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The Bulletin: September 10-16, 2025
The Bulletin: September 10-16, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Beyond Surplus: Rethinking How Civilizations Rose | Art Berman Why There Will Be No Energy Transition | by Eric Lee | Sep, 2025 | Medium Update: Why We Need Forests Renewables, carbon […]
The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Disruptor: William Rees Knows How to Save the World Slow down or die (degrowth, collapse, strategy) Collapse and the Consensus Trance What Happens After Humans Go Extinct How Water Shapes Our […]
The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025
The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Machine that Is Eating the Earth – by David Haggith Global Nuclear Power Hits Record High as Asia Surges Ahead | OilPrice.com Why Oil Prices Don’t Rise To Consistently High […]
July 2, 2024 Readings
Groundwater Depletion Maps Reveal Depths of “Extreme” and “Exceptional” Mexican Drought Saudi Arabia Breaks US Global Power? Very Hard Times are Coming – Charles Nenner | Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog “The Train Has Left the Station and No One Can Stop It”. Europe Will be at War with Russia. Serbia’s President A. Vucic – Global Research […]
July 1, 2024 Readings
Common Household Cleaning Product Found To Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers Widespread floods in Bangladesh leave over 2 million people stranded – The Watchers Neo-Nazi Junta’s F-16s Flying From NATO Countries – Great Way to Start WW3 – Global Research Amazon Sparks Outrage with “Do Not Promote” Book Ban List Following Biden Admin Pressure Russia […]
Buying and selling water is a reality in Alberta — sometimes for big money
Buying and selling water is a reality in Alberta — sometimes for big money Benchmark prices have been set in the water market, but it remains broadly opaque Rising demand, dwindling supply: southern Alberta’s water dilemma As water scarcity intensifies, farmers, cities and businesses in southern Alberta are under pressure to find sustainable water solutions. […]
California’s Perpetual Drought Is Manmade and Intentional
California’s Perpetual Drought Is Manmade and Intentional The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) last week released its next five-year plan for the State Water Project—Update 2023. After years of meetings, California’s premier water agency has decided to focus on “three intersecting themes: addressing climate urgency, strengthening watershed resilience, and achieving equity in water management.” […]
‘A serious risk’: Mexican villagers take on cartel-backed avocado farms as water dries up
‘A serious risk’: Mexican villagers take on cartel-backed avocado farms as water dries up Copyright AP Photo/Armando Solis After enduring years of drought and ‘invading’ fruit farmers in Mexico, these locals are taking matters into their own hands. Desperate Mexican villagers are taking direct action on commercial avocado farms that are drying up streams while […]
Water in Texas: A Window Into Water Problems Across the US
Water in Texas: A Window Into Water Problems Across the US Humans cannot live without water, yet many of us take for granted that water is readily available. As more people move to cities, adding to already crowded populations, the availability of potable water isn’t a given any longer. While this planet has plenty of […]
India’s most innovative cities including Bengaluru run out of water
India’s most innovative cities including Bengaluru run out of water Tech professionals are leaving India’s IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season A thirsty growth engine | Photo: Bloomberg At the time Egypt’s pyramids were being constructed, one of the cradles […]
Thai Rice Crop In Crosshairs Of El Nino As Farmers Are Warned About Water Shortages
Thai Rice Crop In Crosshairs Of El Nino As Farmers Are Warned About Water Shortages A disruptive El Nino pattern might impact rice production in Thailand, the world’s second-biggest exporter of the grain that feeds half the world’s population. Bangkok Post reported farmers are being asked by the Office of the National Water Resources “to grow […]
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 […]
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water”
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water” Following the U.S. Department of the Interior’s call to limit water deliveries from Lake Powell, Arizona’s top water official warned of an impending water crisis that could affect the drinking water for millions of people. “This is really getting to (be) a health and […]
The Future of Water in the U.S. West is Uncertain, So Planning and Preparedness Are Critical
THE FUTURE OF WATER IN THE U.S. WEST IS UNCERTAIN, SO PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS ARE CRITICAL Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but they are working collaboratively and with scientific rigor to make sure they’re prepared for anything. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of the Interior In […]
Water Wars Loom: UN Warns 5 Billion People Will Face Civilizational Threat By 2050
Water Wars Loom: UN Warns 5 Billion People Will Face Civilizational Threat By 2050 While residents of Cape Town, South Africa, brace for Day Zero (the day that the city of 4 million’s municipal water supply will be cut off for most households and businesses in order to preserve water after a severe drought that […]
