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Shocking Aerial Footage Shows Devastating Aftermath Of “California’s Deadliest Wildfire Disaster”
Shocking Aerial Footage Shows Devastating Aftermath Of “California’s Deadliest Wildfire Disaster” With at least 29 dead, and over 3500 houses destroyed, the devastating series of fires that has ravaged Northern California’s Wine Country has to be seen to be believed. As smoke clogs the air up to 100 miles away and with schools and sports […]
A Primer on Creating Soil
A PRIMER ON CREATING SOIL Good agriculture depends on good soil. The problem over the past 10,000 years of our human attempt to live off the land (and especially during the last sixty years or so), is that crops take nutrients from the soil, and without proper husbandry, soil fertility will deplete. The “pseudo-solution” offered […]
How Do You Use Urine?
HOW DO YOU USE URINE? Composting toilets are a great thing. They take what has become a problem in modern systems—human excrement—and make it into something useful: rich compost. Despite simple and effective ways of making composting toilets, humanure does still bring about some controversy with those who are worried about pathogens. Confident composters won’t […]
NorCal Wildfires Death Toll Climbs To 23 As “Destructive” Winds Fan Flames
NorCal Wildfires Death Toll Climbs To 23 As “Destructive” Winds Fan Flames After slackening earlier in the week, the dry, nearly hurricane-force winds that have been fanning the flames in Northern California picked up again overnight, revitalizing what some are already describing as the most devastating wildfires in the state’s modern history. As of Thursday […]
Power Grid Failures: CA Wildfires Are Now A Serious Critical Catastrophic Event
Power Grid Failures: CA Wildfires Are Now A Serious Critical Catastrophic Event The death toll continues to rise because of the California wildfires currently scorching across wine country. With 23 dead and hundreds missing, the fires are labeled as a “serious critical catastrophic event” complete with power grid failures. The wind known as the Diablo […]
Northern California firestorm ‘literally exploded,’ killing 21 and destroying hundreds of homes
Northern California firestorm ‘literally exploded,’ killing 21 and destroying hundreds of homes More than 650 have been reported missing after fast-moving fires devastate communities north of San Francisco. FLAMES FROM A MASSIVE WILDFIRE BURN IN NAPA, CA. (CREDIT: AP PHOTO/RICH PEDRONCELLI) High temperatures and fast winds are fueling more than a dozen wildfires across California, […]
Threat Of Devastating ‘Supervolcano’ Eruption At Yellowstone Is Greater Than Previously Thought
Threat Of Devastating ‘Supervolcano’ Eruption At Yellowstone Is Greater Than Previously Thought Scientists from the US Geological Survey who breezily informed the public that there’s “nothing to worry about” with regards to the Yellowstone caldera, a supervolcano that should it erupt could cause potentially hundreds of thousands of deaths, should be eating their words. Since […]
Traces of Pesticides Discovered in 75 Per Cent of the World’s Honey
TRACES OF PESTICIDES DISCOVERED IN 75 PER CENT OF THE WORLD’S HONEY Residue from potentially harmful pesticides has been discovered in 75 per cent of honey sampled from around the world, according to a study conducted by Swiss scientists that was published in the journal Science in October 2017. The researchers sampled 198 different honeys […]
Red Flag Warning: These California Wildfires Are ‘Among The Most Destructive Fire Events In US History’ And They Are About To Get Even Worse
Red Flag Warning: These California Wildfires Are ‘Among The Most Destructive Fire Events In US History’ And They Are About To Get Even Worse The wildfires that are roaring through northern California are already “among the most destructive fire events in U.S. history”, and by the time it is all said and done this could […]
California’s “Wine Country” Could Take Years To Recover From Deadly Wildfires
California’s “Wine Country” Could Take Years To Recover From Deadly Wildfires Wildfires that have been raging across Northern California’s “wine country” since Sunday have destroyed at least four wineries and seriously damaged at least nine more just as the season’s harvest came to an end. The damage could leave one of the state’s signature industry’s […]
Yes, the US Government Has Experimented With Controlling Hurricanes
Yes, the US Government Has Experimented With Controlling Hurricanes (ANTIMEDIA) — The 2017 hurricane season has wrought more damage on the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast of the United States than any season in the last decade. Tropical Storm Harvey smashed into the Gulf, temporarily swallowing Houston and other low lying areas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Irma caused millions […]
Connor Stedman: Carbon Farming
Connor Stedman: Carbon Farming Sequestering atmospheric carbon through natural means Climate change remains a hotly debated topic. But a scientific fact not up for dispute is the pronounced spike in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past two centuries. There’s a building urgency to find solutions that can manage/reverse that […]
Another Major Disaster Hits The U.S. – A Massive ‘Firestorm’ Is Burning Tens Of Thousands Of Acres In Northern California
Another Major Disaster Hits The U.S. – A Massive ‘Firestorm’ Is Burning Tens Of Thousands Of Acres In Northern California The nation is still reeling from a series of major disasters in recent weeks, and now another one has hit us. At this moment, an enormous “firestorm” is consuming tens of thousands of acres in […]
Climate Scientists Attack Tony Abbott’s ‘Misleading’ Speech to Global Warming Policy Foundation
Climate Scientists Attack Tony Abbott’s ‘Misleading’ Speech to Global Warming Policy Foundation Australian climate scientists have hit back at their former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, describing his speech to a London think tank as being laced with distortions, falsehoods, misrepresentations, and misdirection. Abbott told the contrarian Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) that rising carbon dioxide emissions from […]
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership The increasingly globalised industrial food system that transnational agribusiness promotes is not feeding the world and is responsible for some of the planet’s most pressing political, social and environmental crises. Localised, traditional methods of food production have given way to globalised supply chains dominated by transnational companies policies and actions which […]
