{"id":69304,"date":"2025-08-13T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69304"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:12:07","slug":"the-bulletin-august-6-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69304","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: August 6-12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: August 6-12, 2025<\/span><\/h1>\n

This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\"\"<\/a>CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re new to my writing, check out <\/b>this overview<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Maine Organic Farmers Organization Suing EPA over PFAS in sludge–which has shut down many farms in Maine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dennis L. Meadows on the Future of our Planet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Silent Collapse: What the Disappearance of Insects Means for Humanity and the Earth<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Resilient, Self-Reliant Life Is Hard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

#308: The coming deconstruction of global money | Surplus Energy Economics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iceland\u2019s Renewable Dreams, Fossil Realities | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Growing a Garden For the Bees, Butterflies, and Birds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why Complex Societies Collapse | Joseph Tainter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Truth In The Time Of Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Truth? – Dominic Adler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Collapsing European States: Is the Olduvai Theory Coming True?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What’s worse? Climate Change or Chemical Pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Surpasses China As Top Producer Of Gas Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

URGENT URGENT – ABANDON SHIP NOW!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

GMO Crop Failures in Climate Extremes: Monoculture Risks Signaling Food System Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iraq\u2019s water crisis deepens: Reserves collapse, mismanagement continues – Shafaq News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Canada sends troops to eastern province as fire damage grows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The 5 Disasters You Need To Be Prepared For<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Missing Words – by Nate Hagens – The Great Simplification<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How a Megadam Disrupts the Flow of Water\u2014and Money<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mexico Approves Fracking to Reverse Sagging Oil and Gas Production | <\/span><\/a>OilPrice.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How Much Power Do Data Centers Use?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vaclav Smil on why there will be no energy transition | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shrinking Cod: How Humans Are Impacting the Evolution of Species – Yale E360<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

New York energy company ramps up disconnections as it seeks 11% price hike<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

International Energy Agency Policies Hurt Africans | RealClearEnergy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Record US Honey Bee Losses And What ‘Mite’ Be Behind Them | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

China Is Busy Repeating the Same Fundamental Mistake the West Made<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Are You Ready For Capital Controls?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Is Extra CO2 Good\/Food for Plants?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In the midst of a critical farming crisis, the question is: what is the future for farming, and how can we move to regenerative and organic farming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Deadly Campaign To Shield All Pesticides From Legal Liability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Images of the Future – by Matt Orsagh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“Half the Tree of Life” Balances on the Brink of Extinction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scientists raise red flags after iconic US lake hits alarming new record: ‘Farmers should begin planning accordingly’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

If It Walks Like a Duck: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Prepare Now”: Substation Failure Puts Baltimore At Risk Of “Widespread” Blackout | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Poll Of The Month: If all the minerals required for the modern technologies in your life had to be extracted from mines directly adjacent to where you live, would you still want the tech?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Central Banks Do Not Prevent Financial Crises or Control Inflation | <\/span><\/a>dlacalle.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

From Collapse Awareness to Collapse Acceptance – by Jessica<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Health-Wrecking Microplastics Hidden in Unexpected Places \u2014 Virtually EVERYWHERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Financial WMD: How Iran Could Trigger a Global Economic Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

New Research: 3 Degrees By 2050<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsflash: Governments Lie – The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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If you have arrived here and get something out of my writing, <\/span>please consider ordering the trilogy of my \u2018fictional\u2019 novel series, Olduvai (PDF files; only $9.99 Canadian)<\/b>, via my <\/span>website<\/span><\/a> or the link below \u2014 the \u2018profits\u2019 of which help me to keep my internet presence alive and first book available in print (and is available via various online retailers).<\/span><\/p>\n

Attempting a new payment system as I am contemplating shutting down my site in the future (given the ever-increasing costs to keep it running).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can also find a variety of resources, particularly my summary notes for a handful of texts, especially William Catton\u2019s Overshoot and Joseph Tainter\u2019s Collapse of Complex Societies: see <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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