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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 […]
Humanity’s WIPEOUT Foreshadowed? World Health Chief: Global Pandemic Imminent
Humanity’s WIPEOUT Foreshadowed? World Health Chief: Global Pandemic Imminent According to a World Health Organization doctor, a global pandemic is imminent, and no one will be prepared for it when it hits. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, director-general for WHO, has said that the next outbreak that will hit us will be a “terrible” one, causing a large death […]
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke Trees are dying at unprecedented rates. Can we rethink conservation before it’s too late? Each year, the Earth’s trees suck more than a hundred billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That’s an impossibly huge number to consider, about 60 times the weight of all the humans currently on the planet. […]
Fixing Global Warming is Bigger Than Paris ‘15
Fixing Global Warming is Bigger Than Paris ‘15 Photo by NOAA Photo Library | CC BY 2.0 The worldwide effort to harness, slow down, lessen, reduce, remove the threat of global warming is epitomized by the Paris ’15 climate accord. This agreement calls for nations of the world to implement plans to slow down greenhouse […]
Pollution, Invasive Aliens, & Mass Extinction: 20,000 Scientists ‘Warn Humanity’ The End Is Nigh
Pollution, Invasive Aliens, & Mass Extinction: 20,000 Scientists ‘Warn Humanity’ The End Is Nigh A wave of nationalist/populist/anti-globalization, record high debt, nuclear doomsday clock at its highs, soaring financial leverage, and now trade wars. If the world did not have enough to worry about, 20,000 scientists have a few more reasons to believe ‘the end […]
A Dire Warning From The “Doomsday Vault”
A Dire Warning From The “Doomsday Vault” Climate change alarmists are taking full advantage of the “Sudden Stratospheric Warming” (SSW) event, which occurred above the Arctic in mid-February, as further evidence that the world’s unpredictable and sometimes chaotic weather is jeopardizing humanity’s food security. The split of the polar vortex, otherwise known as an SSW event, shifted […]
Beyond Supply and Demand: The Dynamic Equilibrium Between Global Thresholds and Allocations
Beyond Supply and Demand: The Dynamic Equilibrium Between Global Thresholds and Allocations As a monetary adviser, I spent many years questioning bankers on the authenticity of their balances sheets. What stood out most for me in these discussions was this: the social demand for commodities is often claimed by banks as having a direct link with the ecological […]
