Tag Archives: climate change

America: Michael Moore Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2024 by borderslynn

I thought Michael Moore’s recent Substack was interesting, and here present an extract: Michael Moore provides view of liberal America:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abortion, america, Biden, climate change, democracy, diversity, education, elections, equality, Gaza, gun ownership, Harris, health, israel, Jews, liberal, Michael Moore, Palestinians, USA, voters | Leave a comment

Boreal Forest (taiga):consequences of permafrost melt

Posted on June 26, 2024 by borderslynn

A starting point for understanding more about the ancient pristine carbon sink boreal forest of the northern hemisphere is to read through the following link: https://www.treehugger.com/fascinating-facts-about-the-boreal-forest-4858782 We humans are now into the final phase of destroying our planet, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Boreal Forest, climate change, climate change denial, destruction, disregard of indigenous, earth, exploitation, freshwater, greed, guardianship, human financial gain, logging, permafrost melt, preservation, protection, respect, soil, taiga, wildlife extinction | Leave a comment

Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

Posted on June 24, 2024 by borderslynn

After wildfires destroyed homes across California, innovative, but expensive, intensely fire-resistant homes have been designed. Some are already in place in the still sparsely rehomed community of Paradise. These are modular, pre clad built homes and 12 month round produce … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acceleration, adaptation, air conditioning, catastrophe, climate change, desalination, design, drought, emissions, engineering, extreme heat, FEMA, First Responder shortage, flood defences., flooding barrier landscape, fossil fuel, Hawick, heat stroke, invention, Mediterranean drought, National Parks, osmosis, power grids, reduce emissions, research, safety net, Scottish Borders, solutions, sudden death, survival techniques, upgrades, US, Vigliotti | Leave a comment

Finite Resources: land grabs – is it all about oil?

Posted on December 30, 2023 by borderslynn

As we humans covet what fossil fuels still lie in the ground, we literally battle to obtain them, no matter what doom laden messages COP28 might proclaim about incurring a planet on fire. Apparently we are now ‘transitioning’ away from … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged banking investments, Chevron, climate change, conflict, death and destruction, demand and supply, fossil fuels, genocide, human greed, human rights, industry, inhumanity, mediterranean, murder, oil extraction, plastic, refining applications, scandal, Shell, war, warming planet | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | 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

Panic and plans to u-turn: to build nuclear reactors

Posted on August 13, 2023 by borderslynn

Concern that we are, in the UK, resorting to reintroducing the building of 8 nuclear reactors: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61010605 And in Sweden, they plan to build 10: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/sweden-criticised-over-plan-to-build-at-least-10-new-nuclear-reactors And worldwide, this is the only plan humans have arrived at in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged atomic energy, climate change, electricity, emissions, fossil fuels, Fukushima, transitioning, Zaporizhia | Leave a comment

Nuclear Energy

Posted on August 12, 2023 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article since my next blogs cover the issue of viability of building nuclear reactors to supply clean energy to minimise use of fossil fuels. I would encourage my readers to access the site and become knowledgeable … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, conflict, emissions, finite resources, fossil fuels, markets, mining, Nuclear Power, reactors, risk, safety, threats, trade wars, uranium | Leave a comment

Learning from our mistakes

Posted on July 3, 2023 by borderslynn

One thing we hear often said by authorities after a disaster is, ‘let us learn from our mistakes and work to ensure this can never happen again.’ Earthquakes ………a map of the world, with the locations of the biggest earthquakes … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged avoidable death, climate change, common sense, construction, dams, earthquakes, engineering, excess death, flooding, freshwater demand, local knowledge, prevention, tragedy, water shortages | Leave a comment

Respecting Borders?

Posted on April 11, 2023 by borderslynn

In 2016, Ann Pettifor wrote, in her book The Production of Money, that if we allow the banking system to continue with no progressive changes, then: The recurring financial crises of the last four decades will roll on relentlessly and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alliances, catastrophe, climate change, conflict, debt, diplomacy, history, infrastructure, invasions, monetary systems, nomads, peace, trade, violence, war | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: climate change

Where did we come from? Where are we going?