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Peak Meaninglessness
Peak Meaninglessness Last week’s discussion of externalities—costs of doing business that get dumped onto the economy, the community, or the environment, so that those doing the dumping can make a bigger profit—is, I’m glad to say, not the first time this issue has been raised recently. The long silence that closed around such things three decades […]
Let’s Not Sacrifice Freedom Out Of Fear
Let’s Not Sacrifice Freedom Out Of Fear A scientist, or any knowledgeable person, will tell you climate change is a serious threat for Canada and the world. But theRCMP has a different take. A secret report by the national police force, obtained by Greenpeace, both minimizes the threat of global warming and conjures a spectre of threats […]
Climate change is likely factor in Syria’s conflict
Climate change is likely factor in Syria’s conflict Researchers say climate change probably caused the savage drought that affected Syria nearly a decade ago − and helped to spark the country’s current civil war. LONDON, 2 March, 2015 – In a dire chain of cause and effect, the drought that devastated parts of Syria from 2006 to […]
Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA’s National Fracking Study
Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA’s National Fracking Study In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an ambitious and highly consequential study of the risks that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses to American drinking water supplies. “This is about using the best possible science to do what the American people expect the EPA to do – ensure […]
This Is The Chinese Documentary That Got Over 30 Million Views In One Day
This Is The Chinese Documentary That Got Over 30 Million Views In One Day While the citizenry of America remains transfixed by the ever-changing color of some Scottish wedding dress; this weekend saw an even more massively viral social media phenomenon as tens of millions of Chinese watched, gripped and outraged, a 104-minute video entitled “Under […]
We have to stop filling and killing the oceans with plastic
We have to stop filling and killing the oceans with plastic Eight million tonnes. That’s how much plastic we’re tossing into the oceans every year! University of Georgia environmental engineer Jenna Jambeck says it’s enough to line up five grocery bags of trash on every foot of coastline in the world. A study published by Jambeck and […]
Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling
Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling It’s not just the potential for a catastrophic spill that makes President Obama’s proposal to open Atlantic Ocean waters to oil exploration such a bad idea. What’s worse is the cumulative impact on coastal ecosystems that an active oil industry would bring. by carl safina When […]
Nearly Halted in Sierra Leone, Ebola Makes Comeback by Sea
Nearly Halted in Sierra Leone, Ebola Makes Comeback by Sea FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — It seemed as if the Ebola crisis was abating. New cases were plummeting. The president lifted travel restrictions, and schools were to reopen. A local politician announced on the radio that two 21-day incubation cycles had passed with no new infections in his […]
Harvard-Smithsonian Profited as Much as Willie Soon with Fossil Fuel Funding
Harvard-Smithsonian Profited as Much as Willie Soon with Fossil Fuel Funding Both Harvard and the Smithsonian Institute are trying to shake off the controversy surrounding Willie Soon, but these esteemed organizations should not be let off the hook easily. Earlier this week, documents revealed by the Guardian and New York Times provide irefutable evidence that climate denier Willie […]
David Cameron’s New Definition of Fracking ‘Political Not Scientific’
David Cameron’s New Definition of Fracking ‘Political Not Scientific’ Last week, DeSmog UK revealed how David Cameron’s government snuck a new definition of fracking onto the statute books. Kyla Mandel investigates where this definition actually came from. The definition of hydraulic fracturing adopted by theUK coalition government has all the hallmarks of industry influence, finds DeSmog UK. The fracking definition was slipped into […]
Ancient landscapes point to dramatic climate change
Ancient landscapes point to dramatic climate change Scientists believe Chinese civilisation could have been founded by climate refugees after the collapse of an Inner Mongolian culture over 4,000 years ago. LONDON, 26 February, 2015 − Chinese and US scientists have uncovered prehistoric evidence of mass migration triggered by climate change. Something occurred 4,200 years ago – […]
TEPCO Admits Delaying Report Of Major Radiation Leak Into The Pacific Ocean For 10 Months
TEPCO Admits Delaying Report Of Major Radiation Leak Into The Pacific Ocean For 10 Months While faith in Japanese ‘economics’ is starting to falter (borne out by the split in the BoJ and endless macro data disappointments), trust in TEPCO and its governmental operators must be about to hit a new record low. Having promised and […]
As Oil Prices Collapse, North Dakota Considers Weakening Standards on Radioactive Drilling Waste
As Oil Prices Collapse, North Dakota Considers Weakening Standards on Radioactive Drilling Waste As the collapse of oil prices threatens North Dakota’s shale drilling rush, state regulators are considering a move they say could save the oil industry millions of dollars: weakening the state’s laws on disposing of radioactive waste. The move has been the subject […]
Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land
Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land As expected, President Obama today vetoed the Republican bill attempting to allow TransCanada to finish constructing the Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. While the veto received praise from environmentalists, along with encouragement to reject the pipeline entirely, the veto provides little consolation […]
Quakes in Gas Fields Ignored for Years, Dutch Agency Finds
Quakes in Gas Fields Ignored for Years, Dutch Agency Finds Safety board’s report a relevant read for any fracking zone. A report from the Dutch Safety Board has accused the oil and gas industry and Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs of willfully downplaying the risk of earthquakes caused by the rapid depletion of Europe’s largest gas field. […]
