As guilt mounts over humanity’s inaction in the face of the climate crisis, industrialized capitalists have adapted their tactics to meet the demands of a more environmentally conscious market; by selling the image of sustainability! Touted as the green transportation of the future, demand has exploded for electric cars. This has, in turn, increased the […]
Image credit: Boreal Conservation The Supreme Court is effectively axing a major component of the Clean Water Act, rolling back 50 years of wetland protection in a declaration of war against nature by changing a word in the text of the Clean Water Act. Seldom, if ever, will repercussions of a Supreme Court decision be […]
TC Energy, in the construction of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline (CGL) has been reported by the Narwhal and a Citizen Monitoring Group as “having committed numerous environmental infractions, including slope failures, flooded worksites, and sediment entering wetlands and waterways.” Helicopter flyovers of the area revealed heartbreaking footage of the destruction of our territory, currently otherwise […]
Une nouvelle étude indique que l’Agence de protection de l’environnement (EPA) a sous-estimé les émissions de méthane, un puissant gaz à effet de serre. Source : Truthout, Shannon Kelleher, The New LedeTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Selon une nouvelle étude publiée lundi, les opérations pétrolières et gazières offshore dans le golfe du Mexique […]
Si l’IA (Intelligence artificielle) prend de l’ampleur, l’empreinte carbone qui en résulterait pourrait rivaliser avec celle des crypto-monnaies. Source : Truthout, Sharon Zhang, TruthoutTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Un nouveau rapport rédigé par des chercheurs de l’université de Stanford révèle que la simple formation du modèle à l’origine du populaire chatbot d’intelligence artificielle […]
« En dépit d’une prise de conscience interne, l’entreprise a systématiquement minimisé le problème auprès du public, encourageant au contraire une utilisation toujours plus importante des combustibles fossiles malgré les dangers », a déclaré un expert. « Aujourd’hui, cinq décennies plus tard, Shell continue de traîner les pieds pour ne rien faire. » Source : […]
Image credit: Great Lakes Now Forever Chemicals are found everywhere from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the mountaintop of Mt. Everest. Following 80 years of manufacturing various PFAS chemicals, the world is swimming in chemical permanence. And yes, it is a toxic price society pays for modern-day conveniences — made easy! But maybe […]
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Kit Knightly The Biden administration is apparently looking to ban gas stoves, calling them a “hidden danger”. But while that sounds bad enough, a deeper dive shows – as usual – it’s not really about what they say it’s about. Talk of banning gas stoves and “unregulated indoor air quality” could be a Trojan horse …
Desperately malnourished Yanomami children, Surucucus region. © URIHI – Associação Yanomami A devastating new report has revealed the full extent of the crisis in the Yanomami territory caused by a massive invasion of illegal goldminers: – Yanomami children are dying from malnutrition at a rate 191 times greater than Brazil’s average. – Deaths of Yanomami children […]
Yes, it’s difficult for people to think it’s dry in Oregon, along the coast, along the Central Coast range. But it is, and it’s wet in the winter, too. Breweries, shrimp industries, hotels, they use a lot of fresh water. But the reality is clear — America is so dysfunctional, that those trillions thrown at […]
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