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âWhere can you hide from pollution?â: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city
âWhere can you hide from pollution?â: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city Lebanonâs economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and health Smog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud that darkens the cityâs skyline of minarets and […]
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Hereâs where a lot of it ends up
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Hereâs where a lot of it ends up A local fisherman performs maintenance on his boat while surrounded by trash washed up on Loji Beach in West Java, Indonesia. The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous […]
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S.
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S. The EPA can change that. Your hotdogs and burgers may be doing more than feeding friends at a barbeque. Large-scale factory farms and confined feedlot operations have become the biggest source of water pollution in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to […]
The Road Worrier
The Road Worrier Final preparations for moving the donkey foals are upon me, which has me sorting out the logistics of getting them safely home. The breeder lives less than a kilometre away, which originally made me wonder if they could be walked over but the open road is just too dangerous. If it was […]
The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer
The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer We’re not doomed because of climate change, resource depletion, or biodiversity loss. We’re doomed because human nature made those things inevitable. There are many reasons I became a doomer. Climate change is accelerating and governments arenât taking it seriously. The sixth mass extinction event is well underway and most people donât care. […]
The World Has Already Ended
The World Has Already Ended Due to climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, the world in which civilization was born has already ended. Most people just don’t know it yet. “You say the oceanâs rising, Like I give a shit, You say the whole worldâs ending, Honey, it already did.” – All Eyes On Me […]
It will cost up to $21.5 billion to clean up Californiaâs oil sites. The industry wonât make enough money to pay for it.
It will cost up to $21.5 billion to clean up Californiaâs oil sites. The industry wonât make enough money to pay for it. An expert used California regulatorsâ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the stateâs onshore oil and gas industry. The study found that cleanup costs will be triple the industryâs projected […]
Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System
Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americansâ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces â and inside the lungs of people in Muzaffarnagar. Muzaffarnagar, a city about 80 miles north of New Delhi, is famous in India for two […]
Global Dimming Keeping the Planet Habitable
Global Dimming Keeping the Planet Habitable If you have not already seen it,  visitors to this blog  will have an interest in this 50-min documentary, âBBC Global Dimming Documentaryâ, via Gail Zawacki at her Witâs End blog. It relates to evidence obtained from the three-day aircraft grounding that occurred after 9/11 and the profound effects that just […]
Want to save the oceans? Stop recycling plastic
Want to save the oceans? Stop recycling plastic If you put your plastic in your recycling bin, thereâs a decent chance it will end up in the seas off east Asia. If you put it in landfill, itâs going nowhere Plastic in a river in Manila, the Philippines, where a significant amount of Western ârecyclingâ […]
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water
The Coming Removal of the Mandate of Heaven, Part 2: Water Water, water everywhere but all of it polluted Before I started I wanted to address my last post. I wrote it a little too hastily due to a sick daughter and I plan to go back and clean it up somewhat. The political infighting […]
How Bad is Pollution Loading?
How Bad is Pollution Loading? Many people tend to forget about pollution loading as a predicament. After all, the primary focus often has more to do with more immediate concerns such as climate change, energy and resource decline (the REAL reason behind supply chain woes), disease, and other issues seen as being more important. However, when one […]
Here Come the Climate Change Lockdowns
Here Come the Climate Change Lockdowns Hereâs our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity⌠and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Cities in India Will Lockdown Over Air Pollution The Supreme Court of India has ordered Indiaâs capital, New Delhi, and […]
Media Declares âClimate Lockdownsâ a âConspiracy Theoryâ as India Prepares to Impose Climate Lockdown
Media Declares âClimate Lockdownsâ a âConspiracy Theoryâ as India Prepares to Impose Climate Lockdown Nonessential travel banned as tens of millions told to work from home. Hindustan Times via Getty Images While the media declares the notion of âclimate lockdownsâ to be a fake news âconspiracy theory,â India is preparing to impose a climate lockdown […]
