C40 is delighted to publish this pioneering piece of thought leadership, The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World. The report demonstrates that mayors have an even bigger role and opportunity to help avert climate emergency than previously thought. But to grasp that… Continue Reading “Future of Urban Consumption in a Climate Change controlled World”
Despite almost unanimous disapproval from local residents, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) sold Swiss based corporation, Nestle a permit to allow them to extract $100 million of drinking water at $1 per gallon for just $200? The water taken by Nestlé will be… Continue Reading “Michigan sold Nestle 100 Million Gallons of Water for just $200”
Sydney , Australia – Australians have roundly rejected greater rights for Indigenous citizens, ending plans to amend the country’s 122-year-old constitution after a divisive and racially tinged referendum campaign. With 88% of polling places reporting, around 59% of people had voted against a proposal… Continue Reading “Australia rejects Greater Human Rights for Indigenous people”
NAIROBI, Kenya: Hundreds of elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during the ongoing drought in 2022. A recently released report noted that East Africa is enduring its worst drought in decades. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other agencies have… Continue Reading “Kenya drought kills most Wildlife in protected National Parks”
Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American cultural and cosmological property on the National Register of Historic Places. Artifacts found in… Continue Reading “Spirits and Danger on a Sacred Mount Shasta in California”
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according… Continue Reading “More than 100 dolphins found dead in Amazon Rainforest”
The US suicide rate increased by 2.6% in 2022 to 49,449 people, according to statistics released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as official data continues to show an upward trend after numbers fell in 2019 and 2020. The… Continue Reading “Sharp rise in American Suicide murder rates”
At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna, Reuters reports. More than 1,000 bodies… Continue Reading “Libya floods wipe out 25% of Tripoli, 10.000 feared missing”
US-born farmer Justus Walker, also known as the Merry Milkman, has fulfilled his American dream in Russia’s Altai, a region in western Siberia. Justus Walker was born in the USA and came to Russia in 1993 along with his parents, who were Protestant missionaries,… Continue Reading “Russia to become World’s number one Agricultural Powerhouse”
Indica and Sativa are the two main types of marijuana plants. Sativa (Cannabis sativa) is often said to be energizing, while Indica (Cannabis indica) is relaxing, but the reality is not that simple. The chemical makeup of both species can vary widely, and a… Continue Reading “Difference between Cannabis Indica versus Sativa”
s Earth’s climate continues to change from heat-trapping gases spewed into the air, ever fewer people are out of reach from the billowing and deadly fingers of wildfire smoke, scientists say. Already wildfires are consuming three times more of the USA and Canada each… Continue Reading “Climate change causing Wildfires and Smoke near City Landscapes?”
The U.S. government has announced a proposed $7 billion (for starters) on desperately needed breakthroughs in clean hydrogen production. The Department of Energy’s (DoE) biggest bet is on nuclear power plants, which they are hoping to convert into North America’s premier clean hydrogen producers.… Continue Reading “Tech Breakthrough makes $2.5 Trillion Hydrogen Boom Commercially Possible”
Europe is undergoing a Conservative Christian Revival and the media aren’t telling you about it. Reports of Christianity’s Death in Europe have been greatly exaggerated. But Dr. Stephen Turley his basic argument is that there is a worldwide turn to conservative values, traditionalism, and nationalism, in… Continue Reading “Conservative Christian Revival in Europe”