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Organic Pesticides, Biological Controls, and Finding What Can Be Grown
ORGANIC PESTICIDES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS, AND FINDING WHAT CAN BE GROWN Bugs are inevitably a part of growing things. While most of the bugs out there are good for the soil and good for your plants, there are plenty of pests that will drive you crazy while you try to salvage a tomato crop ravaged by […]
All Food Is GONE! Violence Erupts On Caribbean Island Of St. Martin
All Food Is GONE! Violence Erupts On Caribbean Island Of St. Martin Photo Credit: (New York Times) A woman in St. Martin carries a jug full of water. Hurricane Irma ravaged the Caribbean islands last week and wiped entire islands off the map. Now that the food and water have been scavenged from every grocery store […]
Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah
Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah The National Hurricane Center downgraded Irma to a Tropical Depression late Monday night, but even in its weakened state, the storm continues to cause deadly storm surges and volatile winds as it travels through Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, flooding downtown Charleston, […]
In the Dark
In the Dark The stock market is zooming this morning on the news that only 5.7 million people in Florida will have to do without air conditioning, hot showers, and Keurig mochachinos at dawn’s early light Monday, Sept 11, 2017. I’m mindful that the news cycle right after a hurricane goes kind of blank for […]
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist Photo by Mike Mozart | CC BY 2.0 ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate change have been public knowledge for a long time, now. Investigative reports in 2015 revealed […]
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming The U.S. military, which gets called on to cope with unrest tied to global warming, is taking the climate threat seriously as opposed to civilian politicians who are pandering to special interests, says ethicist Daniel C. Maguire. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The really neat American idea […]
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality Since 1851 there has been on average 5.4±2.5 (1SD) Atlantic Hurricanes per annum. There is a clear trend of rising frequency from 4.4 Hurricanes per annum in 1851 to 6.3 per annum today, that is a rate of increase of 1.2 hurricanes per annum per century. Mortality from Hurricanes has […]
Half Of Florida Without Power As State Braces For “Lengthiest Restoration In US History”
Half Of Florida Without Power As State Braces For “Lengthiest Restoration In US History” After hammering the Florida Keys, Miami, Naples and a large swath of the southernmost part of the state – leaving some 5 million Florida homes and businesses without electricity – the still-formidable Hurricane Irma weakened to a category one storm as […]
Visualizing The Future Of Food
Visualizing The Future Of Food The urban population is exploding around the globe, and, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins explains below, yesterday’s food systems will soon be sub-optimal for many of the megacities swelling with tens of millions of people. Further, issues like wasted food, poor working conditions, polluted ecosystems, mistreated animals, and greenhouse gases are just […]
Refiners Boost Output, But Irma Could Dent Demand
Refiners Boost Output, But Irma Could Dent Demand Texas continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey, and many of the disrupted refineries are ramping up production once again. But the ripple effects from the outages are still being felt, and some Midwestern refineries are benefitting from surging margins stemming from the havoc. Bakken Midwest refining margins […]
On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses
On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses Almost lost in all the dollar estimates of property damage is the human loss, suffering and stress. I am not an expert in repairing flood damage, or in dealing with insurance companies, FEMA or all the other pieces that will go into homeowners getting the funding needed to repair or […]
Irma’s 15-Foot Storm Surge Could Demolish 1,000 Miles Of Florida Coast: “It Will Cover Your House”
Irma’s 15-Foot Storm Surge Could Demolish 1,000 Miles Of Florida Coast: “It Will Cover Your House” As we noted on Friday, sea-level analytics firm Climate Central had created a simulation based on the National Hurricane Center’s Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment storm surge and wave modeling that illustrated the devastating flooding in Miami that could result […]
Irma Begins To Lash Florida With Hurricane-Force Winds, Tornadoes Reported
Irma Begins To Lash Florida With Hurricane-Force Winds, Tornadoes Reported With just hours left until landfall, sometime on Sunday morning, Hurricane Irma is edging ever closer to Florida and has started to batter the state with Hurricane force winds as millions brace for the impact of the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade. According […]
Curfews Issued Across Southern Florida Cities: “Deputies Will Not Be Responding”
Curfews Issued Across Southern Florida Cities: “Deputies Will Not Be Responding” Local governments are now issuing curfews across South Florida. Broward County has issued a curfew starting at 4:00 pm and remains in effect until further notice. A mandatory curfew will also be in place tonight in Coral Springs from 8:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. […]
“It’s A Killer” – Florida Orders A Third Of The Population To Evacuate As Irma Hurtles Toward Tampa
“It’s A Killer” – Florida Orders A Third Of The Population To Evacuate As Irma Hurtles Toward Tampa Florida’s highways and backroads are clogged with motorists after Gov. Rick Scott has ordered an unprecedented 6.2 million residents of central and southern Florida to evacuate. Meanwhile, Miami, along with many towns and cities along the state’s […]
