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Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per year as 1.2 million gas-powered cars. SHELL’S QUEST CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE FACILITY IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA. THE CANADIAN PRESS/JASON FRANSON A first-of-its-kind “green” Shell facility in Alberta is emitting more […]
How the Economy Has to Radically Transform to End Fossil Fuels in 20 Years
How the Economy Has to Radically Transform to End Fossil Fuels in 20 Years Coming disruptions will eventually lay waste to conventional jobs in incumbent fossil fuel, combustion engine, and livestock farming industries. IMAGE: MARCEL KUSCH/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES To avoid the worst of climate change’s disastrous effects, humanity needs to slash carbon emissions […]
Fossil Fuels Are Wildly More Expensive Than Previously Thought, Study Says
Fossil Fuels Are Wildly More Expensive Than Previously Thought, Study Says Overinflated fossil fuel investments might be a ‘worthless’ bubble waiting to trigger the next crash, while renewables seem more appealing than ever. IMAGE: LUKAS SCHULZE/GETTY IMAGES) A new study finds that conventional electric power plants powered by fossil fuels and hydro are massively overvalued by […]
Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say
Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say The good news is, by cutting our consumption, there’s another way. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES A spate of new scientific research starkly lays out the choice humankind faces in coming decades: By 2050, we could retain high levels of GDP, at the price of a world wracked by […]
Catastrophic Hurricanes Are the ‘New Normal,’ and They Will Cost Trillions
Catastrophic Hurricanes Are the ‘New Normal,’ and They Will Cost Trillions Taxpayers and already struggling communities are largely bearing the brunt of the costs for climate change-fueled disasters created by big oil and big business. “We got a little bit lucky,” said President Donald Trump about the storm which killed at least six people in […]
Western Industrial Farming Is Eating Our Forests and Accelerating Climate Change
Image: Shutterstock Western Industrial Farming Is Eating Our Forests and Accelerating Climate Change The dynamics of deforestation are increasingly inseparable from the growing demand for food from consumers in the most developed countries. Humans are eating the world’s forests. Not directly, of course—but a spate of new studies shows we might as well be. This is, […]
For Hollywood, ‘Vice’ Remarkably Astute about Politics
For Hollywood, ‘Vice’ Remarkably Astute about Politics Adam McKay’s movie may be flawed, but it’s still must-see for his depiction of how Cheney amassed power by exploiting Watergate, an inexperienced president and 9/11, writes James DiEugenio. In 2015, director Adam McKay did something unusual in Hollywood. He made a good film out of a good […]
VICE – The Dick Cheney/Rumsfeld Conspiracy
VICE – The Dick Cheney/Rumsfeld Conspiracy I went to go watch VICE – the story about how Dick Cheney took over the government with the aid of his wife – Lynne Cheney. Vice is a film that seeks to bring complicated information about the inner corruption in Washington and transform it into a digestible and entertaining format. There […]
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now Did they prevent a full-scale collapse? Yes. Was it necessary to do it the way we did? Not at all. These guys got off pretty easy. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) In 1948, the architect of the post-war American suburb, […]
Is the Mexican Government Spying on Journalists?
Is the Mexican Government Spying on Journalists? On the season finale of ‘CYBERWAR,’ Ben Makuch investigates why government spyware is cropping up on Mexican reporters’ smartphones. On Tuesday, VICELAND is airing the season finale of CYBERWAR, sending Ben Makuch to Mexico to investigate the government’s potentially fraught use of hacking tools. Mexican authorities purchased spyware […]
Edward Snowden Demonstrates How To “Go Black”
Edward Snowden Demonstrates How To “Go Black” When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden first exposed the world tojust how easily the government could compromise their technology and spy on them, many immediately sought ways to secure their data and protect their gadgets. But, as Wired.com reports, Snowden is here to help. “‘Going Black’ is a pretty big ask,” he […]
