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Spooked by Quakes, Oklahoma Toughens Fracking Rules
Spooked by Quakes, Oklahoma Toughens Fracking Rules Canadian regulators stick with less stringent regulations despite growing risks from mega-fracking. Across North America, fracking-caused earthquakes have led to public concern and protests. Photo by ProgressOhio, Creative Commons licensed. After swarms of earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing, Oklahoma has introduced tougher regulations than those used by any […]
Fukushima: A Human-Made Disaster Brought on by Bad Faith
Fukushima: A Human-Made Disaster Brought on by Bad Faith “Nearly seven years after the triple reactor meltdowns, this unique nuclear crisis is still underway,” Greenpeace International’s Shaun Burnie wrote in a blogpost last December. The word “unique” is an understatement but true. The March 11, 2011meltdowns are the world’s first combined earthquake-tsunami-reactor catastrophe. Moreover, while […]
China Reports Outbreak Of Highly Contagious Bird Flu
China Reports Outbreak Of Highly Contagious Bird Flu A dangerous strain of bird flu that has been circulating in 2013 could be on the verge of snowballing into a global pandemic. The Paris-based Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday that a farm in Shaanxi province has reported an outbreak of a highly dangerous pathogen, while […]
Getting Past Trump: This Is How Democracies Die (Part 1)
Getting Past Trump: This Is How Democracies Die (Part 1) Ed note: This piece is part of a 3-part series. Part 1 is also cross-posted on Truthout. Donald Trump’s 13-month tenure (so far) as president of the United States has been an exhausting sprint for onlookers concerned about the state of the global ecosystem and […]
Global CO2 emissions forecast to 2100
Global CO2 emissions forecast to 2100 In his recent post Euan Mearns projected global energy requirements out to 2100. In this brief post I apply Euan’s methodology to carbon dioxide emissions, which are closely correlated with energy consumption. The projections show CO2 emissions peaking around 2075 under the UN low population growth scenario but continuing […]
Canada Covering Up Global Warming Nuts Destroying the Water Supply
Canada Covering Up Global Warming Nuts Destroying the Water Supply COMMENT: When Government turns on its own citizens. Good day, Martin; This climate change movement here in Ontario, Canada has gone too far. Construction of windmills in a small farming area has contaminated 16 residential water wells with that destroyed the pumps and piping that feed […]
Climate Change – Catastrophic or Linear Slow Progression?
Climate Change – Catastrophic or Linear Slow Progression? Indeed, science was turned on its head after a discovery in 1772 near Vilui, Siberia, of an intact frozen woolly rhinoceros, which was followed by the more famous discovery of a frozen mammoth in 1787. You may be shocked, but these discoveries of frozen animals with grass […]
Can we cure the global eating disorder?
Can we cure the global eating disorder? We stayed overnight in Dodson, Montana in a charming Bed and Breakfast owned and managed by Sandra Calk. At breakfast we got a peep view into her fridge. There were fruit and vegetables, cheeses, juices, marmalade, honey pickles, condiments and everlasting tortillas. There were eggs and rhubarb from […]
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 […]
