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Plutonium’s global problems are piling up
Plutonium’s global problems are piling up The nuclear fuel carriers Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret in port at Barrow-in-Furness, England, before setting sail for Japan. Image: CORE Increasing worldwide stockpiles of surplus plutonium are becoming a political embarrassment, a worrying security risk, and a hidden extra cost to the nuclear industry. LONDON, 22 January, 2016 − Two […]
Governor Knew About Flint Water Poisoning for Nearly a Year, Tried to Shift Blame
What Snyder Knew: Flint Email Dump Shows Attempts to Shift the Blame As far back as February 2015, the governor’s administration was informed of issues with Flint’s water Only seven emails sent by Gov. Rick Snyder related to the city’s water system were included in Wednesday’s release. (Photo: AP) Redacted emails released Wednesday by Michigan […]
Beyond Koch: Meet the Other Right-Wing Oligarchs Featured in Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money”
Beyond Koch: Meet the Other Right-Wing Oligarchs Featured in Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money” The shenanigans of the “Kochtopus” have garnered most of the headlines — including here — pertaining to reviews of New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer’s new book, Dark Money. But the Koch Brothers and Koch Industries’ right-wing family foundation network are far from the only […]
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, The Real Zombie Apocalypse
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, The Real Zombie Apocalypse Here we are just a couple of weeks into 2016 and we already know that last year was the second-warmest on record in the continental United States (the winner so far being 2012); the month of December was a U.S. record-breaker for heat and also precipitation; and it’s assumed that, when the […]
Come Listen to the Man Fracking Powers Tried to Silence
Come Listen to the Man Fracking Powers Tried to Silence Why you should spend Thursday, Jan. 28, with Andrew Nikiforuk. A special Tyee event. On Jan. 28, Andrew Nikiforuk has some knowledge to share. On Jan. 28, in Vancouver, you have the opportunity to spend an evening with Andrew Nikiforuk, one the finest journalists, one of the […]
World’s Climate Threatened by Greed and Militarism, Official Canada Remains Part of the Problem, Not Solution
World’s Climate Threatened by Greed and Militarism, Official Canada Remains Part of the Problem, Not Solution A leading columnist in Canada’s Globe and Mail daily newspaper known in the past to voice concern about the global warming emergency has penned two columns recently in support of Alberta tar sands pipelines, including praising the efforts of the premier […]
Climate change slows onset of next ice age
Climate change slows onset of next ice age Relic of the last ice age: Jökulsárlón, one of Iceland’s glacial lakes Image: Kenneth Muir via Wikimedia Commons The planet’s inexorable warming means there will be no new ice age for at least the next 100,000 years, scientists say. LONDON, 18 January, 2016 – Human beings have not just […]
The devil shops local
The devil shops local Veterans of this blog may recall that some time ago I had a fascinating discussion about the ‘balance of nature’ with a curious fellow who turned out to be none other than the devil himself. Well, blow me if I didn’t meet him again as I journeyed home from the Oxford Real Farming […]
Low Oil Prices Take Their Toll On Recycling Sector
Low Oil Prices Take Their Toll On Recycling Sector “Plastics,” Mr. McGuire tells Ben Braddock in the 1967 film “The Graduate.” He was impressing on the young man the importance of one of the chief branches of the oil industry: Virtually every item available at the time contained plastic, or was packaged in it. So […]
There Will Be Blood – Oil Train Regulations Fail To Address Known Risks
There Will Be Blood – Oil Train Regulations Fail To Address Known Risks “Railroad rules have been written in blood.” This line was included in the annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads for the state of Michigan — in 1901. The idea was that safety rules were only implemented when enough blood had been spilled. One hundred […]
Saudi Arabia is Buying Up American Farmland to Export Agricultural Products Back Home
Saudi Arabia is Buying Up American Farmland to Export Agricultural Products Back Home Just what we need, cornfield crucifixions. Seriously though, this is very troubling. The Saudis are explicitly conserving their own resources at home, while exploiting land and water supplies here in America. CNBC reports: Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries are scooping up farmland in […]
Budget Cuts and Negligence Poisoned the Drinking Water in Flint, Mich.
Budget Cuts and Negligence Poisoned the Drinking Water in Flint, Mich. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011. (Michigan Municipal League / CC BY-ND 2.0) Calls for the resignation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are intensifying in the face of evidence that he allowed 100,000 residents of the city of Flint to continue cooking, drinking and bathing in […]
Energy round-up: six predictions for 2016
Energy round-up: six predictions for 2016 Photo credit: James Russell 2015 proved to be an interesting year for energy and climate issues both globally and in the UK. Will 2016 hold more of the same? Forecasting is a dangerous business, but here are six predictions you should keep an eye on. 1) The showdown on oil prices between […]
British Columbia First Nations’ Failing Fisheries
British Columbia First Nations’ Failing Fisheries Climate change means marine creatures are migrating—away from First Nations’ territory. Seafood has sustained the First Nations of British Columbia for millennia. The annual migration of Pacific salmon, in particular, is lifeblood. Each year, millions of salmon swim and leap their way up major river systems such as the Fraser and […]
