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The Current Onset of Climate Tipping Points
The Current Onset of Climate Tipping Points As extreme temperatures, the rate of sea ice melt, the collapse of Greenland glaciers, the thawing of Siberian and Canadian permafrost and increased evaporation in the Arctic drive cold snow storms into Europe and North America, and as hurricanes and wild fires affect tropical and semi-tropical parts of […]
Belgium Begins Free Distribution Of Iodine Pills “In Case Of Nuclear Disaster”
Belgium Begins Free Distribution Of Iodine Pills “In Case Of Nuclear Disaster” As part of the government’s new nuclear safety policy, as of today, every Belgian citizen can come to a pharmacy and get free iodine pills. Belgium has two nuclear plants, Tihange and Doel, with a total number of seven reactors, and is one […]
Logging Can’t Restore Burnt Forests
Logging Can’t Restore Burnt Forests Photo by USDA Forest Service Alaska | CC BY 2.0 Every time I drive up to Mount Bachelor in Central Oregon I pass the Deschutes National Forest’s logging and mastication projects. The Forest Service and the Deschutes Collaborative suggest they are “thinning” the forest to preclude large wildfires and to […]
The Arctic Heats Up in the Dead of Winter
The Arctic Heats Up in the Dead of Winter Photo by NOAA Photo Library | CC BY 2.0 Every once in a while a climatic event hits that forces people to sit down to catch their breath. Along those lines, abnormal Arctic heat waves in the dead of winter may force scientists to revaluate downwards […]
Britain Buried in Snow Thanks to Global Warming & No Food?
Britain Buried in Snow Thanks to Global Warming & No Food? The British Government forecasters have today issued the first red snow warning for five years as the UK braces for potentially the worst blizzards since 1962. Britain has seen as much snow as the Bizzard of 1962 and of course, they are blaming Global […]
Ignorance and Greed: Trump’s War on the Environment
Ignorance and Greed: Trump’s War on the Environment Under Donald Trump, the environment has been the hardest hit of any sector of society, carried out by executive actions, the overturning of Obama-era regulations, and the enactment of new rules via cabinet review. This assault is occurring just as NASA reports that we’ve just had another […]
When Did Global Warming Theory Begin?
When Did Global Warming Theory Begin? Back in 1967, the International Global Atmospheric Research Program was established, mainly to gather data for better short-range weather prediction, but included climate. The following year, this was the beginning of biased studies which suggested that a possibility of a collapse of the Antarctic ice sheets would raise sea levels catastrophically. […]
The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag
The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag Three companies to control 60% of world’s seed and pesticide markets. German drug and agrichemicals giant Bayer has suffered a setback in its efforts to acquire the world’s biggest seed company, Monsanto. Bayer had reckoned on winning regulatory approval for its $63.5 billion takeover bid at the […]
7 Dead After “Monster Nor’easter” Pummels East Coast, Leaving Floods, Outages
7 Dead After “Monster Nor’easter” Pummels East Coast, Leaving Floods, Outages At least seven people were dead after a “monster nor’easter” – officially called Winter Storm Riley – slammed the northeastern United States on Saturday, leaving a trail of flooded streets, power outages and brutal winds. NASA ✔@NASA Spotted by @NOAASatellites‘ #GOES16 satellite: today’s #noreaster […]
Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal
Drilling and Mining Interests Pushed to Shrink Utah National Monuments, Documents Reveal Even though Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke insisted “this is not about energy,” environmentalists and public lands advocates have long suspected the Trump administration’s cuts to national monuments were driven by its push for more drilling, mining and other development. Now, internal Interior Department documents obtained by the New York Times show that […]
Make Your Choice: Change By Pain Or Insight
Make Your Choice: Change By Pain Or Insight It’s time to make the decision. Choose wisely. Most experienced investors know the four most dangerous words are: This time is different. It never is. And yet one of my key predictions here at Peak Prosperity is that The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last […]
Emails Reveal Trump Admin Mulling Big Oil Plan to Transfer Public Land to States
Emails Reveal Trump Admin Mulling Big Oil Plan to Transfer Public Land to States During its first year under Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Interior has coordinated closely with the oil and gas industry to accomplish its priorities on the nation’s expansive federal lands. Among them: considering a plan to transfer control of oil and gas development on public […]
Oklahoma Bolsters Earthquake Protocol For Frackers
Oklahoma Bolsters Earthquake Protocol For Frackers Oklahoma has witnessed a surge in earthquakes over the past decade. Regulators and scientists largely agree that the higher seismic activity is associated with the injection of wastewater from oil and gas production into wastewater wells. Now Oklahoma is tightening its seismic protocol for the oil and gas operations […]
Beast From The East: Europe’s Feeling The Chill
Beast From The East: Europe’s Feeling The Chill The “Beast from the East” has well and truly arrived in Europe, blanketing much of the continent in snow. The Siberian weather system has sent temperatures plummeting to as low as -30°C in some places and, as Statista’s Niall McCarthy reports, at least ten people have died due to […]
