.95 million tons of goods went through ports in the region, an 81 […]
Tropical Cyclone Threatens South Florida, Takes Aim At Gulf Coast
Tropical Cyclone Threatens South Florida, Takes Aim At Gulf Coast “Tropical Storm Gordon formed over the Florida Keys Monday morning and is poised to bring very heavy rainfall to south Florida on this Labor Day. As Gordon pushes into the Gulf of Mexico this week, it will interact with anomalously warm waters as it churns […]
Climate change, water and the infrastructure problem
Climate change, water and the infrastructure problem I was watching an episode of the science-fiction noir thriller “The Expanse” recently. Set hundreds of years in the future, the United Nations has now become the world government and its main rival is Mars, a former Earth colony. The UN is still in New York City and […]
Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History
Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History We will continue to reclaim citizens’ rights, as well as those of small and medium producers, who, despite being crushed by the current market mechanisms, are the only ones providing us with healthy and nutritious food “According to Reuters, the number of lawsuits brought against Bayer’s […]
Earth’s ‘Big Freeze’ Approaches As Sun Remains Devoid Of Sunspots For Most Of 2018
Earth’s ‘Big Freeze’ Approaches As Sun Remains Devoid Of Sunspots For Most Of 2018 Scientists believe that Earth could experience a “big freeze” as the sun goes through what’s known as “solar minimum.” During this time, sunspots are minimal and the globe could be in for a wicked cold snap. Scientists are reporting that the […]
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion. A Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday struck down the Canadian government’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, halting construction of the 1,150-kilometer project indefinitely. The expansion would […]
The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg
The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg Photo Source Surian Soosay | CC BY 2.0 The World Nuclear Association says its goal is “to increase global support for nuclear energy” and it repeatedly claims on its website: “There have only been three major accidents across 16,000 cumulative reactor-years of operation in 32 countries.” The WNA […]
The Link Between Minimalism and Permaculture
THE LINK BETWEEN MINIMALISM & PERMACULTURE There is an inherent link between permaculture and minimalism, so it’s no wonder why people are finding ways to combine the two ways of living into one super-philosophy. Both minimalism and permaculture hinge on utilizing highly efficient systems to make room for the important things in life: interconnectedness, abundance, […]
Batteries, mine production, lithium and the “cobalt crunch”
Batteries, mine production, lithium and the “cobalt crunch” Growth in Li-ion batteries depends on a number of imponderables, such as how rapidly the world converts to electric vehicles, how quickly battery manufacturing capacity can be ramped up and where the electricity to power millions of EVs will come from. This post ignores these issues, concentrating […]
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet Humanity faces a multi-faceted crisis. Endless wars of imperial aggression, both overt and covert– from Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan to Yemen, Palestine and Central and South America. These conflagrations compel those at the bottom of the economic pyramid to fight and die […]
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 2
Human Predators, Human Prey: Part 2 Society as Ecosystem in a Time of Collapse, Part II For Part I of this essay see here. 4. Our current context: the adaptive cycle, conservation, and release As we’ve seen, predator-prey relationships shape the flow of energy through ecosystems. But what happens in either a natural ecosystem or […]
A Sufficiency Vision for an Ecologically Constrained World
A SUFFICIENCY VISION FOR AN ECOLOGICALLY CONSTRAINED WORLD Owing to the limits of eco-efficiency and the need to liberate environmental space for the global poor, new policy instruments should be designed to bring about ecological fair sharing between countries and a new economy based on the concept of sufficiency. EU economic policies should pursue an […]
Congo: Ebola “Bungle in the Jungle” a Planned Mishap
Congo: Ebola “Bungle in the Jungle” a Planned Mishap Malthusian theory holds that depopulation (or zero population growth) is a necessity to control a species (namely humanity) that reproduces and consumes natural resources without limits. This is a “New Age” mantra adopted early on by Communists as far back as Marx and Lenin. The ball […]
Seawalls for oil refineries and other ironies of climate change adaptation
Seawalls for oil refineries and other ironies of climate change adaptation A friend of mine includes a saying with each of his emails that goes like this: “It shouldn’t be easier to imagine the end of civilization than the end of air conditioning.” But in most depictions of the end of civilization at the cinema […]
