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Why we need a diverse electricity generation portfolio: House hearing 2013
Why we need a diverse electricity generation portfolio: House hearing 2013 House 113-12. March 5, 2013. American Energy security and innovation. The role of a diverse electricity generation portfolio. House of Representatives. 135 pages. June 5, 2015. Proposed Clean Power Plan would accelerate renewable additions and coal plant retirements. U.S. Energy Information Administration Even without the Clean […]
Is Global Warming Quickening?
Is Global Warming Quickening? On Monday 14th March, Channel 4 News (UK terrestrial news channel) carried a report on catastrophic February warming and involved two distinguished UK climate scientists. What was said was so far away from the physical reality that I experience here on Earth that I was left wondering if they were talking […]
In-depth: the scientific challenge of extreme weather attribution
In-depth: the scientific challenge of extreme weather attribution © Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Working out whether human activity is supercharging extreme events, such as floods, storms, droughts and heatwaves, is one of the youngest branches of climate science. But it’s moving at breakneck pace. So much so, that the US National Academy of Sciences has fast-tracked a report, […]
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning “I’m fighting for my kids and my neighbors,” says a determined Amy Brown. Brown and hundreds of other North Carolina residents have been using only bottled water for the better part of a year now for cooking, drinking, hygiene and even for […]
Analysis: The legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Analysis: The legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster © Noboru Hashimoto/Corbis/Pool Five years ago, on 11 March 2011, a large region of Japan was shaken for three minutes by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. The movement was so severe that the country moved a few metres east, the local coastline dropped, and it triggered a tsunami which killed […]
Global Warming and Food Prices
Global Warming and Food Prices Given that we all have to eat and that there are some concerning environmental developments out there, here’s an interesting question: has global warming led to higher or lower food prices (thus far)? As always the answer depends on how this affects the balance between supply and demand. Assuming that […]
On Burning Ground: The Human Cost Of India’s Push to Produce More Coal
On Burning Ground: The Human Cost Of India’s Push to Produce More Coal Girls scavenge coal at a dump site of an open-cast mine in the Jharia coalfield. View gallery. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images As part of India’s modernization program, Prime Minister Narenda Modi has called for doubling the nation’s coal production by 2020. For the villages in […]
Does Methane Threaten Life?
Does Methane Threaten Life? The question of whether methane (CH4) in the atmosphere is a threat to life is extraordinarily complex and generally not well understood. But, yes it is a serious threat, very serious and horribly real. Okay, but don’t scientists understand this, and why aren’t they speaking out? They are speaking out but […]
Extreme Weather, Widespread Flooding Hammer Louisiana as Federal Government Prepares to Lease Gulf of Mexico for Drilling
Extreme Weather, Widespread Flooding Hammer Louisiana as Federal Government Prepares to Lease Gulf of Mexico for Drilling Walter Unglaub never thought flooding would threaten the carriage house he rents in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It is on a bluff 30 feet above the Bogue Falaya River, in an area that is not considered a flood zone. But that didn’t […]
Dangers from Pesticides
Dangers from Pesticides Intensive use of pesticides in California and other agricultural centers presents a risk to farmworkers and their families that is still only dimly understood, writes Dennis J Bernstein. Industrialized Agriculture is addicted to chemistry in the form of pesticides. The addiction was marketed to the American People, along with other post World […]
Over 3,000 tons of unregistered radioactive waste stored in Japan – report
Over 3,000 tons of unregistered radioactive waste stored in Japan – report © Toru Hanai / Reuters At least 3,100 tons of toxic waste lacking proper registration is being stored in Japan, local media report. Heaps of radioactive waste have been produced in the cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, but local officials are […]
Canadians conflicted about 3 Es: Environment, energy and the economy
Canadians conflicted about 3 Es: Environment, energy and the economy EKOS-CBC poll suggests 56% more worried about the economy than the environment Alberta produces the most greenhouse gases of any province in the country, and has for more than a decade. (CBC) Justin and Leanne Mills are in a situation familiar to many Albertans these […]
The Next Fukushima? Active Fault Line Discovered Directly Below Japanese Nuclear Power Plant
The Next Fukushima? Active Fault Line Discovered Directly Below Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Five years after the Fukushima disaster, things are getting worse. As we reported last week, “the fuel rods melted through their containment vessels in the reactors, and no one knows exactly where they are now. Tepco has been developing robots, which can […]
Fukushima Five Years Later: “The Fuel Rods Melted Through Containment And Nobody Knows Where They Are Now”
Fukushima Five Years Later: “The Fuel Rods Melted Through Containment And Nobody Knows Where They Are Now” Today, Japan marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic and catastrophic meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan, killing 20,000 people. Another 160,000 then […]
