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Rampant Wildfires Will Affect Our Drinking Water
Rampant Wildfires Will Affect Our Drinking Water In a world of bigger, hotter fires, it is time to think of forests as vital infrastructure, and to invest in preserving these resources for the future. If you live in the northwestern half of the continent, as I do, there has been no escaping this year’s extraordinary wildfire […]
Madagascar Hospitals On High Alert: ‘No One Is Safe’ From The Black Plague
Madagascar Hospitals On High Alert: ‘No One Is Safe’ From The Black Plague Travelers are being warned to keep their distance from areas of Madagascar affected by the bubonic plague. As the outbreak worsens, some doctors are even warning that “no one is safe” from the disease. The outbreak of the black plague in Madagascar has […]
Europe’s hurricane-fueled wildfires might become a recurring nightmare
REUTERS/Rafael Marchante WE DID START THE FIRE Europe’s hurricane-fueled wildfires might become a recurring nightmare This week, a hurricane broadsided Europe — a rare event considering most of the continent is closer to the North Pole than it is to the tropics. That would have been enough to make worldwide news, but the continent was […]
Looking for a Glass of Water and a Place to Shit
Looking for a Glass of Water and a Place to Shit Photo by woodleywonderworks | CC by 2.0 A recent Brown University Study showed that, between 2001 and 2016, the cost of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan has cost the US $3.6 trillion. ~ Ramzy Baroud Imagine if you will that the U.S. […]
Soil Erosion and Its Monetary Cost
SOIL EROSION AND ITS MONETARY COST The modernized food industry has pushed farming practices to the back burner in the eyes of consumers. Still, the majority of our food comes from the land. That being said, the issue of soil erosion isn’t making front pages, but amongst those that lobby around organic farming and environmental […]
Hidden Danger of Ecological Collapse
Hidden Danger of Ecological Collapse Photo by Phil Fiddyment | CC by 2.0 A recent landmark study that investigated alarming loss of insects is leaving scientists dumbfounded, deeply troubled, potentially the biggest-ever existential threat, risking ecosystem collapse too soon for comfort. In contrast to global warming, this may be much more imminently dangerous across-the-board to […]
Health Alert: Fatal Airborne Transmission of Pneumonic Plague Spreading at Alarming Rate. These Lifesaving Antibiotics are Your Best Defense
Health Alert: Fatal Airborne Transmission of Pneumonic Plague Spreading at Alarming Rate. These Lifesaving Antibiotics are Your Best Defense [Editor’s Note: Have you noticed how deadly outbreaks have been occurring more frequently? Remember the Ebola scare? Or the avian flu epidemic? While many of these spread in third world countries, they are escalating in severity. […]
There’s only one way to avoid climate catastrophe: ‘de-growing’ our economy
There’s only one way to avoid climate catastrophe: ‘de-growing’ our economy Jason Hickel: You can almost feel the planet writhing. This summer brought some of the biggest, most destructive storms in recorded history: Harvey laid waste to huge swathes of Texas; Irma left Barbuda virtually uninhabitable; Maria ravaged Dominica and plunged Puerto Rico into darkness. The […]
Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say Flying insects caught in a malaise trap, used by entomologists to collect samples. Photograph: Courtesy of Entomologisher Verein Krefeld The abundance […]
Hurricane Ravaged Dominica: ‘It’s All Gone’ And Fighting For Survival
Hurricane Ravaged Dominica: ‘It’s All Gone’ And Fighting For Survival In just the blink of an eye, island life on Dominica was turned upside down. Like Puerto Rico, Dominica was violently ravaged by Hurricane Maria, and residents are still fighting for survival. The wooden frames and scattered, water-damaged belongings are all that remains of some homes […]
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio For the first time since 2013, a group of activists in Youngstown, Ohio, has been told it cannot place an anti-fracking initiative on local ballots, due in part to a misinformation campaign from the fossil fuel industry. On October 6, the Ohio Supreme […]
Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature
Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature An almond farm in California’s Central Valley is flooded in the wintertime to replenish groundwater supplies while scientists study the effects on soils, tree health, and water quality. Photo by Joe Proudman/UC Davis [This piece is an excerpt from the first […]
The Real GHG trend: Oilsands among the most carbon intensive crudes in North AmericaOilsands at 50 Series – The Real Cost of Development, Part 1
The Real GHG trend: Oilsands among the most carbon intensive crudes in North America Oilsands at 50 Series – The Real Cost of Development, Part 1 The Oil-Climate Index suggests that the oilsands generate 2.2 times as many emissions per barrel than the average crude extracted in North America. Photo: Jennifer Grant Over the past 50 years, […]
