Guest essay by Eric Worrall University of New South Wales, which sponsored the infamous Ship of Fools melting Antarctic expedition which got stuck in the irony, is encouraged that people listened to academic advice during the Covid-19 lockdown. Is COVID-19 the dress rehearsal for climate change? Twitter Facebook LinkedIn 01 JUN 2020 EBONY STANSFIELD The lessons…
People send me stuff. Here’s a panel that’s almost guaranteed to go off the rails toward gloom and doom thanks to one participant who thinks climate change will be the end. Sign up to watch. h/t Dennis – Anthony DEATH OR UTOPIA IN THE NEXT THREE DECADES Today the data suggests that we are near…
Quote of the Week: “’It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of the castle and to see the battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The UK Supreme Court just ruled in favour of Zambian farmers, who argued their country’s courts are not up to the job of addressing an alleged environmental crime which was allegedly committed by the Zambian subsidiary of a UK company. This extraordinary ruling potentially paves the way for other plaintiffs…
Vitamin C in COVID-19 Prevention This is not medical advice. This is a petition to federal and state governments to urgently publish recommendations for vitamin C intake as a prevention measure against COVID-19. Introduction Can vitamin C prevent or alleviate symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections, including COVID-19? (Gorton & Jarvis, 1999) reported 85% decrease…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australian manufacturers are demanding cheaper energy to remain globally competitive. Gas action plan sets up clash over price Public ownership of new gas pipelines, underwritten gas supply projects and a national gas reservation policy are being considered among measures to try to turn back the clock on east coast gas…
Pseudo-green energy will wreak devastation, pretending to prevent exaggerated climate harm Paul Driessen “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” The infamous Vietnam era quotation may or may not have been uttered by an anonymous US Army major. It may have been misquoted, revised, apocryphal or invented. But it quickly morphed…
From CONEXÃPOLÍTICA The coordinator of the statement is Marcos Nogueira Eberlin. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Campinas. After postdoctoral work at Purdue, he founded the Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, growing it into a highly distinguished lab and supervising some 200…
From NASA May 30, 2020 RELEASE 20-057 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The…
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News BureauShare Print E-Mail CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Bangladesh is on track to lose all of its forestland in the next 35-40 years, leading to a rise in CO2 emissions and subsequent climate change, researchers said. However, that is just one of the significant land-use changes that the country is experiencing. A new…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The International Monetary Fund is concerned rich people and money managers are ignoring their climate warnings. Investors ignoring climate change risks, IMF warns John Kehoe Senior writerMay 29, 2020 – 11.00pm Sharemarket investors are failing to properly price in the risk of climate change inflicting damage on companies and economies,…
May 30, 2020 By jennifer 4 Comments ShareTweetShare To be truly curious we must confess our ignorance. The person who knows everything would have no reason to question, no need to experiment. If they went in search of evidence, it could only be to confirm what they already knew to be true. Knowledge then would…
From NASA NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken (right) participate in a dress rehearsal for launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Demo-2 will serve as an end-to-end flight test of SpaceX’s crew transportation system, providing…
From Paper City Mag The City Government’s Remarkable Feat Defies the Odds With Ambitious Climate Action Plan BY Staff Report // 07.02.19 14 The City of Houston is a leader in renewable energy. It’s no secret that oil and gas have long been Houston’s lifeblood. The energy industry runs through Space City’s veins, cushioning us…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Sometimes you encounter a mainstream media climate article which you just have to share. Call of the wild: listen up, people, time is running out For decades, humans have been ignoring Mother Nature’s warnings about the future of the planet. Exactly how loudly does she have to scream? By David Leser…
