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Life, the Sea and Big Oil
Life, the Sea and Big Oil Photo by Glenn Beltz | CC BY 2.0 “It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat […]
Bill Ryerson — Dealing With The Elephant In The Room: Overpopulation
PODCAST Bill Ryerson — Dealing With The Elephant In The Room: Overpopulation Strategies for dealing with this massive, third-rail issue Worldwide, three new humans are born every second. Every day, 225,000 more mouths are added to the global dinner table. That adds up to 80 million new people per year — the population equivalent of […]
Hawaii National Guard Presence Builds As Lava Nears Geothermal Power Plant
Hawaii National Guard Presence Builds As Lava Nears Geothermal Power Plant Update: For some context of what is going on in Hawaii, here is NBC’s latest live shot – not a green screen… * * * Via Intellihub.com, The situation on the Big Island is changing rapidly as Mount Kilauea spews more lava and gas […]
Contaminated Fukushima Water Storage Tanks “Close To Capacity”, TEPCO Admits
Contaminated Fukushima Water Storage Tanks “Close To Capacity”, TEPCO Admits The Tokyo Electric Power Company is running out of container space to store water contaminated by tritium outside the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and it’s also running out of room for building more tanks, according to Yomiuri Shimbum, a Japanese newspaper, which is […]
Hawaii Residents Trapped As Volcanic Eruption Intensifies, First Major Injury Reported After “Lava Bomb”
Hawaii Residents Trapped As Volcanic Eruption Intensifies, First Major Injury Reported After “Lava Bomb” More residents of Hawaii’s Big Island have been told to evacuate as fast moving lava threatens homes and businesses after a new, explosive eruption took place at Kilauea’s summit crater Saturday as well as the emergence of fresh, faster flowing lava throughout the region. Some […]
The world needs less from us (and more) (by Tim Crownshaw)
The world needs less from us (and more) (by Tim Crownshaw) Ghosts Of The Concrete World by Cameron Gray (parablevisions.com) Around two decades ago, scientists began seriously discussing the prospects and suitability of geoengineering as a response to climate change. The options which have the potential to make a difference over a short timeframe revolve […]
Don’t Call It an Explosion: Gaseous Ignition Events with Radioactive Waste
Don’t Call It an Explosion: Gaseous Ignition Events with Radioactive Waste Photo by Iwan Gabovitch | CC BY 2.0 Last month’s explosive news from the safe, reliable nuclear deterrence folks is that at least four barrels of military radioactive waste either burst or exploded somewhere inside the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), near Idaho Falls, April […]
“We Now Have Urban Ebola” In Congo, WHO Warns Of “Potentially Explosive Increase” In Cases
“We Now Have Urban Ebola” In Congo, WHO Warns Of “Potentially Explosive Increase” In Cases Experts fear an “explosive increase” in Ebola cases after an outbreak in Congo entered a “new phase” and spread from the countryside to a city. The BBC reports that Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a […]
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation The UK likes to brag about its credentials as a global climate leader. But a new DeSmog UK investigation reveals that beneath the green veneer lies some dirty business. At the centre of it all is the City of London and its junior stock exchange, the Alternative Investment […]
Supporting Organic Agriculture “is truly putting America first”
Supporting Organic Agriculture “is truly putting America first” Kate Mendenhall is the Director of the Organic Farmers Association (OFA), an organization sponsored by the Rodale Institute to build and support an organic farmer movement and national policy platform in the United States. Mendenhall has an extensive background in advocacy and is well-acquainted with the needs […]
Yellowstone geyser erupts for fifth time in months, prompting fears of an eruption
Yellowstone geyser erupts for fifth time in months, prompting fears of an eruption Does the USGS, NASA, and other government agencies know more than they are leading people to believe when it comes to the Yellowstone supervolcano? Jeff Gunn/Flickr (INTELLIHUB) — The largest active geyser in the world has erupted for the fifth time this […]
The Path to a Regenerative Future: The Importance of Local Networks and Bioregional Contexts
The Path to a Regenerative Future: The Importance of Local Networks and Bioregional Contexts The sustainability approach to harmonizing environment, equity, and economies has come under strong critique in recent years. It has been 30 years since the publication of Our Common Future and twenty-five years since the adoption of Agenda 21 at the Earth […]
WHO Prepares For “Worst Case” As Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads
WHO Prepares For “Worst Case” As Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads In the week since we first noted the new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of cases has risen by 50%, and The World Health Organization has now said it is preparing for “the worst case scenario.” The WHO has […]
