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BP solar chief forecasts global clean energy renaissance
BP solar chief forecasts global clean energy renaissance A new paradigm of ‘planetary ecology’ might emerge after 2050 Published as part of the launch of the new beta platform for INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfunded journalism platform for people and planet A new book put together by the Chairman of the philanthropic arm of Europe’s largest solar company, […]
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold My friend Alex is in Chamonix in the shadow of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. He sent some very snowy pics and mentioned that it was fair dinging down. The most snow since 2010. Knowing that sunspot cycle 24 was well-advanced I did […]
Making Local Woods Work
Making Local Woods Work The Forestry Commission estimates that 47% of England’s woodlands are unmanaged. If you like to think of woods as wild places and flinch at the idea of a tree being felled, then you might consider this a good thing. But woodlands, at least in this country, need management. Whilst truly wild […]
Study Fills in Missing Data on Homes, Schools, Habitats at Risk from Shell’s Falcon Pipeline
Study Fills in Missing Data on Homes, Schools, Habitats at Risk from Shell’s Falcon Pipeline At the end of 2017, Shell ran slightly afoul of Pennsylvania state regulators after filing a pipeline permit application to the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that failed to show sensitive environmental areas in the path of its proposed […]
Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields and Climate Change
Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields and Climate Change In my recent post on The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climatean interesting discussion developed in comments where there was a fair amount of disagreement among my sceptical colleagues. A few days later, retired Apollo astronaut Phil Chapman sent me this […]
Ending Pollution Requires a Change in Attitudes
Ending Pollution Requires a Change in Attitudes Pollution has become an everyday affair; a murderous way of life which, according to a report published in The Lancet, is responsible for the deaths of at least nine million people every year. The air we breathe is poisoned, the streams, rivers, lakes and oceans are filthy, — […]
Inside the Dead Zone
Inside the Dead Zone It was at a point when linguistics, cultural anthropology and continental philosophy were converging that philosopher Martin Heidegger proclaimed ‘language is the house of the truth of being.’ The problem at hand was conceiving the role of language in an experiential (phenomenological) sense that closed the distance between the Western inheritance […]
Asia Is About To Be Hit By The “Worst Oil Tanker Spill In Decades”
Asia Is About To Be Hit By The “Worst Oil Tanker Spill In Decades” The Sanchi disaster is even worse than many initially expected, according to a chilling new report published by Britain’s National Oceanography Centre that shows the ship’s cargo – the equivalent of nearly 1 million barrels of ultra-light crude, plus its own […]
Who will drink the last glass of water in Cape Town?
Who will drink the last glass of water in Cape Town? Because Cape Town sits between picturesque beaches and mountains, it is a favored travel destination. And, its weather during the summer is described as “almost too perfect.” That’s in part because it rains very little in the summer in this second most populous city […]
The Flu Is FAR WORSE Than We’re Being Told: Tens of Thousands of Americans Are DYING
The Flu Is FAR WORSE Than We’re Being Told: Tens of Thousands of Americans Are DYING We all know that this year’s flu season is bad. I have been pouring over numbers and reports over the past few days, and it’s actually even worse than we’re hearing about. Tens of thousands of Americans are dying. […]
Fracking companies won’t have to disclose chemicals thanks to Trump administration rollback
Fracking companies won’t have to disclose chemicals thanks to Trump administration rollback California and a coalition of environmental groups have all filed challenges to the Bureau of Land Management’s fracking rule repeal. A LARGE FRACKING OPERATION IN COLORADO. (CREDIT: HELEN H. RICHARDSON/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGES) On the one-year anniversary of becoming California’s attorney […]
OUTBREAK ALERT: Yellow Fever Death Toll Triples In Brazil
OUTBREAK ALERT: Yellow Fever Death Toll Triples In Brazil The yellow fever outbreak in Brazil has taken a backseat to the flu outbreak spreading globally. But, the death toll from yellow fever has now tripled and travelers are being warned. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday there are 35 confirmed cases of the […]
EPA Orders Testing for GenX Contamination Near Chemours Plant in West Virginia
EPA ORDERS TESTING FOR GENX CONTAMINATION NEAR CHEMOURS PLANT IN WEST VIRGINIA The Teflon Toxin DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, also known as C8, a chemical it had used for decades to make Teflon and other… THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY has asked Chemours to test water near its plant in West Virginia […]
