Category Archives: anthropocene

The human interaction evidential impact on Planet Earth

Let’s Have “extended producer responsibility”!

Posted on September 12, 2021 by borderslynn

Renewable industry manufacturers, whether they be start-ups or high fliers, are rubbing their hands with anticipation of financial wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Governments can sell their concepts to citizens as climate change solutions, winning votes and ensuring election. What … Continue reading →

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No Landfill for Lithium, Thank you!

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

If anything is not economic to recycle, we have always dumped it in landfill with a pretence we had no choice. All landfill activity is known to be a last resort, but landfills are growing around the globe despite that. … Continue reading →

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‘Socioeconomic Divisions have Worsened’

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict Republished on September 11th, 2021 September 10, 2021 11.47am BST Author Paul RogersProfessor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Disclosure statement Paul Rogers is … Continue reading →

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Taking Responsibility to Do No Harm

Posted on September 8, 2021 by borderslynn

As we mine the resources we say we need to build stuff to ‘combat climate change’ we have, to date, mined irresponsibly. We have farmed irresponsibly and once we humans learned metallurgy, we began to mine irresponsibly. In fact, as … Continue reading →

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Lithium Mining expansion: Threats and Opportunities

Posted on September 4, 2021 by borderslynn

 A recent report published by the International Energy Agency states that meeting the Paris agreement’s climate targets would send demand skyrocketing for the “critical minerals” used to produce clean energy technologies. The figures are particularly dramatic for the raw materials used to … Continue reading →

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Hydrogen Sulphide and Landfill

Posted on August 19, 2021 by borderslynn

Most of us will live within a 25 mile radius of a landfill for household waste. It is often visible from roads nearby as waste trucks drive up and dump the waste and gulls fly over attracted by the chance … Continue reading →

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Petrochemicals vs Life Itself

Posted on August 4, 2021 by borderslynn

In a previous blog regarding DuPont and Conscious Disregard, I have tried to show how our human behaviour has allowed the growth of petrochemical industries to grow exponentially, thus condemning us to a biopersistent toxicity which is killing all life … Continue reading →

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We are experiencing Extremes

Posted on August 2, 2021 by borderslynn

Republished article: Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them July 23, 2021 1.14pm BST Updated July 26, 2021 5.15pm BST Author Scott DenningProfessor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Disclosure statement Scott Denning has … Continue reading →

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Sugar and Big Food

Posted on July 26, 2021 by borderslynn

I found this definition of Sugar here: Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in many foods. The body mostly uses carbohydrates as an energy source. Food producers also add sugar to many products, which can lead a person’s blood … Continue reading →

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Pawns in the Game

Posted on July 21, 2021 by borderslynn

Author Michael Moss, on page 140 of his book ‘Hooked’, names Northeastern University in Boston, led by Professor Richard Daynard of their Law Faculty for instructing his students to create a database which tracked lawsuits brought by injured smokers. Their … Continue reading →

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