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The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 1
The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 1 Intro A great deal of intelligence is invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow, 1976 More and more people (although not nearly enough) are coming to recognise that humanity cannot continue on its current trajectory, as the limits we face […]
Bad Timing: Japan Opens First Nuclear Plant Since Fukushima As Neighboring Volcano Erupts
Bad Timing: Japan Opens First Nuclear Plant Since Fukushima As Neighboring Volcano Erupts In case last week’s deadly chemical explosion in the Chinese port of Tianjin wasn’t enough to satisfy your thirst for black swan-ish disasters that could serve to accelerate the ongoing global currency wars, Japan is now warning that Sakurajima, one of the country’s most […]
World without Water: The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource
World without Water: The Dangerous Misuse of Our Most Valuable Resource REUTERS Amid climate change, drought and mismanagement, our world’s most valuable resource is becoming scarce. Much of the crisis is man-made — and even water-rich countries like Germany are to blame. By SPIEGEL Staff Men like Edward Mooradian are saving California. Indeed, there would hardly be […]
Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works For Them
Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Now Works For Them An ongoing investigation by The Desert Sun into Nestle’s contentious bottled water operations in drought-stricken California first disclosed that the company’s permit to draw water had a rather astonishing expiration date that occurred over a quarter century ago, in 1988. Recently, the Sunreported an update in the investigation with […]
Can’t Touch This: To Stave Off Climate Disaster, Arctic Oil Must Stay in Ground
Can’t Touch This: To Stave Off Climate Disaster, Arctic Oil Must Stay in Ground ‘There is no reasonable scenario in which Arctic oil drilling and a safe climate future co-exist,’ says Oil Change International in new report U.S. Arctic oil will be exposed to increasing risks associated with mounting public opposition, marked by creative direct […]
Disappearing Lake Shows Drought’s Extent in New Space Image
Disappearing Lake Shows Drought’s Extent in New Space Image Aerial view of Goose Lake on the border between California and Oregon taken June 25, 2015, NASA Earth Observatory Landsat 8 – OLI. Credit: Jesse Allen View full size image A lake straddling the California-Oregon border looks like an empty swimming pool in new photos […]
Emissions reduction target: Julie Bishop disputes Climate Change Authority’s figures
Emissions reduction target: Julie Bishop disputes Climate Change Authority’s figures Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has responded to the Climate Change Authority’s criticism of the Government’s emission reduction targets, saying its estimates are incorrect. On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced plans to cut emissions by 26-28 per cent by 2030 based on emissions from the year 2005. […]
China Blast Zone Evacuated Over Chemical Contamination Fears
China Blast Zone Evacuated Over Chemical Contamination Fears TIANJIN, China— New explosions and fire rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, where one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius to clean up chemical contamination. Angry relatives of missing firefighters stormed a government news conference to demand […]
Alberta climate-change panel to consult before taking action
Alberta climate-change panel to consult before taking action Environment Minister Shannon Phillips takes step toward ‘made in Alberta’ plan Alberta’s NDP government took a first step toward a new climate change strategy Friday, but made it clear that new emissions targets and the policies to implement them will have to wait until the end of a […]
On the Value of Water and the Pain of Drought in the American West
On the Value of Water and the Pain of Drought in the American West Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue Drift boats carry fly fishermen down the Madison River, in southwestern Montana. Click image to enlarge. ENNIS, Montana — As roads go, the shoulder of Route 249, which flanks the broad bottomlands of the Madison […]
10 Disturbing Facts Most Americans Are Too Fearful To Face
10 Disturbing Facts Most Americans Are Too Fearful To Face Sometimes you have to put out information in hopes that those who haven’t heard this will at least absorb a fraction of it. If you haven’t heard this and you absorb just one of these random points, I believe that may be enough to cause […]
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism It’s been a year for manifestos. With the dust only recently settled on the British general election, much has been heard about the different (though not that different) ‘narratives’ offered by the major political parties in their manifesto commitments. Meanwhile, a cabal of environmentalist thinkers and activists were busy putting together […]
China Scrambles To Hide Toxic Fallout Of Tianjin Chemical Explosion
China Scrambles To Hide Toxic Fallout Of Tianjin Chemical Explosion Two days after an “apocalyptic” explosion in the port city of Tianjin killed at least 50 people and vaporized a bit of excess auto inventory, Chinese officials are struggling to explain what happened and reassure a nervous public. The blast – footage of which is reminiscent of a […]
