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With thick ice gone, Arctic sea ice changes more slowly
With thick ice gone, Arctic sea ice changes more slowly Small remnants of thicker, multiyear ice float with thinner, seasonal ice in the Beaufort Sea on Sept. 30, 2016. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Alek Petty › Larger view The Arctic Ocean’s blanket of sea ice has changed since 1958 from predominantly older, thicker ice to mostly younger, thinner […]
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain Tanks storing treated radioactive water after it was used to cool the melted fuel are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 3, 2022. The government has announced plans to […]
Germany Preparing For Emergency Cash Deliveries, Bank Runs And “Aggressive Discontent” Ahead Of Winter Power Cuts
Germany Preparing For Emergency Cash Deliveries, Bank Runs And “Aggressive Discontent” Ahead Of Winter Power Cuts While Europe has been keeping a generally optimistic facade ahead of the coming cold winter, signaling that it has more than enough gas in storage to make up for loss of Russian supply even in a “coldest-case” scenario, behind […]
Economist Steve Keen says the planet cannot sustain 8 billion people | The Business | ABC News
Economist Steve Keen says the planet cannot sustain 8 billion people | The Business | ABC News
Climate Action- Right Way, Wrong Way
Climate Action- Right Way, Wrong Way It seems everywhere I go these days I see signs saying, “Climate Action- Now!”. But what do people mean by climate action? What exactly are they calling for? Are they calling for the right actions? Is our climate message the right one? Are our demands workable? Will the necessary […]
Imperialism Of The Apocalypse
Imperialism Of The Apocalypse Rich people are depriving poor people of cheap energy in the name of climate change. Why? Clockwise from upper-left: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex; Jennifer Lawrence; Prince Harry; Leonardo DiCaprio. Center: Pakistani boy with woodfuel for cooking (Getty Images) Few appear to care about climate change more than global celebrities. In […]
8 Billion Souls
8 Billion Souls By the time you read this, the counter above will have probably hit 8 billion (1). Screenshot from World Population Clock World population is projected to reach a new milestone — 8 billion people — tomorrow on November 15, 2022. According to United Nations Population Fund chief Natalia Kanem: “Eight billion people, it is a […]
War in a Changing Climate
War in a Changing Climate
The decoupling canard won’t die…
The decoupling canard won’t die… aka, ‘Green Growth is an oxymoron’! I keep coming across people contending that decoupling will allow continued economic expansion, whilst reducing emissions. I put together this summary of rebuttals: This is a great starting observation from Tim Morgan at Surplus energy economics: “At the same time, we should dismiss the […]
Coles, Woolworths recycling scheme collapses after secret stockpiles revealed
Coles, Woolworths recycling scheme collapses after secret stockpiles revealed Australia’s largest plastic bag recycling program has collapsed amid revelations hundreds of millions of bags and other soft plastic items dropped off by customers at Coles and Woolworths are being secretly stockpiled in warehouses and not recycled. Instead of being taken to companies that use the […]
Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says
Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, speaks during a briefing at the State Department on Wednesday. (Susan Walsh/AP) Climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the United States, and the economic and human toll will only increase […]
Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’
Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’ Food companies and governments must come together immediately to change the world’s agricultural practices or risk “destroying the planet”, according to the sponsors of a report by some of the largest food and farming businesses released on Thursday. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP© Provided by The Guardian […]
One Of Spain’s Largest Hydro-Power Plants To Halt Operations As Drought Worsens
One Of Spain’s Largest Hydro-Power Plants To Halt Operations As Drought Worsens A large drop in renewable energy output is forcing Spain to increase natural gas demand to generate electricity at a time Europe is in the worst energy crisis in a generation. Spain’s hydropower output has been halved this year due to drought, and things could […]
Oil is Bankrupt (If We Want It)
Oil is Bankrupt (If We Want It) Alberta’s Oil Companies Are the Walking Dead. Albert’s oil-patch is a zombie, the walking dead. The companies that extract oil there owe more money than they can pay, more than they can borrow, more than they can earn. If they were made to pay their lawful debts, they […]
US NatGas Futures Jump As Frigid Weather Set To Swoop Across Country
US NatGas Futures Jump As Frigid Weather Set To Swoop Across Country US natural gas futures bottomed on Oct. 24 after a 50% haircut on warmer weather. In the last two weeks, prices have staged a rally on the prospect of cold weather and tighter supplies. Last Monday, we penned a note titled “US NatGas Spikes […]
