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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists
Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends Firefighters take part in an emergency drill against winter chemical hazards and accidents in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the […]
‘Carbon bomb’: Westpac, National Australia Bank under fire for bankrolling Woodside, BHP’s Scarborough LNG
‘Carbon bomb’: Westpac, National Australia Bank under fire for bankrolling Woodside, BHP’s Scarborough LNG Anti-gas sentiment remains across Australia as banks continue to invest in farming the resource. Credit: AAP Bankers have been accused of “industrial-scale greenwashing” by financing a huge new gas field. But National Australia Bank and Westpac insist they’re on board with the […]
Texas’ Power Grid “Could Be At Risk” Ahead Of Cold Blast
Texas’ Power Grid “Could Be At Risk” Ahead Of Cold Blast The primary grid operator for Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), is preparing for another round of bitterly cold weather that may disrupt natural gas power plants. National Weather Service (NWS) anticipates temperatures across parts of the Lone Star State to plunge […]
Your life and the economy depend on biodiversity
Your life and the economy depend on biodiversity Preface. We are trained in school, newspapers, and TV to view the world politically and economically. Not ecologically. Or with energy awareness, which those of us following limits to growth, peak oil, and peak everything else call energy blindness. The World Economic Forum article below is an […]
Canada’s offshore wind resources are huge
Canada’s offshore wind resources are huge Nuclear energy is not the solution to achieving Canada’s emission reduction targets. Offshore wind power is safer, less costly, and carries none of the risks of nuclear technology. Canada’s offshore wind could deliver more energy than nuclear power. The aging CANDU nuclear reactors are being refurbished at substantial cost […]
100 Million Americans In Path Of Dangerous Winter Storm
100 Million Americans In Path Of Dangerous Winter Storm A massive winter storm could impact upwards of 100 million people across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast during the latter part of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. National Weather Service (NWS) issued winter storm warnings for 19 states, with some areas over the Appalachians could experience […]
Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year
Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year Ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken An oil platform stands offshore as cargo shipping container ships wait in the Pacific Ocean to enter the port of Los Angeles. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The world’s oceans […]
The Anthropocene: Where On Earth Are We Going?
The Anthropocene: Where On Earth Are We Going?
Life After Fossil Fuels | Alice Friedemann
Life After Fossil Fuels | Alice Friedemann And why the climate change conversation isn’t helping A post-carbon world could be our opportunity to so better—and make the difficult transition much harder to swallow. That’s the message of Alice Friedemann on this week’s episode, author of When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation. The […]
Undersea Volcano Eruption Triggers Massive Shockwave, Tsunami Strikes South Pacific Island
Undersea Volcano Eruption Triggers Massive Shockwave, Tsunami Strikes South Pacific Island An undersea volcanic eruption occurred 40 miles off the coast of the South Pacific country of Tonga on Saturday. Satellite imagery shows the eruption unleashed a massive shockwave as a plume of ash was flung 12.4 miles into the atmosphere. US Storm Watch said the […]
Don’t Look Up! There’s Nobody There!
Don’t Look Up! There’s Nobody There! On December 24, 2021, Netflix released a new film titled “Don’t Look Up.” It is an apocalyptic thriller about an earth-killing asteroid and is being rated among the top 10, along with a monster flick, an art crime flick and a snuff film. As a piece of entertainment it is […]
Losing It
Losing It Faced with the gathering collapse of the biosphere, and governments’ refusal to take the necessary action, how do we stop ourselves from falling apart? No wonder journalists have slated it. They’ve produced a hundred excuses not to watch the climate breakdown satire Don’t Look Up: it’s “blunt”, it’s “shrill”, it’s “smug”. But they […]
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day It topped 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Western Australia, tying the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the southern hemisphere A map showing the misery index in Australia on Thursday. Gif: Earth Wind Map It is really, really, really hot in Australia right now. On Thursday, Onslow, a coastal […]
Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a Row
Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a Row 2021 broke the record from 2020 by about 14 zettajoules, or 20 times the world’s annual energy consumption An Arvor float is deployed from the RV Pourquoi Pas to capture ocean temperature data. The oceans are absorbing more heat as climate change advances. Credit: Argo Program […]
