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Trump To Rollback Deepwater Horizon Regulations
Trump To Rollback Deepwater Horizon Regulations The Trump administration is hoping to slash regulations on offshore oil drilling that were implemented after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed nearly a dozen people and led to an oil leak that spewed for months. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental […]
The Menacing Insect Omen
The Menacing Insect Omen The world is experiencing a massive loss of insects. In turn, this threatens ecosystems with utter total collapse, and, by way of direct association, loss of human civilization. Zap, it’s over! Insectageddon! Insect populations around the world are under massive attack and dropping like… well… like flies. The negative implications run […]
Northeast Forecast To Get Big Winter Blast
Northeast Forecast To Get Big Winter Blast Three days ago, we asked: Is A Major Winter Blast Coming To The East Coast This Christmas? Despite all the chatter from global warming alarmists this year, there is a chance, some in the Northeast could experience a white Christmas. Ed Vallee, a private weather forecaster based in Connecticut, reports […]
2017: Carbon Brief’s end-of-year review
2017: Carbon Brief’s end-of-year review As the year draws to a close, Carbon Brief takes a look at 2017’s top climate and energy stories through the medium of numbers… 49 countries For CO2 emissions to fall, they first have to peak. And research published this year suggests that this is already happening. The report, produced […]
A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem
A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem Regulators left behind as industry built dozens of unauthorized dams — many at risk of failure. The province’s Environmental Assessment Office has ordered Progress Energy to drain almost all water from this seven-storey dam, built without required approvals. The company is now seeking a retroactive exemption from the assessment process. […]
2017 Year in Review–James Howard Kunstler
2017 Year in Review 2017 was the kind of year when no amount of showers could wash off the feeling of existential yeccchhhhh that crept over you day after day like jungle rot. You needed to go through the carwash without your car… or maybe an acid bath would get the stink off. Cinematically, if […]
Life on 1/10th the Fossil Fuels Proves to Be Awesome
LIFE ON 1/10TH THE FOSSIL FUELS PROVES TO BE AWESOME That’s according to Peter Kalmus, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in California. Alarmed by drastic changes in the Earth’s climate systems, Kalmus, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world in the process. He cut his carbon footprint by […]
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | CC BY 2.0 “Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the Gulf.” —Sylvia Earle […]
Is A Major Winter Blast Coming To The East Coast This Christmas?
Is A Major Winter Blast Coming To The East Coast This Christmas? According to Michael Clark, a private weather forecaster, his latest report indicates a major winter storm is headed for the East Coast between Dec 20, 2017 through Jan 04, 2018… As BAMWX.com notes, the pattern is about to change in a huge way […]
A 12-Year-Old Bet on Global Warming Is About to Pay Out
A 12-Year-Old Bet on Global Warming Is About to Pay Out A climate change modeler who bet two Russian solar physicists $10,000 that the world would get warmer appears to have easily won the 2005 wager with less than two weeks to go. British scientist James Annan says he is “confident” that he has won his […]
Canadian financial companies investing in overseas coal plants despite push against
Canadian financial companies investing in overseas coal plants despite push against A coal-burning power plant steams behind wind generators in Gelsenkirchen, Germany while the 23rd UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate talks end in Bonn, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) OTTAWA – Canada’s national pension fund manager is among a group […]
Pesticide Suicide
Pesticide Suicide Photo by jetsandzeppelins | CC BY 2.0 Pesticide suicide refers to toxic chemicals mucking up the health of animals, plants and insects. This worldwide causatum may be totally out of control or maybe not; nobody knows for sure. Therein lies the scary part. However, what is known is not encouraging: “Industrial toxins are […]
“It Looks Like A War Zone” – Californians Describe Thomas Fire’s Devastation
“It Looks Like A War Zone” – Californians Describe Thomas Fire’s Devastation Now the third-largest wildfire in California history, the Thomas Fire has blazed through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties since it exploded into existence two weeks ago under mysterious circumstances. With Cal Fire ordering thousands more people in Santa Barbara to evacuate as dry […]
George Monbiot on the Commons
George Monbiot on the Commons George Monbiot, a columnist for the British newspaper and website The Guardian, may be the most prominent champion of the commons that I’ve discovered in mainstream journalism today. He has long been a compelling, out-of-the-box thinker on all sorts of economic and environmental issues. Now he is introducing the commons […]
