TeleSur | – – The rise in global sea levels has accelerated since the 1990s amid rising temperatures, with a thaw of Greenland’s ice sheet pouring ever more water into the oceans. Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 66 centimeters by century’s end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause […]
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Fossil Fuels
Trump’s Plan to use Fossil Fuels to dominate the Globe
( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The new U.S. energy policy of the Trump era is, in some ways, the oldest energy policy on Earth. Every great power has sought to mobilize the energy resources at its command, whether those be slaves, wind-power, coal, or oil, to further its hegemonic ambitions. What makes the Trumpian variant […]
It is all about the Oil: US Diplomats on Mideast Obsession
By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle East In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, four former U.S. diplomats provided remarkably candid commentary on recent U.S. involvement in the Middle East, revealing a number of […]
Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar: Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club
Middle East Monitor | – – A recording emerged yesterday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair boasting that his father had set up a $20 billion business deal for businessman and gas tycoon Kobi Maimon. Published by the Israel Television News Company, the report has stirred renewed controversy at a time when Netanyahu […]
Civilized UK, rebuking Trump on Coal, now 30% Wind Powered
Even Wyoming is bailing on Coal, putting in huge Wind Farms
Oil Giants’ $180 Bn Binge on Plastics to *Permanently* Pollute Oceans
TeleSur | – – Major chemical and petroleum companies knew about the copious amounts of water pollution caused by them as far back as the 1970’s. Oil giants will put colossal funding in plastic production raising the production by 40 percent over the next decade, and in turn risking a “permanent pollution” scenario in water […]
Navajo Nation to Sue Trump over Shrinking Bears Ears Monument
TeleSur | – – The Navajo Nation has vowed to sue U.S. President Donald Trump over his decision to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. Hundreds of people – including native tribe, the Navajo, and others – along with environmentalists gathered in Washington to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s damning decision to […]
Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat
The Conversation: Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Robbie Andrew, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Rob Jackson, Stanford University, and Vanessa Haverd, CSIRO Global greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels and industry are on track to grow […]
Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into ‘Gas Chamber’ of Air Pollution
The Watchers | – – The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, as toxic smog engulfed Indian capital Delhi. In some areas, Air Quality Index (AQI) reached a maximum of 999 and went beyond what instruments could measure. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the smoke-laden air […]
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