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The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page?
The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page? QUESTION: Hey Marty, Thanks for the incredible information you are sharing. I subscribe to your service and read your blog every day. Do preppers have any justification in planning for a complete collapse, be it economic, political or otherwise? I keep […]
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout Photo by JK the Unwise | CC BY 2.0 George Monbiot, who has now been diagnosed with prostate cancer at the young age of 55, was therefore born in 1963, at the peak of the atmospheric test fallout. He is thus a peak exposed (at risk) member […]
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being […]
The Externalities of Energy Production Systems
The Externalities of Energy Production Systems The economics term externality is a cost or benefit accrued by a third party from the actions of others where the third party did not choose to acquire said costs or benefits. The term has been widely adopted by the environmental lobby to describe negative impacts of energy production systems. […]
Hope from chaos: could political upheaval lead to a new green epoch?
Hope from chaos: could political upheaval lead to a new green epoch? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) published its first major report28 years ago. This watershed document described the ominous implications of escalating emissions and the scale of the challenge in reversing this seemingly inexorable trend. Today, despite four further IPCC reports, 23 […]
Community fights massive drilling site planned near public school in low-income area
Community fights massive drilling site planned near public school in low-income area Oil and gas company originally planned to drill in largely white, middle-class neighborhood. AN OIL DRILLING OPERATION NEAR A SUBDIVISION IN WELD COUNTY, COLORADO. CREDIT: HELEN H. RICHARDSON/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGESResidents of a city along Colorado’s Front Range are fighting the […]
What to Do at the End of the World? Interview with Climate Crisis Activist, Kevin Hester
What to Do at the End of the World? Interview with Climate Crisis Activist, Kevin Hester Kevin Hester is an environmental and anti-imperialist activist living in New Zealand who is raising the alarm about the dramatic, planetary-scale changes that are underway. He is expecting “the imminent collapse of the biosphere from the perfect storm of […]
The Manhattan Institute’s Joke of a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
The Manhattan Institute’s Joke of a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed A new report by Oren Cass of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research dismisses predictions of the impacts of a warming world with a simple solution: When climate change turns up the heat, people just need to turn on their air conditioners. From his analysis, “Overheated: How […]
The Week of The Beast Unplugged
The Week of The Beast Unplugged From 26th February to 5th March 2018, the UK and indeed most of Northern Europe was gripped by severe cold weather blowing in from Siberia. The event was Christened the Beast From the East by UK press. The conditions were harsh, not just sub-zero temperatures and snow but high […]
Checking In on the Four Intersecting Cycles
Checking In on the Four Intersecting Cycles If you think this is a robust, resilient, stable system, please check your Ibogaine / Hopium / Delusionol intake. Correspondent James D. recently asked for an update on the four intersecting cycles I’ve been writing about for the past 10 years. Here’s the chart I prepared back in 2008 […]
The Public Fears An Eruption At Yellowstone: ‘Spate Of Tremors’ Reported
The Public Fears An Eruption At Yellowstone: ‘Spate Of Tremors’ Reported Laying underneath the tranquil and beautiful geysers, waterfalls, and mountains of Wyoming lies the Yellowstone caldera. The supervolcano has been worrying some for decades, but now experts fear an eruption could happen soon after reporting a “spate of tremors.” According to WMD, a spate […]
In Pittsburgh, a community bill of rights helped ban fracking
In Pittsburgh, a community bill of rights helped ban fracking Here’s the problem: In 2010, the oil and gas industries operating in Pennsylvania were acquiring land leases that would allow them to extract natural gas using the process known as “fracking.” Many rural municipalities had been targeted already for this activity, and the state Legislature had enacted […]
Douglas Rushkoff: “we’ve disabled the cognitive and collaborative skills needed to address climate change”
Douglas Rushkoff: “we’ve disabled the cognitive and collaborative skills needed to address climate change” How does our relationship with digital technologies alter our relationship with the future, with the present, and with our imaginations? It’s a question we’ve reflected on in various podcasts and interviews in this series. One of the books that most influenced […]
Betrayal of the Upper Green River
Betrayal on the Upper Green River Recently I attended a meeting with the Bridger Teton National Forest (BTNF) officials to discuss future grazing plans for the Upper Green River grazing allotment. The allotment, one of the most outstanding wildlife areas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, contains the headwaters of the Green River and lies north […]
Yes, Exxon Is Accusing Local Governments of Misleading Investors on Climate Change
Yes, Exxon Is Accusing Local Governments of Misleading Investors on Climate Change In January, ExxonMobil filed a legal petition seeking to depose more than a dozen city and county government officials in California, claiming that the municipal officials are defrauding investors by not fully disclosing the risks posed by climate change. You read that right. Exxon is […]
