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The Silver Lining in the California Drought
The Silver Lining in the California Drought Denial, it’s been said, is not just a river in Egypt. It runs, of course, through each of us. But Californians have displayed quite a dose of it as a record-breaking drought rolls through its fourth year. It was just last week, propelled by the lowest snowpack in the Sierra […]
Wisconsin Climate Change Gag Order Part of Broader Industry-Tied Attacks on Science
Wisconsin Climate Change Gag Order Part of Broader Industry-Tied Attacks on Science On April 7, Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands voted 2-1 to ban those employed by the agency from doing any work pertaining to climate change or global warming while doing public lands related work. Although the story was covered bymultiple media outlets, lost in the public discussion so […]
Dust Bowl 2.0: California’s Historic Drought About To Get Even Worse As “Snowpack Melts Early Across The West”
Dust Bowl 2.0: California’s Historic Drought About To Get Even Worse As “Snowpack Melts Early Across The West” It has been a bad year for California whose drought is rapidly approaching historic proportions: according to the LA Times, which cites climatologist Michael Anderson, “you’re looking on numbers that are right on par with what was the […]
Fossil Fuels Drive Rapid Glacier Loss across Western Canada, Study Finds
Fossil Fuels Drive Rapid Glacier Loss across Western Canada, Study Finds Melting offers a ‘big signal’ about the climate, expert says. Western Canadian glaciers, an ancient water bank that maintains stream flow for hydroelectric dams and salmon-bearing rivers, could shrink by 70 per cent by 2100. The catastrophic loss of ice for Western Canada has […]
Who Will Control The World’s Water: Governments Or Corporations?
Who Will Control The World’s Water: Governments Or Corporations? Water is perhaps the world’s most important resource, and one of the most common resources. For decades water was regarded as a common good, and it was plentiful enough that in most parts of the world there was little money to be made off of it. […]
The Law of Diminishing Returns
The Law of Diminishing Returns Part one of a four-part video series. Released in conjunction with Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels. Is modern society hitting our defining moment, the point of diminishing returns? In this brand new short video released today, Richard Heinberg explores how — in our economy, the environment, and energy production — we may well be. When […]
Wolves Scapegoated While Alberta Government Sells Off Endangered Caribou Habitat
Wolves Scapegoated While Alberta Government Sells Off Endangered Caribou Habitat Culling Alberta’s wolves without prioritizing caribou habitat protection and restoration is like “shoveling sand,” according to Mark Hebblewhite, associate professor of ungulate habitat biology at the University of Montana. Hebblewhite says the Alberta government is sponsoring a wolf cull without doing the one thing that could possibly scientifically justify it: […]
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground?
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground? Population growth in the world’s developing economies, particularly Africa and Asia, has been and will continue to be a primary driver of demand for energy resources into the near and distant future. As more babies are delivered into the world, they will […]
“The Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed”
“The Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed” Containing Fukushima Is Beyond Current Technology We reported in 2012 that top nuclear experts say that the technology doesn’t yet even exist to clean up Fukushima. Now, […]
Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time
Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time Trace cesium detected, but levels far below limit for safe drinking water Trace amounts of radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have been detected on North American shores for the first time, but researchers say the amount of radiation is not a concern. Radioactive forms […]
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history. One group not facing restrictions under the new rules is big agriculture, […]
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored. […]
Review of Collision Course (Endless Growth on a Finite Planet)
Review of Collision Course (Endless Growth on a Finite Planet) Kerryn Higgs, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2014 This informative book is about the rise of economic growth to the status of the number one goal of nations; the short-lived challenge to that dogma from the book The Limits to Growth (1972); the solidity of the Limits position as confirmed by […]
Californians Outraged As Oil Producers & Frackers Excluded From Emergency Water Restrictions
Californians Outraged As Oil Producers & Frackers Excluded From Emergency Water Restrictions California’s oil and gas industry is estimated (with official data due to be released in coming days) to use more than 2 million gallons of fresh water per day; so it is hardly surprising that, as Reuters reports, Californians are outraged after discovering that these firms […]
How Long Can Oceans Continue To Absorb Earth’s Excess Heat?
How Long Can Oceans Continue To Absorb Earth’s Excess Heat? The main reason soaring greenhouse gas emissions have not caused air temperatures to rise more rapidly is that oceans have soaked up much of the heat. But new evidence suggests the oceans’ heat-buffering ability may be weakening. For decades, the earth’s oceans have soaked up more […]
