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The End Of Growth Is Here
The End Of Growth Is Here Thank God and not a moment too soon Photo by author — old truck — Slab City February 2022 It was bad before. Before we decided to exponentially increase the thermodynamic whoopee Kurt Vonnegut Jr. warned us about, but now, not only have we decided to add a whole […]
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid […]
‘Serious’ incident at Finnish nuclear power plant under control
‘Serious’ incident at Finnish nuclear power plant under control The nuclear power plants in Olkiluoto are located in south-western Finland. – Copyright JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Authorities have stated there is no danger after a “serious” incident was reported at a nuclear power station in Finland. The incident occurred in reactor 2 of the Olkiluoto power station, in […]
Natural gas shortage could lead to power outages during coldest months
Natural gas shortage could lead to power outages during coldest months Joe Nolan, the CEO of Eversource, said a shortage of natural gas poses a serious health and safety threat. HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Connecticut and other New England states could be in trouble this winter when it comes to natural gas. Joe Nolan, the […]
Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe
Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe Warm October weather has seen many flock to the beach — such as here at Hossegor, southwestern France — but environmentalists see more evidence of climate change GAIZKA IROZ AFP Madrid (AFP) – October morning temperatures topping 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) in Spain may have brought cheer to […]
Overnight Degrowth
Overnight Degrowth The Degrowth movement is gaining momentum. You’ve probably read articles about it and thought “Yeah, that makes sense, but it’ll never happen”. And today, you’d be right. Any government that tried to introduce it would soon become like the parrot, an ex-government. However, we all know that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. Perhaps you’ve […]
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral To the shock of everyone with any semblance of common sense, we are clearcutting forests and burning the trees based on the idea the process is carbon neutral. Image from Smithsonian article below EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral In 2018, […]
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth The country has 507 people per sq km, nearly five times the EU average, while liveable land is shrinking due to climate change © Harry Haysom The other morning I cycled around the Dutch town where I grew up. Behind our old […]
Should we have predicted Black Swan events like COVID and the war in Ukraine? Where is the next crisis coming from?
Should we have predicted Black Swan events like COVID and the war in Ukraine? Where is the next crisis coming from? A Ukrainian serviceman looks out from inside a tank and as the war with Russian rages it’s not unthinkable that Vladimir Putin will unleash nuclear weapons.(Reuters) Who predicted the 2008 global financial crash? COVID? The war […]
Putting the Land Back In Climate
Putting the Land Back In Climate What if we’ve been looking at the climate, well, incompletely? What if there’s another side to climate change, one less concerned with what we put in the atmosphere than what we do to the land, a side which, despite four decades of climate education, has yet to be explained […]
The Quiet Part Out Loud
The Quiet Part Out Loud Of all the challenges facing our culture, the fact that humans use social sorting mechanisms to solve physical world problems looms as perhaps the greatest. This Frankly is a reflection on the possibility of sharing a socially unpalatable message to a large percentage of citizens and leaders. Our vertical and […]
Plastic Recycling Is a Disaster and a ‘Myth,’ Report Says
Plastic Recycling Is a Disaster and a ‘Myth,’ Report Says Greenpeace warns in a new report that we’ve wasted decades and billions of dollars pretending single-use plastic recycling is feasible or desirable. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / STAFF VIA GETTY IMAGES A new report from Greenpeace USA paints a dire picture for recycling efforts in the United States: They’ve fundamentally failed. […]
Most productive NSW agricultural shire counts hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses
Most productive NSW agricultural shire counts hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses Crops on the verge of harvest have been wiped out.(Supplied: Rabbit Hop Films) New South Wales’s peak farming body says the damage bill for wheat losses alone in the state’s flood-hit north-west will surpass $150 million. Key points: Fourth-worst flood in […]
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says A firefighter sets fire to land in an attempt to prevent wildfires from spreading in Gironde, south-west France. A rise in global temperature of 1C to […]
