Last week we again found our country in unnerving physical condition: raging infernos in the West and all-but-hopeless, deadly floods in the East. You’d be hard pressed to find a reliable, independent person in America who doesn’t attribute the unprecedented firestorms, windstorms, and flooding in large part to global warming. Also, few reasonable parties would […]
Petroleum hits us coming and going: inbound spills and outbound greenhouse gases It’s time to have a look at year-to-date petroleum disasters worldwide. Not the everyday disasters of burning fossil fuels; the ones that lead Earth closer to extinction. Not the everyday spills that wreak havoc on ecosystems large and small. No, the petroleum industry […]
As the American plutocracy grows, an entire population dies in Aleppo’s rubble Any person with a conscience—and let’s not assume everyone has one—stands sickened and disheartened this morning, as reports of mass casualties and summary executions of civilians emerge from Aleppo, Syria’s dust. NBC News is quoting a United Nations statement on the battles and […]
“It’s a livin’ thing It’s a terrible thing to lose It’s a given thing What a terrible thing to lose” -Jeff Lynne (from the song “Livin’ Thing”) Accelerated consequences of global warming. Fifteen consecutive months of record monthly-mean temperatures. The hottest month ever recorded. Welcome to the first two years of the worldwide climate catastrophe. […]