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Dramatic Drone Footage Shows Extent Of San Jose Flooding
Dramatic Drone Footage Shows Extent Of San Jose Flooding While the series of major storms hitting California have begun to subside, residents of San Jose are being warned to keep away from affected homes until water levels decrease to a safe level. Flash floods along the west coast of the US have seen thousands of […]
“Hell to pay” if Trump targets EPA climate science, says U.S. Chamber official
“Hell to pay” if Trump targets EPA climate science, says U.S. Chamber official A senior official with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned that if Trump tries to rescind the EPA’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gasses, it will be a “huge, huge buzzsaw”. A senior energy official at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently warned […]
Are Fossil Fuel Companies Telling Investors Enough About the Risks of Climate Change?
Are Fossil Fuel Companies Telling Investors Enough About the Risks of Climate Change? Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push to require oil and gas companies to inform their investors about the risks of climate change. As governments step up efforts to regulate carbon emissions, the thinking goes, fossil fuel companies’ assets could depreciate in […]
What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Commons
What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Commons As a developed set of social practices, techniques and ethical norms, permaculture has a lot to say to the world of the commons. This is immediately clear from reading the twelve design principles of permaculture that David Holmgren enumerated in his 2002 book Permaculture: Principles and Practices Beyond Sustainability. It […]
Concerns Grow About A Nuclear “Incident” In Europe After Spike In Radioactive Iodine Levels
Concerns Grow About A Nuclear “Incident” In Europe Concerns about a potential, and so far unsubstantiated, nuclear “incident”, reportedly in the vicinity of the Arctic circle, spread in the past week after trace amounts of radioactive Iodine-131 of unknown origin were detected in January over large areas in Europe according to a report by the Institute for […]
Fukushima Aborts Latest Robot Mission Inside Reactor; Radiation At “Unimaginable” Levels
Fukushima Aborts Latest Robot Mission Inside Reactor; Radiation At “Unimaginable” Levels Two years after sacrificing one robot, TEPCO officials have aborted their latest robot mission inside the Fukushima reactor after the ‘scorpion’ became unresponsive as it investigated the previously discovered hole where the core is believed to have melted. A “scorpion” robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor […]
West Coast sizzles; Mangaluru records all time high temperature for February month
West Coast sizzles; Mangaluru records all time high temperature for February month It’s not only Mangaluru, but also Honnavar and Karwar, where the weather observatories have recorded abnormall… Read More MANGALURU: The west coasthas been witnessing an abnormal increase in day temperature since past few days. On Wednesday, the evening temperature was 38.7 degree C for Mangaluru […]
Carbon Taxes, Cow Farts, And Central Planning
Carbon Taxes, Cow Farts, And Central Planning Submitted by Erico Matias Tavares via Sinclair & Co., In a centrally planned economy decisions on what to produce, how to produce and for whom are taken primarily by the government. The term is usually associated with communist economies. However, since US President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented a […]
Degraded Land Impacts the Metabolism of Local Bees
DEGRADED LAND IMPACTS THE METABOLISM OF LOCAL BEES Researchers in Perth have potentially uncovered a secret to understanding the declining populations of bees around the globe. According to a study conducted by Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Curtin University, and the University of Western Australia, when human impact leaves bees with a lack of food, […]
How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters
How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters Last year marked the first time in several million years that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 passed 400 parts per million. By looking at what Earth’s climate was like in previous eras of high CO2 levels, scientists are getting a sobering picture of where we […]
The causes of the recent decrease in US greenhouse gas emissions
The causes of the recent decrease in US greenhouse gas emissions Since their peak in 2007 GHG emissions in the USA have decreased more in absolute terms than in any other country. The results of this review suggest that approximately 40% of this decrease was caused by the replacement of coal with gas in generating […]
Explosion At French Nuclear Power Plant, No Risk Of Nuclear Contamination
Explosion At French Nuclear Power Plant, No Risk Of Nuclear Contamination French authorities said an explosion occurred at the EDF-operated Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in France’s north-west, in the power plant’s machine room, but added that there is no leak of radiation. The incident occurred at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT) in an engine room, […]
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered With just 3 years left until the 2020 Olympics, Japan is likely desperate to reassure the world’s athletes that all is well, but an admission from TEPCO – the Fukushima nuclear plant operator – that they discovered a hole at least one square meter in […]
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues After 10 years of a fossil-fuel friendly Conservative government, many Canadians welcomed the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister. But Trudeau’s decisions to approve two oil pipelines and a major gas facility have left some questioning just how green the new leader really […]
Furious Environmentalists Vow Trump Will See “Wall Of Resistance Like He Never Imagined”
Furious Environmentalists Vow Trump Will See “Wall Of Resistance Like He Never Imagined” After Trump’s executive order to accelerate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, angry environmental groups reacted quickly by denouncing Trump’s actions, and promising legal action and White House protests. “Donald Trump has been in office for four days, and he’s already […]
