Home » Environment (Page 52)
Category Archives: Environment
French And German Power Prices Soar As Cold Sweeps Europe
French And German Power Prices Soar As Cold Sweeps Europe After a mild start to the year, cold weather sweeping across western Germany, France, and the UK led to a surge in electricity prices on Tuesday. French day-ahead power prices jumped to 135 euros a megawatt-hour, a 42% increase versus the rolling two-week average. The […]
“Distasteful Masterclass In Hypocrisy”: Elites Swarm Davos In Private Jets To Discuss Climate Crisis
“Distasteful Masterclass In Hypocrisy”: Elites Swarm Davos In Private Jets To Discuss Climate Crisis The annual conference of the World Economic Forum begins today in Davos, Switzerland. Global elites landed in luxurious private jets over the last few days in airports around Davos to discuss important global challenges, such as climate change, behind closed doors. “The […]
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought
USDA Reveals US Corn-Harvested Acres At 2008 Levels Amid Megadrought Last year was a bad year for corn — the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report shows drought conditions and extreme weather wreaked havoc on croplands. USDA unexpectedly slashed its outlook for domestic corn production amid a severe drought across the western farm belt. […]
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe Contents People of the Hazel: Europe’s indigenous cultures return after the glaciers retreat, bringing their most cherished tree with them The Continent-Wide Orchard: Mesolithic people create Europe’s post-glacial ecosystems as vast forest gardens A Changing Climate: millennia of drastic fluctuations in the climate lead to the creation and spread […]
Siberia Records Minus-80 Degrees As Talk Of Polar Vortex Grows
Siberia Records Minus-80 Degrees As Talk Of Polar Vortex Grows Several weeks after the Christmas Arctic blast, much of the US and Europe have enjoyed record warmth. Recall on Dec. 27, we noted the cold air mass from Siberia that spread across the continental US would dissipate into the new year. So far, this is correct, as […]
These Are North America’s Biggest Sources Of Electricity By State And Province
These Are North America’s Biggest Sources Of Electricity By State And Province On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. The U.S. primarily uses natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, while Canada relies on both hydro and nuclear. That said, when zooming […]
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
William E. Rees: The Fundamental Issue–Overshoot
What is the US “Gas Stove Ban” REALLY about?What sounds like overeach in itself, is actually a cover for something potentially far, far worse.
What is the US “Gas Stove Ban” REALLY about?What sounds like overeach in itself, is actually a cover for something potentially far, far worse. The Biden administration is apparently looking to ban gas stoves, calling them a “hidden danger”. But while that sounds bad enough, a deeper dive shows – as usual – it’s not […]
Colder Weather Might Return To Northwest Europe Next Week
Colder Weather Might Return To Northwest Europe Next Week European natural gas prices have plunged to pre-Ukraine invasion levels on mild winter. Heating demand across the EU has declined, allowing fuel storage tanks to continue injections and remain above seasonal levels. This bodes well for the energy-stricken continent, but new weather forecasts suggest a late-month […]
Ozone Layer Recovers, Limiting Global Warming: UN Report
Ozone Layer Recovers, Limiting Global Warming: UN Report A UN-backed scientific panel tasked with assessing the effects of the 1989 Montreal Protocol – an international agreement to phase out Ozone Depleting Substances – has found that the ozone layer continues to strengthen, and as a result, the earth will avoid 0.3 – 0.5°C of global warming […]
Renewables Are Slowly Approaching Diminishing Returns
Renewables Are Slowly Approaching Diminishing Returns Photo by Ryan Grice on Unsplash Once a source of hope for maintaining our modern lifestyle, renewables are close to hit diminishing returns (i.e.: providing less and less benefit to society with every addition of a new solar panel or wind turbine). For the record: fossil fuels have long passed the same […]
Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across California
Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across California Since the end of December, a ‘parade of cyclones’ has swamped California. The latest round of torrential rain has caused flooding in Los Angeles County, and still unclear in the early morning hours of Tuesday the extent of the destruction, though social media video on Monday evening shows flooded streets, […]
‘Silence of the Ecomodernists’ & ‘Fusion Confusion’
‘Silence of the Ecomodernists’ & ‘Fusion Confusion’
Finding a place to take a stand
Finding a place to take a stand Mapping regions bio and cultural David McCloskey’s recently completed mapping of regions around the Salish Sea. Regions in a time of breakdown The Raven is increasingly focusing on the concept of regionalism, the idea that, as urbanist Lewis Mumford put forward many years ago, there is a “regional framework […]
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum
The Human Eco-predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum This article was originally published by Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023, Vol. 21, pp. 1–19 Abstract: The human enterprise is in overshoot, depleting essential ecosystems faster than they can regenerate and polluting the ecosphere beyond nature’s assimilative capacity. Overshoot is a meta-problem that is the cause […]
