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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 […]
Nuclear Radiation, Kierkegaard, and the Philosophy of Denial
Nuclear Radiation, Kierkegaard, and the Philosophy of Denial It used to be, and indeed children are still taught in schools, that the advances that have been made in the last five hundred years (antibiotics, electricity, computers etc) resulted from the application of Science and its overthrow of dogmatic belief. All ideas are put to the […]
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights Jessica Ernst’s long fight to challenge legislation putting energy regulator above the law reaches top court. Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta. Photo: Colin Smith. After years of legal wrangling, Jessica Ernst and Alberta’s powerful energy regulator finally squared off in the Supreme Court […]
The Company Behind LA’s Methane Disaster Knew Its Well Was Leaking 24 Years Ago
The Company Behind LA’s Methane Disaster Knew Its Well Was Leaking 24 Years Ago Last fall, a 7-inch injection well pipe ruptured 500 feet below the surface of Los Angeles, after ferrying natural gas for six decades. The resulting methane leak is now being called one of the largest environmental disasters since the BP oil spill, […]
California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known
California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known Expert research, public record details many risks of underground gas storage. Overhead photo of the leaking Aliso Canyon well pad near the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County, Dec. 17, 2015. Credit: Earthworks, Creative Commons licensed. A massive methane leak from an aging underground gas […]
Climate Insurgency After Paris
Climate Insurgency After Paris NASA. In December of 2015 – the earth’s hottest year since recordkeeping began — 195 nations met in Paris to forge an agreement to combat global warming. The governments of the world acknowledged their individual and collective duty to protect the earth’s climate — and then willfully refused to perform that […]
Extreme Weather and Global Growth
Extreme Weather and Global Growth CAMBRIDGE – Until recently, the usual thinking among macroeconomists has been that short-term weather fluctuations don’t matter much for economic activity. Construction hiring may be stronger than usual in a March when the weather is unseasonably mild, but there will be payback in April and May. If heavy rains discourage […]
