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Fukushima disaster: Radiation levels posing cancer risks on fourth anniversary of earthquake
Fukushima disaster: Radiation levels posing cancer risks on fourth anniversary of earthquake Four years ago today Japan was hit with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that caused widespread destruction, leaving almost 22,000 people dead or missing and triggering a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The triple nuclear meltdown was the world’s […]
Analysis: What Bill C-22 Means For Oil Spill Cleanup in Canada
Analysis: What Bill C-22 Means For Oil Spill Cleanup in Canada After BP’s Deepwater Horizon well blowout in April 2010, responders dumped approximately 1.84 million gallons of chemical dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to stop the oil slick from fouling fragile coastal environments. The use of such a massive quantity of dispersants, coupled […]
The Science of Peak Oil
The Science of Peak Oil One of the many barbs often pointed at peak oil proponents is that they are constantly shifting the goal posts. Peak oilers are accused of changing the definition of what peak oil actually means, therefore the entire concept of oil production peaking is rubbish. Far from a valid criticism however, this […]
The roots of your health: Elaine Ingham on the science of soil
The roots of your health: Elaine Ingham on the science of soil Put bluntly, Ingham’s message is that if you are interested in health, you have to be interested in soil. This lecture, and her work in general, brilliantly explains why. Time to take a deep breath, prepare to have conventional thinking about soil turned […]
Tar Sands by Rail Disasters: The Latest Wave in the Bomb Train Assault
Tar Sands by Rail Disasters: The Latest Wave in the Bomb Train Assault With the first crash and explosion of aunit train of tar sands oil in Canada in February, we learned that the conventional wisdom among people covering the oil-by-rail industry regarding the flammability of tar sands oil has been dead wrong. A second derailment and […]
Ebola: Is it Already Here ?
Ebola: Is it Already Here ? Ebola is rarely in the news these days. What we should be asking is why it isn’t in the news. It hasn’t gone away, in fact, cases are actually on the increase. The World Health Organisation states: The steep decline in case incidence nationally in Sierra Leone from December until the […]
CN Rail Train Derails In Northern Ontario, Fire At Site
CN Rail Train Derails In Northern Ontario, Fire At Site GOGAMA, Ont. – CN Rail says a train carrying crude oil derailed early today in northern Ontario and there is a fire at the site. It’s the third CN derailment in northern Ontario is less than a month, and the second in the same area. […]
Perennial Rice: In Search of a Greener, Hardier Staple Crop
Perennial Rice: In Search of a Greener, Hardier Staple Crop Ten thousand years ago, China’s ancient inhabitants harvested the grains of wild rice, a perennial grass growing up to 15 feet tall in bogs and streams. The grains were small and red, maturing in waves and often shattering into the water. Their descendants transformed that grain […]
Will New Mexico Double Down On Dirty Energy?
Will New Mexico Double Down On Dirty Energy? The future of energy development in New Mexico’s Four Corners region is at a crossroads. The San Juan Generating Plant is slated to shut down half of its coal-burning capacity in 2017 and a new energy replacement plan must be decided upon. The Four Corners, where New […]
A Major Surge in Atmospheric Warming Is Probably Coming in the Next Five Years
A Major Surge in Atmospheric Warming Is Probably Coming in the Next Five Years Forget the so-called ‘pause’ in global warming—new research says we might be in for an era of deeply accelerated heating. While the rate of atmospheric warming in recent years has, indeed, slowed due to various natural weather cycles—hence the skeptics’ droning […]
Canadian oil extraction is ‘extraordinarily dirty’ process, Obama says
Canadian oil extraction is ‘extraordinarily dirty’ process, Obama says Keystone XL pipeline vetoed by president in February U.S. President Barack Obama has some less-than-laudatory words for Canada’s oil industry in a new example of his increasingly critical take on the oilsands. He was asked about the Keystone XL pipeline during a town-hall session Friday — […]
Sustainability for Whom?
Sustainability for Whom? The mission of UPSTREAM (formerly Product Policy Institute) is “sustainable production and consumption and good governance.” Sometimes I feel like we’re swimming against the tide in advocating a role for government action in ensuring sustainable production and consumption. Big brands like Wal-Mart, Nestle, Procter and Gamble can effect rapid, systemic change in their global […]
More California Oil Industry Wastewater Injection Wells Shut Down Over Fears Of Groundwater Contamination
More California Oil Industry Wastewater Injection Wells Shut Down Over Fears Of Groundwater Contamination The latest in the ongoing investigation into California regulators’ failure to protect residents from toxic oil industry waste streams has led to the closure of 12 more underground injection wells. The 12 wells that were shut downthis week are all in the Central Valley region, […]
And It’s Gone! After 3 Days, Beijing Bans Discussion Of Viral China Smog Documentary
And It’s Gone! After 3 Days, Beijing Bans Discussion Of Viral China Smog Documentary Just 3 days after “Under The Dome” went massively viral (152 million views on China’s Tencent alone), exposing the reality of China’s disastrous pollution in an in-depth 104-minute documentary, The FT reports Chinese censors have moved to tamp down discussion domestically. We had […]
Stranded Assets in Oil and Gas a Reality
Stranded Assets in Oil and Gas a Reality Just a few short years ago a friend called me to chat about the possibility of stranded assets in oil and gas due to climate change and the expected legislation and new regulations that would entail. This was an interesting idea coming out of the UK at […]
