Tag Archives: climate change

El Niño cometh

Watch the episodes explaining the reason for next worsening stage of global warming: How the Super El Niño Could Reignite the Climate Movement 105K VIEWS JUL 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM EDT Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben joins Carlo to … Continue reading

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War emissions: Gaza, Iran

Gaza and the Middle East: When War Burns Fossil Fuel Infrastructure The climate consequences of war are even more staggering when fossil fuel infrastructure is involved. An analysis estimates that the Israel–Gaza war produced around 33 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent due to … Continue reading

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War emissions: Ukraine

The Best-Measured Case: Ukraine War Emissions The Ukraine war provides one of the clearest case studies of conflict-related emissions because scientists have attempted to quantify its full climate impact. A study estimates that the war generated roughly 77 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent … Continue reading

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Washington DC: 250th Anniversary

A picture tells a thousand words: Research by: Sport and the regime: “Do the players see themselves on a plantation? I think they do, in that all of the owners are white. That creates the dynamic: The owners are white, … Continue reading

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UK Freshwater supplies should prioritise UK residents

Back in 2024 The Guardian found this out: Huge foreign conglomerates like Coca-Cola, Nestle Waters, Sources Alma and Highland Spring are now extracting billions of litres of freshwater from aquifers around Britain to sell as bottled water, it has been … Continue reading

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Permian Basin, Texas: uber alles

More than half of the world’s petroleum derived from Permian times has come from the Permian Basin. Although some older strata are also productive, the majority of the oil and gas obtained from the Permian Basin has been recovered from … Continue reading

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Global Report on Food Crisis: action required to stabilize the world

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3885541-global-hunger-crisis-facing-escalating-threats-in-2026

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Vacation from world history

Some extracts from the Guardian coverage of Friedrich Merz speech at the Munich Security Conference: Patrick Wintour in Munich Fri 13 Feb 2026 The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role … Continue reading

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So rich and yet so poor

Mozambique https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/01/26/a-war-without-headlines-mozambiques-insurgency-and-the-global-security-blind-spot/ And in Gaza Province, the catastrophic flooding caused by increased carbon emission climate change: https://reliefweb.int/map/mozambique/mozambique-floods-gaza-province-overview-flood-extent-23012026 OCHA report: https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/mozambique/mozambique-flash-update-no4-heavy-rains-and-floods-central-and-southern-mozambique-21-january-2026 Accuweather reported in 2019: Kenneth is the first tropical cyclone with the equivalent of hurricane strength to strike Mozambique’s northern province of … Continue reading

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Bubbling to the surface

Watching the writhing system deflect, distract, threaten world order…. SPECIAL REPORT: DOJ Memo: “Michael Cohen has heard Trump say things about Epstein” The FiveStack | Breaking Down Today’s Democracy Stories Zev Shalev, Ellie Leonard, Lev Parnas, and Dean Blundell Jan 14, 2026Subscribe MICHAEL COHEN … Continue reading

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