Tag Archives: climate change

If I ruled the world……

Posted on August 24, 2026 by borderslynn

Drilled How Trump’s “energy dominance” plan helped fuel the new war in Iran By Noah Shachtman Mar 2, 2026, 9:17 AM GMT Read in app In 1987, when Donald Trump was first flirting with running for president, he told an audience … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acquisition, climate change, Cuba, dependencies, Donald J Trump, finite resources, fossil fuels, global oil supply, greed, inflicting suffering worldwide, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, ownership, smash and grab, supply and demand, Syria, United States, venezuela, wealth | Leave a comment

Exxon and partners are investing in offshore oil drilling – a return to Nigeria

Posted on August 22, 2026 by borderslynn

ExxonMobil returns to Africa’s biggest oil producer with US$1bn bet after nearly a decade Africa Business Insight July 9, 2026 ExxonMobil has officially returned to active drilling operations in Nigeria for the first time in nearly a decade with a US$1bn … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, Chevron, climate change, CNOOC, environmental harm, exploitation, Exxon, Nexen, Nigeria, oil, TotalEnergies | Leave a comment

Mitigation to prevent wildfires caused through fossil fuels use

Posted on August 15, 2026 by borderslynn

https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/07/how-europes-drought-exposes-weakness-of-fossil-fuels-as-poland-forced-to-shut-down-coal-pl Mount Etna, regularly erupting: Volcanic eruptions send a cocktail of debris and emissions into the air. The most obvious is ash, but volcanoes also emit carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, as well as small amounts of hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen chloride and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged burning planet, carbon emissions, climate change, climate disasters, extreme weather, fossil fuels, mitigation suggestions, overheating world, wildfires | Leave a comment

El Niño cometh

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

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

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

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

Posted on July 28, 2026 by borderslynn

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

Posted on July 7, 2026 by borderslynn

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

Posted on June 1, 2026 by borderslynn

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, CocaCola, data Centres, drought, foreign corporations, Kent, residents with no water supply, shortage of freshwater, Sidcup, stressed communities, Sussex | Leave a comment

Permian Basin, Texas: uber alles

Posted on May 7, 2026 by borderslynn

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 →