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The Flu Survival Guide: Kitchen Remedies and Natural Strategies to Battle the Bug
The Flu Survival Guide: Kitchen Remedies and Natural Strategies to Battle the Bug If you are a flu shot avoider, like I am, you probably aren’t crazy about the drug store flu remedies. Here’s a flu survival guide loaded with natural strategies and kitchen remedies in case one or more of your family members gets […]
Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism
Honeybees: A holistic perspective on a superorganism It is a great privilege to call myself a beekeeper. Having bees in my life, constantly reminds me to notice the sheer wonder of the world around me and often leaves me with a visceral sense of my place within this world. Honeybees have seen a dramatic rise […]
The Fierce Urgency of “How”
The Fierce Urgency of “How” When we have reconsidered the lives we have built, how will we live? There is only one pathway to avert the crisis humanity is heading toward, and it is to deeply feel the connection with the ecosystem we are a part of. But understand, this is not an ecological argument, […]
Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry. The consensus tax bill Republicans recently passed retains this measure, which was added to gain the key vote of Alaska Sen. […]
Having Your Bit of Cake and Eating it Too?
HAVING YOUR BIT OF CAKE AND EATING IT TOO? Downsizing, the film by Alexander Payne, which follows Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) as he decides to shrink himself to 5 inches tall and moves to the downsized colony of Leisureland, had great promise as a conversation starter about sustainability, and in some ways it succeeded, but […]
Blowout Week 209
Blowout Week 209 This week’s lead story features the imminent return of the Ice Age to UK – good news for those looking forward to a White Christmas. After that the usual mix: record production from the Permian, Putin replaces petroleum with natural gas; New England replaces natural gas with petroleum; nuclear plant restarts and […]
Last record-breaking winter with snow hits Canada, US, before “nobody knows what snow is”
Last record-breaking winter with snow hits Canada, US, before “nobody knows what snow is” UPDATE: Record breaking snow falling in upstate New York. Pennsylvania. The airport in Erie, Pennsylvania, has had a whopping 65.1 inches of snow from this lake effect event — the highest snowfall total from any event on record in Erie. (Heavy […]
Epidemic Levels: Tens of Thousands Infected as this Year’s Flu Vaccine Totally Ineffective
Epidemic Levels: Tens of Thousands Infected as this Year’s Flu Vaccine Totally Ineffective The 2017-2018 flu season has shown to be particularly nasty this year —in part, they believe, because of a less effective vaccine. Each month, flu case have multiplied and CDC has already warned this year’s flu will be worst than the last. […]
This Flu Season Begins the Risk of a Pandemic 2018-2019
This Flu Season Begins the Risk of a Pandemic 2018-2019 A possible new pandemic is forming from a deadly strain of flu emerging from Australia and will be headed to the UK as the normal flow of travels would take it. Britain will perhaps be hit with the worst flu season in 50 years. Already, […]
Oil Giants Are Increasingly Focused On Sustainability
Oil Giants Are Increasingly Focused On Sustainability Pioneer Natural Resources just published its first Sustainability Report, a sign that a growing number of oil companies are feeling the heat from investors over climate change. Environmental groups have mostly targeted the largest oil companies, both because their sheer size means that they have a larger impact […]
2017 Year In Review
Tortoon/Shutterstock 2017 Year In Review Markets fiddle while Rome burns Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than […]
Snowmageddon Dumps Record 60 Inches Of Snow On Erie, PA; “Declaration Of Disaster”
Snowmageddon Dumps Record 60 Inches Of Snow On Erie, PA; “Declaration Of Disaster” On Tuesday, the city of Erie, Pennsylvania signed a declaration of disaster emergency, after a two-day storm dumped 5-feet of snow. Heavy lake-effect snow set record-setting snowfall totals in the snow belts to the east of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. From […]
“This Is Not A Symbolic Action” — Indigenous Protesters Occupy Oil Platforms in Radicalized Fight Against Pollution in the Amazon
Photo: Ben Depp for The Intercept “This Is Not A Symbolic Action” — Indigenous Protesters Occupy Oil Platforms in Radicalized Fight Against Pollution in the Amazon THE SKIFFS ARRIVED a few hours after sundown on September 18, a dark and moonless night in the Peruvian Amazon. They landed at several points along the broad Corrientes […]
And You Thought Bitcoin Was Volatile…
And You Thought Bitcoin Was Volatile… If you are one of those people living in the Northeast who likes to keep their home temperature above freezing and waking up without frostbite, we have some bad news… Another sudden bout of cold weather and LNG prices are soaring more than the seasonal norm. Your heating bill […]
