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California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known
California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known Expert research, public record details many risks of underground gas storage. Overhead photo of the leaking Aliso Canyon well pad near the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County, Dec. 17, 2015. Credit: Earthworks, Creative Commons licensed. A massive methane leak from an aging underground gas […]
Doctors Sound Alarm as State of Emergency Declared over CA Gas Leak: Leave Now
Doctors Sound Alarm as State of Emergency Declared over CA Gas Leak: Leave Now (ANTIMEDIA) Los Angeles, CA — California Governor Jerry Brown finally declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, concerning the ongoing, currently unstoppable methane gas leak spewing from Aliso Canyon that has created a nightmare for residents of Porter Ranch. “I will tell you, this goes well beyond Porter Ranch. […]
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch Organizers say the leak has ‘been a wake-up call for this community…. We’re all on the front lines of climate change.’ Porter Ranch residents protest California Governor Jerry Brown’s months-long refusal to call a state of emergency over the gas leak that has been […]
Happy New Year: America’s Largest Utility Jacks up Rates the Most since 2006 Despite Total Collapse of Natural Gas Prices
Happy New Year: America’s Largest Utility Jacks up Rates the Most since 2006 Despite Total Collapse of Natural Gas Prices The power of monopoly and regulatory capture “We want our customers and their families to know that we are here to help them make smart energy choices and save money whenever possible,” cooed Laurie Giammona, […]
“Unstoppable” California Gas Leak Now Being Called Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill
“Unstoppable” California Gas Leak Now Being Called Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill Since initially reporting on California’s Alison Canyon gas leak, more details have emerged on the scale (and potential for no solution) of the problem as the infamous Erin Brockovich writes, “the enormity of the Aliso Canyon gas leak cannot be overstated. Gas is escaping through […]
Global warming drains the water of life
Global warming drains the water of life Melting snowpack in Turkey’s Lesser Caucasus mountains. Image: Dario Martin-Benito New research warns that rising temperatures are reducing the mountain snow on which billions of people in lowland areas depend for their water supply. LONDON, 13 November, 2015 – Up to two billion people who depend on winter snow to deliver their […]
From drought to deluge: an ecological approach to California’s water crisis
From drought to deluge: an ecological approach to California’s water crisis Dry creek bed in California. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Climate change is the greatest threat to human civilization and a major driver of droughts, floods, fires, food system collapse and economic destabilization. Basing our infrastructure on fossil fuel technology that is imposed upon rather than […]
Swarm Of California Earthquakes Continues A Series Of Unusual Events That Began In Late September
Swarm Of California Earthquakes Continues A Series Of Unusual Events That Began In Late September First it was wildfires, then it was unprecedented flooding, and now it is earthquakes. In the past two weeks alone, more than 400 earthquakes have shaken San Ramon – a small city that sits approximately 45 miles east of San […]
Reflections on Modern Democracy
Reflections on Modern Democracy Democracy – but only when it goes your way! Over the years of watching the democratic process I’ve noticed something important. People tend to reject democracy, indeed, fight it tooth and nail, when it doesn’t go their way. But when it does, well, it is the tops. Consider the case of California’s Proposition 187. Then […]
California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport – Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany
California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport – Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany “I think the American people should be extremely concerned about their personal rights and privacy. As I was being searched at the airport, there was a Latino couple to my left, and an Asian couple to my right […]
More Evidence We’ve Reached a “Peak Water” Tipping Point in California
More Evidence We’ve Reached a “Peak Water” Tipping Point in California March in Yosemite, four years running (source; click to enlarge) It may be a see-saw course, but it’s riding an uphill train. A bit ago I wrote, regarding climate and tipping points: The concept of “tipping point” — a change beyond which there’s no turning […]
The Worst Nuclear Disaster in US History That You’ve Never Heard About
The Worst Nuclear Disaster in US History That You’ve Never Heard About The United States government deliberately hid “the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history,” according to experts and an in-depth investigation by NBC4 Southern California. Whistleblowers have also come forward to expose the little-known catastrophe, which occurred north of Los Angeles in 1959 and leaked over 300 times […]
California Lake Mysteriously Runs Dry Overnight, Thousands Of Fish Dead
California Lake Mysteriously Runs Dry Overnight, Thousands Of Fish Dead Perhaps it is because the world has grown habituated to its unique set of “liquidity” problems, but California’s record, and ongoing, drought has not been receiving much media coverage in recent weeks. Perhaps it should be, because according to a report by CBS Sacramento, the mystery that […]
Why America’s Deadly Love Affair with Bottled Water Has to Stop
Why America’s Deadly Love Affair with Bottled Water Has to Stop Last year, Americans drank more than 10 billion gallons of bottled water. Wildlife and the environment paid. This spring, as California withered in its fourth year of drought and mandatory water restrictions were enacted for the first time in the state’s history, a news story broke revealing that […]
California Burning: Life on a Tinderbox Planet
California Burning: Life on a Tinderbox Planet The metaphors are too ripe. California, symbol of limitless abundance, material wealth, possibilities for personal transformation. California, the impossibly over-endowed beauty, who wins all the contests, to the bitter envy or sycophantic admiration of the average Joes and Janes. California, the consummate global destination for the millions of […]
