Environment
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On his radio show last Wednesday, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that there is no possible way that President Trump could keep his promise to make America great again while simultaneously staying in the Paris Climate Agreement. “Mr. President, if you don’t take us out of this, there is no way you can […]
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Have you ever considered what life might be like if the electrical grid unexpectedly went down for an extended period of time? Imagine what might take place in the first 48 hours. When refrigeration goes, the ability to keep food cold is lost and supermarkets, restaurants, and homes around the country will lose a lot of their […]
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If the quintessential public welfare abuser had a corporate replica, it would be Elon Musk and his multibillion-dollar trio of companies: Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp., and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX. As successful as these three entities appear to be on their own, the truth of the matter is that none […]
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Compared to any other province, people living in Ontario pay steeper rates for their power. According to The Globe and Mail, electricity prices in Ontario have soared in the past decade, rising four times as fast as inflation. Despite the use of the term “hydro” as a synonym for electricity, Ontario relies on a mix of […]
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Not all Americans are crazy about President Donald J. Trump’s campaign pledge to build a wall along the entire U.S. southwest border (and make Mexico pay for it) as a way to curb illegal immigration and cut down on the massive amounts of drug trafficking into the country. But the president has, at least, voiced […]
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When a partial meltdown struck the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 1979, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission tried to downplay the incident. Much like the officials involved in the Fukushima meltdown, they said at the time that the radiation released into the environment was only in small amounts […]
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They say the truth is stranger than fiction, and in this instance at least, that is exactly right. Because the vast majority of people are rational and don’t believe that human activity is changing weather patterns and warming the planet — after more than four decades of being told planetary devastation from human-caused climatic “change” […]
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ISIS is using human guinea pigs to test toxic chemical weapons for later deployment against the West, the British news media is reporting. Iraqi special forces reportedly found evidence of chemical experiments on prisoners in papers hidden at Mosul University. The Iraq military recently regained most of that city back from the terrorist army. The documents […]
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Though he certainly has his fans and sycophantic supporters, the reality about Al Gore is that when it comes to his claims that humankind’s quest to live a technologically advanced life is destroying the planet, they are worse than wrong – they are nonsensical. Gore’s so-called “claim to fame” regarding the climate change/global warming hoax […]
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When activist Carlita Shaw first headed to Ecuador six years ago, she had no idea what was in store for her. She went to the South American country to work on biodiversity conservation projects in conjunction with Amazon indigenous groups, and while she accomplished a great deal, her stay there has recently been marred with […]
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A global pandemic has a 50 percent chance of wiping out human civilization, reveals online odds firm
For thousands of years, mankind has been trying to predict the way in which the world as we know it will come to an end. Some look at the story of Noah and the Flood in the Bible and predict that the end of times will come in the form of a major religious event. […] -
The world’s largest defense contractor is experiencing some major hiccups with a new project it’s been working on that, should it be a success, could solve the world’s energy crisis. A nuclear fission reactor that Lockheed Martin had earlier announced would weigh only 20 tons and be small enough to fit inside the back of […]
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Thousands of baby Chinook salmon have lost their lives to a faulty wiring mishap that cut off their water supply. Officials from the Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the electrical issue caused a necessary pump to switch “off” and caused the flow of water to stop at the Thermalito hatchery. Initial estimates from […]
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There’s a show my family particularly likes watching called Tiny House, Big Living, which depicts savvy young people making the choice to scale down and simplify their homes in order to keep their living costs down. Their houses may be small – generally under 400 square feet – but they are usually beautiful, warm and […]
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A day before a global ransomware attack crippled the National Health Service in Britain and struck Russian government offices as well as institutions in dozens of other countries, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order instructing federal department heads to focus on strengthening cybersecurity, with an eye toward protecting critical national infrastructure like the […]
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