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Mitigation, Adaptation & Suffering
Mitigation, Adaptation & Suffering In this conversation, the Climate Disobedience Center’s Tim DeChristopher looks at how the progressive movement’s strategies need to change in now that climate change’s real impacts are more obvious to the American public. He addresses the focus on carbon mitigation (policies for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions) in light of the […]
NWS Declares “Extremely Dangerous Situation” After Puerto Rico Dam Fails
NWS Declares “Extremely Dangerous Situation” After Puerto Rico Dam Fails With electricity and cell phone service still offline across most of hurricane-damaged island, NBC reports that a dam in northwest Puerto Rico has failed, causing even more flash flooding and prompting emergency evacuations. Guajataca Dam operators said it failed at 2:10 pm ET, prompting the […]
In the Murk
In the Murk Puerto Rico, You lovely island, Island of tropical breezes…. — West Side Story Welcome to America’s first experiment in the World Made By Hand lifestyle. Where else is it going? Watch closely. Ricardo Ramos, the director of the beleaguered, government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, told […]
Puerto Rico Streets In Total Darkness As Over 3 Million People Go Without Power After Hurricane Maria “Obliterates” Island
Puerto Rico Streets In Total Darkness As Over 3 Million People Go Without Power After Hurricane Maria “Obliterates” Island Over 3 million residents of Puerto Rico are without power after Hurricane Maria devastated the island Wednesday morning with Category 4 winds as high as 155 mph and officials have warned that power may not be restored […]
Factcheck: Climate models have not ‘exaggerated’ global warming
Factcheck: Climate models have not ‘exaggerated’ global warming A new study published in the Nature Geosciences journal this week by largely UK-based climate scientists has led to claims in the media that climate models are “wrong” and have significantly overestimated the observed warming of the planet. Here Carbon Brief shows why such claims are a […]
Late summer heat wave causing problems for Canadians
Late summer heat wave causing problems for Canadians Heat flows into eastern Canada Thursday, September 21, 2017, 7:57 PM – While fall starts on Friday, the eastern half of the country has been greeted with summer-like heat, and it’s causing problems for Canadians. The toasty weekend forecast was enough for organizers of the Rock ‘n’ […]
A Look At How Nestle Makes Billions Selling You Groundwater In A Bottle
A Look At How Nestle Makes Billions Selling You Groundwater In A Bottle A few weeks ago we shared with readers a lawsuit filed in Connecticut against Nestle Waters North America, Inc. alleging that the water they marketed as Poland ‘Natural Spring Water’ was actually just bottled groundwater…the same water that runs through the taps […]
Government Regulation and Crony Capitalism is Keeping Thousands in Florida without Power
Government Regulation and Crony Capitalism is Keeping Thousands in Florida without Power Almost two weeks have passed since Hurricane Irma made landfall in South Florida, yet tens of thousands remain without power. With temperatures regularly eclipsing over 90 degrees, these outages are not only a grave inconvenience for Floridians cleaning up after the storm, but […]
Hurricane Maria Floods San Juan, Knocks Out Power Across Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria Floods San Juan, Knocks Out Power Across Puerto Rico Even after weakening to a category 4 storm shortly before making landfall along the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria has caused unprecedented devastation to the cash-strapped island, knocking out electricity for all residents. Worse still, the island’s governor has said it could […]
“Whole Towns Have Been Wiped Out” Hurricane Maria Devastates Tiny Caribbean Island Of Dominica
“Whole Towns Have Been Wiped Out” Hurricane Maria Devastates Tiny Caribbean Island Of Dominica In a testament to the sheer power of Hurricane Maria, the most destructive storm to hit the Caribbean in nearly a century, civilization on the tiny island of Dominica was essentially wiped out after Maria – then a category 5 storm […]
“We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” – Maria Slams Puerto Rico With 9-Foot Storm Surge, 155Mph Winds
“We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” – Maria Slams Puerto Rico With 9-Foot Storm Surge, 155Mph Winds Hurricane Maria made landfall near the city of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, at around 6:15 am Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center, battering the densely populated eastern side of the island with torrential rains and 155 mph gusts […]
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity Across central Mexico, rescue workers including soldiers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to free the living who were still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings following Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in more than 30 years. The death toll from the […]
Who Gets Hit by Mortgage Losses in Harvey and Irma Areas?
Who Gets Hit by Mortgage Losses in Harvey and Irma Areas? “We need to ask for a policy change because the burden with these losses is too big.” Somebody is going to pay for losses on mortgages of homes that were destroyed by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It’s a just a question of who. The […]
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City Update 2 (4:38 pm ET): The governor of the Mexican state of Morelos said at least 42 people have died in the central Mexican state, which shares a border with Puebla, the state that contains Mexico City. Counting the five confirmed deaths in […]
Hurricane Maria Causes “Widespread Devastation” In Dominica As It Races Toward Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria Causes “Widespread Devastation” In Dominica As It Races Toward Puerto Rico In less than two days, Hurricane Maria has strengthened from a tropical storm to a powerful category five hurricane, dubbed in no uncertain terms as “catastrophic” by the NHC. Though it has been downgraded to a category 4 overnight, the storm made […]
