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Vermont calls Big Food’s bluff on GMO labels
Vermont calls Big Food’s bluff on GMO labels Large food processors have long claimed that state laws forcing them to label foods containing genetically engineered ingredients would lead to 1) higher prices for consumers who would end up paying the cost of special labeling for one or just a few states and/or 2) fewer food […]
US States Team Up to Nail Big Oil for Climate ‘Fraud’
US States Team Up to Nail Big Oil for Climate ‘Fraud’ Legal experts say oil companies could face billions of dollars in liabilities. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a press event Tuesday to announce a multi-state legal probe into climate denial. At left is former US vice president Al Gore. Photo provided by the […]
Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada
Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada A groundbreaking study published today in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes. Hydraulic Fracturing and Seismicity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin” confirms the horizontal drilling technique (which in essence […]
How Propaganda (Actually) Works
How Propaganda (Actually) Works Political Propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. In the early years of DeSmog’s research into environmental propaganda, I thought of industry PR campaigns like “junk science,” “clean coal,” and “ethical oil” as misinformation strategies designed to dupe […]
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study Another scientific report finds evidence of industry’s impact on public resource. Drilling photo via Shutterstock. Another scientific study has confirmed that fracking, the controversial technology that blasts apart low-grade rocks containing molecules of hydrocarbons, can contaminate groundwater. “We have, for the first time, demonstrated impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) as […]
Again and again: supposed evidence for decoupling emissions from growth is not what it seems
Again and again: supposed evidence for decoupling emissions from growth is not what it seems It can be difficult to form a view of what’s really going on in our atmosphere, given the amount of information and of contradictory claims. This piece concerns recent reports on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and levels. On 16th March, […]
Peak Oil: We All Do This, But…. Pt 1
Peak Oil: We All Do This, But…. Pt 1 Confirmation bias is the tendency of individuals to pay attention to or believe information that confirms the personal values and beliefs they already hold, rather than allowing their beliefs to be changed by new information. It’s a powerful force that many researchers have suggested plays a […]
Blowback Denial, Climate Denial, and Apocalypse
Blowback Denial, Climate Denial, and Apocalypse Last week Donald Trump suggested something Bernie Sanders would never dare: getting rid of NATO. I took some time to read people’s comments and tweets online about it, and a huge number seemed to believe that NATO and the U.S. military have been performing a service for Europe, and […]
Reframing The Economics Debate Could Lead To More Action To Fight Climate Change
Reframing The Economics Debate Could Lead To More Action To Fight Climate Change As a country, the United States has been very slow to react to climate change. Part of the problem is that our politics has been corrupted by the influence of fossil fuel money. The other part is that the constant stream of […]
What is the Polar Vortex? How does it work?
What is the Polar Vortex? How does it work? Monday, March 28, 2016, 1:48 PM – It is safe to say 2014 was the year ‘polar vortex’ muscled its way into the public lexicon for talking about the weather, and for good reason. The winter of 2013/2014 was bitterly cold across much of North America. […]
Compost Worm Experiment
COMPOST WORM EXPERIMENT Every three weeks we have access to 80 to 100 kg of insect castings. These castings are from Meal worms, Cockroaches and Crickets. The waste is manure and leftover feed which is pollard and similar products. We use the waste in different ways and as the material is very high in nitrogen […]
Is Climate Change Putting World’s Microbiomes at Risk?
Is Climate Change Putting World’s Microbiomes at Risk? Researchers are only beginning to understand the complexities of the microbes in the earth’s soil and the role they play in fostering healthy ecosystems. Now, climate change is threatening to disrupt these microbes and the key functions they provide. The spores of an opportunistic soil fungus, Penicillium sp. View gallery. […]
Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed WMDs
Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed WMDs Pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction. That’s what nuclear power plants are. And that’s another very big reason—demonstrated again in recent days with the disclosure that two of the Brussels terrorists were planning attacks on Belgian nuclear plants—why they must be eliminated. Nuclear power plants are sitting ducks for terrorists. With most positioned […]
Cuba’s sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw
Cuba’s sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw Organic farm, Alamar. Melanie Lukesh Reed/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its economy and improve life for its citizens. But in agriculture, U.S. […]
