Category Archives: anthropocene

Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

Posted on September 20, 2023 by borderslynn

Read about the dying lake, the biggest in the UK, suffering from lack of controls from agricultural and other pollution which has sounded the death knell for yet another vital freshwater supply in this troubled world. https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2023/0917/1405756-lough-neagh And/or read the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agricultural pollution, aquatic murder, freshwater lakes, Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, toxic waste | Leave a comment

Loss

Posted on September 1, 2023 by borderslynn

I begin by quoting a paragraph from the newsletter of Butterfly Conservation: Sadly, as our State of Butterflies 2022 reported earlier this year, 80% of butterfly species have decreased since the 1980’s – this drop is telling us that our … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon forest, ban oil, biodiversity, Ecuador, fossil fuels, guardians, human rights, indigenous people, law, oil DRILLING, persecution, pristine land, protection of wilderness | Leave a comment

Erasing Populations

Posted on August 25, 2023 by borderslynn

Throughout my 76 years of life I have become aware of tribal conflict which end in death. It may be two football teams which get over wound up and cause bloodshed in the streets, or it may be persecution of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged crime against humanity, erasure of human existence, hate influencers, horror, human madness, innocents, massacres, migrants, persecution, purging, refugees, Rohingya, weapons supply | Leave a comment

Creating Enemies

Posted on August 22, 2023 by borderslynn

Commenting in The Indian Express on the shocking violence, clearly green-lit by the government, Pratap Mehta wrote: The targeting of enemies—minorities, liberals, secularists, leftists, urban naxals, intellectuals, assorted protestors—is not driven by a calculus of ordinary politics….When you legitimize yourself … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arms sales, army training, conflict, cruel rhetoric, drowning, fake news, fascism, hate, hostility, inhospitable, lies, massacres, migrant deaths, Migration routes, misery, money generation, mythical histories, persecution, propaganda, security forces, torment, war, weapons | Leave a comment

Corporates run Governments by lobbying to approve addictive products

Posted on August 19, 2023 by borderslynn

I have written many blogs about the food industry creating ‘food’ in the loosest sense of the word, which has ingredients, often chemical in nature, which make the products addictive. https://borderslynn.com/2021/06/25/corporates-accessing-science-perpetuating-conscious-disregard QUESTION: Why does it get approved for human consumption, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, banking, cash flow, chemical poisons, corporate lobbying, corruption, death of addicts, food industry, international drug cartels, lives cut short, money laundering, offshore banking, supply of drugs, victims of crime, violence | Leave a comment

Climate Change and the right to sanitation

Posted on August 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Watching the evacuation of people around the world suffering climate change impacts such as flooding, landslides, wildfires – it occurred to me, how do these thousands of people arrive at a safe place and have access to sanitation? Today, the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged cholera, clean water, climate change, contamination, disaster management, emergency services, favelas, FEMA, flooding, hospitals, migration centres, pollution, poor housing, prisons, sanitation, schools, sewage, toilets, water stress, water treatment plants, wildfires | Leave a comment

Sudan, Resources and Death

Posted on August 17, 2023 by borderslynn

Again, I am linking to an article which explains to me, even if you, the reader, might or might not want to know, the continual slaughter of non-arabs by arabs: The article is found here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f2060c73fcec41c6a483d8d4e8121788 Here is the title … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arabs, diamonds, instability, mercenaries, no water, no winter, non-arabs, overheating, proxy wars, racism, rare resources, starvation, sudan, weapon supplies | Leave a comment

Water Stress impact in Reactor Cooling

Posted on August 16, 2023 by borderslynn

Pure water is vitally important to the cooling process of nuclear reactors. You will be aware, if you watch the news, that the huge Zaporizhia power plant has been made highly vulnerable as it is in a war zone. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged new Reactor design, Soviet Union, Water cooled nuclear reactors, water stress | Leave a comment

Nader on War

Posted on August 15, 2023 by borderslynn

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Biden, costs, dilemma, exit plan, politics, Ralph Nader, Russian invasion, ukraine, uranium, war | Leave a comment

Aquifers: drilling for uranium, burying nuclear waste

Posted on August 14, 2023 by borderslynn

Uranium is obtained by in-situ drilling, usually into aquifers where uranium is found. The type of mine in question uses in situ leach technology (ISL), also known as in situ reach (ISR), the most common form of uranium extraction. It involves drilling … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aquifers, contamination, Drilling, leaching, on-situ mining, radioactive waste disposal, uranium capture, water safety | Leave a comment

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