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A South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Plant Has Leaked Radioactive Pollution
A South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Plant Has Leaked Radioactive Pollution Radioactive uranium has leaked through the floor of the Westinghouse South Carolina nuclear fuel plant and contaminated the soil. The Westinghouse fuel factory on Bluff Road, located in Richland County, also has a nearly 35-year history of groundwater pollution from the plant. The most conflicting part […]
Radioactive Cesium-137 From Fukushima Found In California Wine
Radioactive Cesium-137 From Fukushima Found In California Wine Following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan – which left Japanese residents contending with toxic water and radioactive wild boars, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said that particles of radioactive fallout which made its way to the Western United States and elsewhere was […]
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the […]
Antarctic melt accelerates sea level rise
Antarctic melt accelerates sea level rise While renewable energy is on a roll—setting records in Europe over the last few months[1], and racking up impressive numbers in capacity buildout in 2017 [2], it’s easy to forget what is happening behind the scenes. Extreme weather gets all the headlines: the wild fires in Canada and Sweden […]
Farmers Battle WORST Drought In 100 Years: ‘It’s Dire!’
Farmers Battle WORST Drought In 100 Years: ‘It’s Dire!’ Farmers are saying the situation they’ve been presented with is “dire.” As they battle the worst drought they’ve faced in 100 years, farming families in central-western New South Wales in Australia are facing ruin. According to The Guardian, the farmers in the affected region of central […]
Global Warming Hysteria: Record Heat, Vanishing Sunspots, Co2, and Lawsuits
Global Warming Hysteria: Record Heat, Vanishing Sunspots, Co2, and Lawsuits There’s record heat, but why? How do we measure it? What’s going on with sunspots? Blame the US? Answers below. Record Heat Yes, there’s “record heat” thanks to the nonsensical way we measure temperatures. Mann-Made Warming Watts Up With That provides a humorous, but accurate, […]
Ten ways to avoid shopping for food in supermarkets
Ten ways to avoid shopping for food in supermarkets Who can resist the siren call of the supermarkets – open till late, filled with food catering to most tastes, often at bargain prices? But if we widen the lens to take in the bigger picture, we find society is paying a huge price for this […]
15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018
15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018 Events are beginning to greatly accelerate, and many believe that the ingredients for a “perfect storm” are starting to come together as we enter the second half of 2018. Other than the continual drama surrounding the Trump presidency, things have been […]
Three Climatic Monsters with Asteroid Impact
Three Climatic Monsters with Asteroid Impact Continuing from Part 1: Monster #2 Greenhouse Gases (“GHG”) alter ecosystems. The biggest impact of anthropogenic GHG hits the oceans. There is no doubt about the importance of the oceans as a great sink, 2/3rds of the planet. After all, the oceans have saved humanity’s butt ever since industrialization […]
Population growth and food: A systems perspective
Population growth and food: A systems perspective In this age of the Anthropocene, it is necessary to look inward as well as outwards to find systemic solutions. People may or may not be “a plague on earth” as David Attenborough has stated, but we are without doubt the dominant force on this planet. Some introspection […]
The Sinister Underbelly of Climate Change Denial
The Sinister Underbelly of Climate Change Denial The last few days of June 2018 saw most people in the United States sweltering in an epic heat wave. High temperatures were uniformly between 90 and 110 degrees in a mind-boggling 17 states [1]. Heat indices in parts of the East and Midwest approached 120 degrees. Heat […]
7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?
7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support? Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history. This World Population Day, humans number in the vicinity of 7.5 to 7.6 billion individuals. Can the Earth support this many people indefinitely? What will happen if we […]
Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C
Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says. This is 50% higher than the additional investment needed to meet a 2C limit, […]
