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Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon Spill The Trump administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and gas drilling operations safer after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. This event was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Eleven workers died in the explosion […]
Strong Earthquakes Hit San Francisco And Mount St. Helens And Experts Warn They May Be Foreshocks For ‘Something Larger’
Strong Earthquakes Hit San Francisco And Mount St. Helens And Experts Warn They May Be Foreshocks For ‘Something Larger’ Just when it seemed like things may be settling down, two very unusual earthquakes have hit the west coast within the past couple of days. A 4.4 magnitude quake struck Berkeley, California just prior to 3 […]
Climate Change – Is this an OMG Event?
Climate Change – Is this an OMG Event? QUESTION: Is it in your view a minor cold blip or “OMG we’re all going to freeze to death and run out of food ?” BR ANSWER: We are looking at an unbelievable decline in the energy output of the sun which appears to be the most […]
2017 crushed a major temperature record and scientists are sounding the alarm
2017 crushed a major temperature record and scientists are sounding the alarm “All the natural influences should have made the year cooler than normal, not hotter than normal.” CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES It’s been very cold over North America for days, but globally, 2017 has ended up smashing the record for the hottest year on record without […]
How destructive is the middle class?
How destructive is the middle class? Firstly, I’ve no wish to define people by accidents of birth and then condemn them for the effects of those accidents – by accent, dress, or other filial habits. Whichever class we’ve been born into remains as our original soil. Parenthood, love, loyalty and some behavioural codes, grow from […]
Unearthing the Capitalocene: Towards a Reparations Ecology
Unearthing the Capitalocene: Towards a Reparations Ecology Settled agriculture, cities, nation-states, information technology and every other facet of the modern world have unfolded within a long era of climatic good fortune. Those days are gone. Sea levels are rising; climate is becoming less stable; average temperatures are increasing. Civilization emerged in a geological era known […]
Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast: Record Tide Floods Boston
Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast: Record Tide Floods Boston Blizzards hit the East coast, record high tides flood Boston and in New Jersey, Christie declared a state of emergency. The National Guard has been called out in several states as a bombogenesis or bomb cyclone makes its way up the East coast of the US. […]
Global Disasters Wreaked Havoc In 2017 – Total Economic Losses Top $300 Billion
Global Disasters Wreaked Havoc In 2017 – Total Economic Losses Top $300 Billion According to a new reinsurance report issued by the Swiss Re Institute, total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared 63 percent in 2017 to an estimated $306 billion, up from $188 billion in 2016. Globally, insurers lost $136 billion from natural […]
“Bomb Cyclone” Explodes Over East Coast, Sends NYC Nat Gas Price To Record High
“Bomb Cyclone” Explodes Over East Coast, Sends NYC Nat Gas Price To Record High “The strong storm system off the east coast continues to rapidly strengthen, bringing strong winds, heavy snow, and bitter wind chills to the I-95 corridor. As of 11 AM EST Thursday, the system had strengthened to 951mb, which is a drop […]
NY Declares State Of Emergency: JFK, La Guardia Close Due To Huge Winter Storm
NY Declares State Of Emergency: JFK, La Guardia Close Due To Huge Winter Storm Flights at JFK airport have been temporarily suspended “due to strong winds and whiteout conditions” caused by Winter Storm Grayson. Kennedy Airport ✔@JFKairport Due to strong winds and whiteout conditions, flights at JFK have been temporarily suspended. Travelers are urged to […]
Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather: Forecasters Warn of Bomb Cyclone
Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather: Forecasters Warn of Bomb Cyclone If you aren’t dealing with extreme winter weather, consider yourself lucky. 90% of the 48 continental U.S. states started off 2018 below freezing (32 degrees or lower). For weeks, severe winter weather has pounded many parts of U.S. and Canada with no end in sight. Currently, […]
Even The Penguins Are Panicking: North America Is Entering A Record-Setting Deep Freeze
Even The Penguins Are Panicking: North America Is Entering A Record-Setting Deep Freeze North America is in the grip of a record-setting cold spell that’s set to culminate with the arrival of a “bomb cyclone” along the eastern seaboard late Thursday. The cold front has delivered temperatures that haven’t been seen in decades. Already, stories […]
Solar Minimum The Fastest Decline in almost 10,000 Years
Solar Minimum The Fastest Decline in almost 10,000 Years QUESTION: Hi Marty ! Happy new year! Not written in a while, but wanted to ask a private question related to the forthcoming cold period. a) How long will it last? (It will start now and go into 2024 – when does Socrates say it will […]
Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism
Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism In a routinely delusional world, what is the most dangerous delusion? Living in the United States, I’m tempted to focus on the delusion that the United States is the greatest nation in the history of the world — a claim repeated robotically by politicians of both parties. […]
A “Bomb Cyclone” Is Set To Detonate Off The East Coast
A “Bomb Cyclone” Is Set To Detonate Off The East Coast “This storm developing off the Southeast coast will meet the meteorological criteria of a “bomb” as it rapidly intensifies. The signal for a storm has been evident since last week, but as the track has been fine-tuned, impacts to the I-95 corridor are now […]
