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6 Cities in Michigan Have Even Higher Levels of Lead than Flint
6 Cities in Michigan Have Even Higher Levels of Lead than Flint (ANTIMEDIA) As the nation rightly focuses on Flint’s ongoing water crisis, other cities in the state of Michigan face even higher levels of lead contamination. The alarming pervasiveness of potentially toxic drinking water extends across the United States. The Detroit News reports that “Elevated blood-lead levels are seen in […]
The Flint Water Disaster: a Perfect Storm of Downplaying, Denial and Deceit
The Flint Water Disaster: a Perfect Storm of Downplaying, Denial and Deceit Flint, Michigan, the city portrayed as the embodiment of a rust belt city abandoned by deindustrialization in Michael Moore’s allegorical documentary, Roger & Me, has recently become a morality play of a different sort as it captures national headlines highlighting a controversial series of decisions […]
How to Test Your Drinking Water (And Why You Should Do It)
How to Test Your Drinking Water (And Why You Should Do It) While we would love to be able to trust the liquid flowing from our faucets, anyone who pays even half-hearted attention to the news knows that we can no longer expect safety in our drinking water unless we confirm it ourselves. The EPA […]
Governor Knew About Flint Water Poisoning for Nearly a Year, Tried to Shift Blame
What Snyder Knew: Flint Email Dump Shows Attempts to Shift the Blame As far back as February 2015, the governor’s administration was informed of issues with Flint’s water Only seven emails sent by Gov. Rick Snyder related to the city’s water system were included in Wednesday’s release. (Photo: AP) Redacted emails released Wednesday by Michigan […]
Budget Cuts and Negligence Poisoned the Drinking Water in Flint, Mich.
Budget Cuts and Negligence Poisoned the Drinking Water in Flint, Mich. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011. (Michigan Municipal League / CC BY-ND 2.0) Calls for the resignation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are intensifying in the face of evidence that he allowed 100,000 residents of the city of Flint to continue cooking, drinking and bathing in […]
Flint’s Contaminated Drinking Water is Third Water Crisis For Michigan Governor
Flint’s Contaminated Drinking Water is Third Water Crisis For Michigan Governor Residents put at risk by ideology, misguided decisions. Photo courtesy Michigan Municipal League via Flickr Creative Commons Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is at the center of criticism over a public health crisis in Flint, where a state decision to switch the city’s water source ended […]
The Simple Pump
THE SIMPLE PUMP The following is the first of several articles outlining the research, preparation and installation of The Simple Pump, a high quality mechanical pump used both in everyday applications such as a ranch, farm, off grid cabin or homestead, as well as an efficient backup to an existing fresh water pumping system. These […]
State of Emergency Declared in Michigan City After Lead Found in Children’s Blood
State of Emergency Declared in Michigan City After Lead Found in Children’s Blood Flint, Michigan– “The City of Flint has experienced a Manmade disaster,” said the city’s mayor Monday evening, as she declared a state of emergency over evidently staggering levels of lead in the city’s tap water. Mayor Karen M. Weaver has requested federal assistance to deal with the fallout […]
Salting the Economy to Death
Salting the Economy to Death One popular delusion that won’t seem to go away is the notion that policy makers can stimulate robust economic growth by setting interest rates artificially low. The general theory is that cheap credit compels individuals and businesses to borrow more and consume more. Before you know it, the good times […]
Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought, Study Finds
Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought, Study Finds Findings ‘a call to better manage and protect the resource,’ says UVic researcher. Just over 40 per cent of Canada’s agricultural productivity depends on groundwater. Irrigation photo via Shutterstock. Groundwater, the globe’s most dependable water insurance system, is not as renewable as researchers once thought and its availability varies […]
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real The push to make Alberta’s cattle ranges drought resistant. Mac Blades (middle) fellow ranchers Frances Gardner and Gordon Cartwright recently won a long battle to have their drought-resistant heritage rangelands protected from coal bed methane and other energy developments. Photo by Ed Struzik. Among the many pictures […]
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part VI
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part VI Suppose your situation is such that you need to effect a swift change of venue. The circumstances that prompt this relocation can be quite varied, but the common and foreseeable ones are: 1. There is no fresh water where you are. The reservoirs are dry and dusty, the artesian wells […]
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 […]
A Quick-Start Guide for New Preppers Who Want to be Ready RIGHT NOW
A Quick-Start Guide for New Preppers Who Want to be Ready RIGHT NOW When you first start prepping you want everything RIGHT NOW. You look around your home and see nothing but shortcomings. You don’t have enough food, you don’t have a woodstove, you have no secondary water source…that’s it. You and your family are […]
Water Storage Tips And Advice 101
Water Storage Tips And Advice 101 Today we present another article in our non-fiction writing contest –Boatswain’s Mate from Florida Greetings to all. I would like to write about my experience with water storage over the years. First and foremost, water is hands down the most important tangible item in a survival scenario. There are countless articles […]
