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WMO horror stories
WMO horror stories If you’re a fan of horror stories, the World Meteorological Organisation is not the first place you might think of checking out. But believe me, it is publishing some terrifying stuff. Every year the WMO publishes a report called “Statement on the State of the Global Climate”. These reports are quite different […]
Richard Heinberg explores the flawed thinking behind proposed solutions to climate change
Richard Heinberg explores the flawed thinking behind proposed solutions to climate change He explains why real climate progress will require large numbers of people in wealthy countries to forgo forms of power they currently enjoy. — ***** “power — the ability to do something, the ability to get someone else to do something, or the ability […]
Talkin’ About Armageddon: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Talkin’ About Armageddon: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The fact that our world is hurtling toward man-made obliteration on multiple fronts should probably occupy more of our conversational bandwidth than it does. ❖ My basic overall position is that humanity is about to end […]
Pruning Basics
Pruning Basics As we head into Fall garden routines and leaves start to turn color, the smell and feel of the Fall weather is in the air. Winter is just around the corner and with those horticultural routines comes the urge to prune stuff . Both fruit producing and shade producing trees often get a […]
A far from perfect storm
A far from perfect storm Global warming may yet prove to be the one thing which saves us from our largely misguided attempts to respond to global warming. This is because, while the crisis is real enough, the solution that we have bought into is an absolute stinker. While a great deal of corporate profit […]
The Battle For Control Of East Mediterranean Energy
The Battle For Control Of East Mediterranean Energy The history of oil and natural gas is marred by instability and conflict. The rise of the Eastern Mediterranean as a prolific energy region has increased existing tensions between certain littoral states while strengthening cooperation between others. The ratification of the charter concerning the Eastern Mediterranean Gas […]
Enbridge fined $3.32 mln for failings in Line 3 replacement project
Enbridge fined $3.32 mln for failings in Line 3 replacement project Protest signage on display at a camp established by indigenous leaders and water protectors at the Mississippi headwaters, one body of water the Line 3 pipeline will cross following a series of demonstrations in protest of the Line 3 pipeline, built by Enbridge Energy, […]
Time’s Up
Time’s Up IT’S THE END OF WORLD, AND WE KNOW IT. Derek Carlisle _____ Picture six friends chatting about the environment. “There’s no such thing as global warming,” the first says. “Climate change is fake news.” “No, the planet is warming,” says another, “but in a gradual, natural cycle that’s repeated itself throughout Earth’s history. Higher temperatures […]
Cat 1 Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall On Texas Coast, Multiple Nuclear Power Plants In Path
Cat 1 Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall On Texas Coast, Multiple Nuclear Power Plants In Path Hurricane Nicholas made landfall early Tuesday morning on the Matagorda Peninsula just south of Houston, Texas. Nicholas hit the area as a Category 1 but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. […]
Eating Weeds – Everything You Need to Know!
Eating Weeds – Everything You Need to Know! At eattheplanet.org we have been eating weeds for a long time. Foraging for wild edibles can be a safe and fun way to strengthen our relationship with the natural world and each other. Eating weeds, in particular, is a great place for a novice forager to begin […]
What is a Planetary Boundary?
What is a Planetary Boundary?
The gritty reality of solar power
The gritty reality of solar power Time is fast running out. The world’s affluent nations, with their abundant greenhouse emissions, have to finally drag themselves across the starting line and begin phasing out fossil fuels at the accelerated pace that the climate emergency demands. And if they can manage to do that, they clearly will […]
Soil salinity and erosion
Soil salinity and erosion Preface. Civilizations fail when their soils are ruined or eroded. One way conquerors made sure that those they enslaved during wars was to salt their land and burn their homes so they had nowhere to escape to. Erosion is an even larger nation killer, since not all soils are prone to […]
Not enough fossil fuels left to trigger another mass extinction
Not enough fossil fuels left to trigger another mass extinction Preface. Since both conventional and unconventional oil peaked in 2018, we clearly won’t be burning fossils at exponentially increasing rates until 2400 as the IPCC expected. Quite the opposite, currently the decline rate of oil is 8% a year, which can be reduced to 4% […]
