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Petronas Hoping To Buy First Nations Tribes’ Support For $1 Billion
Petronas Hoping To Buy First Nations Tribes’ Support For $1 Billion Petronas is willing to pony up nearly $1 billion to secure the support of First Nations tribes in western Canada for its natural gas export project. The Malaysian state-owned oil company is offering C$1.15 billion (USD$950 million) to the Lax Kw’alaams tribe in order to build […]
BC Climate Change Progress Stalled, Critics Say
BC Climate Change Progress Stalled, Critics Say ‘We know we need to do more,’ says environment minister. Lately, Premier Christy Clark has been bragging about British Columbia’s record fighting climate change, but observers say that pride is misplaced. “They’re talking a lot about being a world leader in climate action,” said Jens Wieting, a campaigner […]
Terms of debate: Destroying vs altering nature, the fragile vs the resilient Earth
Terms of debate: Destroying vs altering nature, the fragile vs the resilient Earth Last week’s piece drew responses that throw into relief how much the language we use depends on our most basic assumptions about how the world works. If left unexamined, that language leads to further conclusions that go unchallenged because the underlying assumptions are never scrutinized. […]
Widely-Used Tool Can Lowball Methane Pollution Rates, Scientists Report, With Huge Implications for Climate Policy
Widely-Used Tool Can Lowball Methane Pollution Rates, Scientists Report, With Huge Implications for Climate Policy An EPA-approved methane sampler widely used to measure gas leaks from oil and gas operations nationwide can dramatically under-report how much methane is leaking into the atmosphere, a team of researchers reported in a peer-reviewed paper published in March. The researchers, one […]
Transformer Explosion At The Indian Point Nuclear Facility Near New York Is ‘Contained’
Transformer Explosion At The Indian Point Nuclear Facility Near New York Is ‘Contained’ The words “explosion”, “New York”, “black smoke”, and “nuclear” strike fear into the heart of most people but according to Entergy – who runs Indian Point, “the nuclear facility has been safely shutdown following a transformer failure.”Reports of a loud blast at the […]
No Wealth, No Justice in $1 Billion LNG Offer to First Nation Band
No Wealth, No Justice in $1 Billion LNG Offer to First Nation Band Here’s why Lax Kw’alaams still side with the salmon. Leonardo Boff, a Brazilian theologian and writer known for his work among the poor and the excluded, is credited with coining a phrase that is as true as any you’ll ever hear: ”The […]
Dimock, PA Lawsuit Trial-Bound as Study Links Fracking to Water Contamination in Neighboring County
Dimock, PA Lawsuit Trial-Bound as Study Links Fracking to Water Contamination in Neighboring County A recent peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed what many fracking critics have argued for years: hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas can contaminate groundwater. The study’s release comes as a major class action lawsuit filed in the District […]
Bird Flu Has Already Killed More Than 20 MILLION Turkeys And Chickens In The United States
Bird Flu Has Already Killed More Than 20 MILLION Turkeys And Chickens In The United States Are you prepared to go without turkey this Thanksgiving? Yes, it might actually get that bad. So far, the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history has claimed the lives of more than 20 million turkeys and chickens, and the […]
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens Early last month we warned that California’s drought was approaching historic proportions and that if climatologists were to be believed, the country may see a repeat of The Dirty Thirties as experts cite “Dust Bowl” conditions. Governor Jerry Brown has called for statewide water restrictions aimed at […]
1930s Dust Bowl Drought – and Current California Drought – Caused By Warm Ocean Anomalies
1930s Dust Bowl Drought – and Current California Drought – Caused By Warm Ocean Anomalies A scientific paper published last month in the journal Climate Dynamics by a scientist from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center and three universities found that the 1930s drought was exacerbated by an anomalous warm spots in the ocean: Unusually hot summer […]
The Fifth Wave (Part I)
The Fifth Wave (Part I) [Chapter 25 of The Age of the Consequences] “All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.” —Lao-Tsu The First Wave In the fall […]
A Potentially Massive Win For Fracking In Texas
A Potentially Massive Win For Fracking In Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s signature is all that’s needed to impose a ban on the ability of Texas’ cities to limit potentially harmful oil drilling practices, including hydraulic fracturing, in their jurisdictions. The measure, which easily passed both houses of the Republican-led Legislature, was welcomed by industry groups […]
Charles Koch Admits Climate Change is Happening, Then Denies the Problem
Charles Koch Admits Climate Change is Happening, Then Denies the Problem As the nation warily watches every Republican presidential candidate kiss the ring of billionaire donor Charles Koch for a shot at his network’s $300,000,000 pool of presidential cash, Charles Koch did something unusual. Last week’s USAToday interview with Charles Koch noted his shifting opinion on what he calls […]
The systems view of life – a unifying vision (part 2)
The systems view of life – a unifying vision (part 2) In this episode I have the great honor of connecting with scientist, educator, activist, and author Fritjof CapraP.hd. He was born in Vienna, and studied physics and systems theory, and became well known for his first book,The Tao of Physics (1975). In this book, and in […]
How Much Would Zero Emissions Cost?
How Much Would Zero Emissions Cost? In 2014 global carbon emissions totaled 32 gigatonnes (Gt). If you’re counting, that’s roughly 32 Gt too many. Yes, zero, near-zero, or net-zero is what we want, and soon is when we need it. Failure to achieve such goals by the end of the century will irreparably damage our planet and […]
