Urban overgrowth: The next great development challeng

Cities are becoming exponentially bigger by the day. As a result, the development problems and the danger of large-scale human tragedies are growing with them. The aftermath of devastations like Superstorm Sandy and the terrible 2010 earthquake in Haiti are examples of the tragic humanitarian consequences that can occur from the failures of urban systems […]

Urban Living and Population Growth

Hi everyone! Apologies for the delay in posting over the last couple of days. We are in the middle of moving into our new house in Auckland and doing some *cough* minor renovation work on it. We’ll be laughing when we move in, hopefully sometime next month, but there’s a lot of work to do […]

Heinberg: There’s Only One Real Option for Averting Economic and Ecological Ruin — So Why Aren’t We Talking About It?

he following excerpt is reprinted from the new book Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, edited by Tom Butler and George Wuerthner, published by Post Carbon Institute and Watershed Media, in collaboration with the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Energy conservation is our best strategy for pre-adapting to an inevitably energy-constrained future. And it may be our only real option for […]

The Lurking Inconsistency

Ecological economics of course has roots in ecology and biology as well as in economics. Most of ecological economists’ and steady-state economists’ time has been well-spent correcting economics in the light of biology and ecology. And there is still more to do in this direction. However, we should be careful to avoid importing some deep […]

Unchecked population growth strains resources, is major international issue

It’s easy to forget that there are nearly 7 billion people living on our planet. Our own lives demand so much attention that we often don’t consider the greater implications of our choices. Something like the decision to have a child is immensely important for anyone, given that it has the capacity to completely change […]

We Are Not Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions

Last year, Henry Blodget posted part of an epic doomsday letter by legendary investor Jeremy Grantham arguing that, as he put it, “We’re Headed for a Disaster of Biblical Proportions”. Now, nothing speaks to me like data. I’m a numbers person myself. So I appreciated the many graphs and long term data series Grantham’s argument are based […]

DOE finalizing plans to dump man-made uranium in Nevada

A Department of Energy plan to drag hundreds of canisters of radioactive nuclear material into the Nevada desert for a “shallow land burial” is raising safety concerns as experts worry what could happen if the security of the bomb-making material were compromised. Energy officials told FoxNews.com the department is preparing to ship 403 welded steel […]

Choking on China: The Superpower That Is Poisoning the World

China is the world’s worst polluter — home to 16 of the 20 dirtiest cities and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Recent headlines have been shocking: 16,000 decaying pig carcasses in Shanghai’s Whampoa River, dire air quality reports in Beijing, and hundreds of thousands of people dying prematurely because of environmental degradation. Most recently, […]

Letting Nature Take Its Course?

Is sustainability still possible? Yes. Is it still probable? No. With bold action today, tomorrow, and in years to come, we could succeed in creating a sustainable and prosperous society. But what does bold action actually mean? First and foremost, we have to start living within Earth’s boundaries: stop changing the climate, wiping out biodiversity, […]

China’s Infinite-Growth Haze

A few weeks ago, air quality at the U.S. embassy in Beijing registered 755 on a scale to 500. A thick, choking haze enveloped the entire city. You couldn’t see from one high-rise office tower to the next; flights were cancelled, some highways were closed, schoolchildren were kept indoors, hospital admissions soared. China’s air quality […]

Tens Dead, Hundreds Injured As 6.1 Earthquake Hits Near Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant

  A few hours ago, a major 6.1 magnitude quake struck in Iran once again, some 100 km away from Bushehr – location of Iran’s only nuclear power plant. According to subsequent reports, at least 30 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured, although at least for now the official version is that the […]

Oil CEO Admits Quart by Quart Oil Spills Are Happening Continually, and On a Daily Basis Into Our Precious Water Supplies

In our extended coverage with this enigmatic and lifelong oilman and “downhole” expert, we explore the topic of quart by quart oil spills into the environment. The fossil fuel CEO, who in his own words said he wanted to “take the opportunity to clear his conscience of some things that have been weighing on his […]

Oil-Eating Bacteria Mitigated Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Oil-eating bacteria that are abundant in the Gulf of Mexico may have prevented the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill from being more catastrophic, according to new research discussed Monday. According to some estimates, the spill pumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of nearly three months, but within […]

Japan’s Tepco may run out of space for radioactive water

apan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Monday it does not have enough tank space should it need to move contaminated water from storage pits that started leaking over the weekend at its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Two years after the worst nuclear disaster in a quarter of a century, Tepco is struggling […]

Tepco has emergency press conference about new highly radioactive leak at Fukushima Daiichi

April 6, 2013: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that contaminated water may have leaked into soil from an underground reservoir tank at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. A radioactive substance has been detected in water accumulated between soil around the tank and the outer layer of a waterproof sheet covering the tank. The […]

Leak Found In Fukushima Tank Holding Radioactive Water

Tokyo Electric power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the plant said that it is moving 13,000 tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage. ‘The impact (from the leak) is not small, as the space is already tight,’ a company spokesman said. The operator of Japan’s […]

Fukushima: Massive Leaks Continuing On a Daily Basis … For Years On End

You may have heard that Tepco – the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plants – announced a large leak of radioactive water.   You may have heard that the cooling system in the spent fuel pools at Fukushima has failed for a second time in a month. This is newsworthy stuff … but […]

Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas

Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas, pipeline last Friday after electronic calculations conducted by the US National Response Center showed that upwards of 700 […]

Overpopulation A Concern Of The Past? This Study Thinks So.

Overpopulation may not be such a big threat after all: using global population data from 1900 to 2010, scientists have developed a mathematical model showing that the number of Earth’s inhabitants may level off in the next 40 years. Conducted by a team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid and CEU-San Pablo University, […]

Fukushima meltdown driving increased abnormalities among US infants

  In wake of disaster, children on the west coast almost one-third more likely to suffer from thyroid abnormalities Infants on the West Coast of the United States are showing increased incidents of thyroid abnormalities, which researchers are attributing to radiation released following the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A […]

World`s population will stop growing in 2050

Using research gained from monitoring world population trends for the last 110 years, investigators at the Autonomous University of Madrid predict that the number of people on Earth will level off around the year 2050. This report mirrors statements from the United Nations, forecasting a leveling off of population growth in the decades to come. […]

Study: 28% Increase In Thyroid Problems In Babies Born After Fukushima in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington

Is Fukushima Causing Health Problems In the United States? Infants are much more vulnerable to radiation than adults. And see this. However, radiation safety standards are set based on the assumption that everyone in the world is a healthy man in his 20s. Now, a medical doctor (Janette D. Sherman, M. D.) and epidemiologist (Joseph […]

Arctic Methane: Why The Sea Ice Matters

For more information about us please visit: http://www.envisionation.co.uk/arctic… Film featuring world renowned experts: Dr James Hansen, Dr Natalia Shakhova, Dr Peter Wadhams, David Wasdell (Apollo-Gaia Project).

North Dakota’s Reckless Oil Boom

My great-great-grandfather Theodore Roosevelt has the accurate reputation of being one of our country’s greatest conservationists. Images of TR embracing the great American outdoors by roping cattle on his ranch, hunting buffalo on the plains, and standing next to the Grand Canyon are just as ubiquitous in American history as the images of him working […]

Is Fukushima Radiation Causing the Epidemic of Dead and Starving Sea Lions In California?

  Painting by Jonathan Raddatz   Associated Press reports: At island rookeries off the Southern California coast, 45 percent of the pups born in June have died, said Sharon Melin, a wildlife biologist for the National Marine Fisheries Service based in Seattle. Normally, less than one-third of the pups would die.   It’s gotten so […]

Crude oil leaks in Arkansas suburb after ExxonMobil pipeline ruptures

An ExxonMobil pipeline rupture near Little Rock, Ark., Friday evening has resulted in a “major oil spill,” according to the Environmental Protection Agency — and ignited further debate over the transportation of crude oil in the U.S. Up to 10,000 barrels sprang from the pipeline, according to an incident report filed to the National Response […]

Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake

  The largest recorded earthquake in Oklahoma history was likely triggered by the injection of wastewater from oil production into wells deep beneath the earth, according to a study published Tuesday in the scientific journal Geology.   The magnitude 5.7 earthquake, which struck in 2011 near Prague in central Oklahoma, is the largest and most […]

Protesting Keystone XL While Rome Burns

I started to go with “Fiddling While Rome Burns” in the title, but I know many people who would take great exception to the notion the Keystone XL protesters are fiddling. Indeed, they do not believe they are fiddling. They believe they are standing up for the most important cause of our generation. Yet, as […]

Farming, Foraging and Fracking: Our Fight Against the Machine

Three years ago, my wife and I decided to redirect our farming efforts to create a CSA. Our farm is located in some of the most spectacularly beautiful scenery in the whole of this country. When folks think about Iowa, the first picture that comes to mind is one of immense fields of corn broken […]

Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And Everything Else

How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning. Piped water has made life easier for this Laotian boy, who no longer has to help his parents fetch water from afar. […]

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