Tag Archives: fossil fuels

Climate change: the Pacific is boiling as El Niño wreaks global havoc

Posted on November 5, 2026 by borderslynn

See YouTube explanation of catastrophic result of worst El Niño ever recorded: https://youtu.be/1bowGvZO2fY?si=ESDuUjVPUWAJQOD2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw33kgj7nkemo

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Somalians starving due to climate change

Posted on November 5, 2026 by borderslynn

Somalia faces an increased risk of severe flooding as El Niño conditions are expected to bring above-normal rainfall. According to IOM and DRC’s joint projections, more than 800,000 people are at risk of displacement by flooding between October 2026 and … Continue reading →

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Trump, Putin (Kirill Dimitriev central operator) and German right wing AfD

Posted on October 11, 2026 by borderslynn

Substack by Jacob Kaarsbo today – some extracts: Special Reuters report about Russian influence in Germany: Pro-Putin operatives in Germany work to turn Berlin against Ukraine REUTERS/Stringer. Illustration by Eve Watling In Germany some are clamouring for a change in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged East Germany, fossil fuels, germany, Kirill Dimitriev, Nord Stream, populist right wing, Russia, Russian agitators, ukraine, United States | Leave a comment

Hit Iran, reduce fossil fuel availability, lift sanctions on Russia, unite with Putin – Trump’s regime plan

Posted on October 10, 2026 by borderslynn

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/09/trump-russia-putin-agreement-diesel-fuel-midterm-election/92175046007/ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/trump-putin-russian-diesel

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged diesel shortages, fossil fuels, Iran war, israel, oil refineries, Russia, sanctions, ukraine, United States | Leave a comment

Learning from disaster events: warning all or only some?

Posted on September 21, 2026 by borderslynn

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, climate warming, early warning systems, environmental catastrophe, fossil fuels, glacier melt, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, human settlements in mountain regions, ice melt, India, Kashmir, monsoon forecasts, mountain areas, Pakistan, rainfall, rivers, rock firmations, tributaries | Leave a comment

Syria’s hydrocarbon potential: US led plan

Posted on August 28, 2026 by borderslynn

Here is an extract from https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Middle-East/How-the-US-and-UK-Are-Redrawing-Syrias-Energy-Map.html

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Abraham Accords, and Latakia, Assad, export terminals: Banias, fossil fuels, israel, mediterranean, Russia, Saudi Arabia, strategic power, Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), Tartus, the U.S.’s ConocoPhillips and Great Britain’s Novaterra ConocoPhillips, UAE | Leave a comment

‘Being grateful that data centers remove their load from the grid is like thanking the arsonist for bringing you a bucket of water’

Posted on August 28, 2026 by borderslynn

Friday 28th August 2026 SUPPORT RADICAL CLIMATE JOURNALISM -DONATE TO OUR WRITERS’ FUND TOP STORY THIS WEEK Heatwaves intensify data centre crisis Are heatwaves driving more use of data centre diesel generators to balance Britain’s grid? The High Voltage Switch … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged data centers, diesel availability, diesel backup, diesel generators, drought, electricity grid stress, electricity supply, fossil fuels, heatwaves, Nuclear Power, radioactive threat, vital cooling | Leave a comment

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

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 →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Bill McKibben, climate change, crisis, drought, El Nin̈o, emergency?, fossil fuels, Pacific Ocean, renewable energy, United States, water shortage, wildfires | Leave a comment

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