New oil sheen in Gulf worries BP

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is causing new headaches for BP and has prompted coastal communities and members of Congress to call for more oversight from the U.S. government. Confirmation that an oil sheen reported last month is consistent with oil from BP’s blown-out Macondo well comes at a crucial time, just as talks […]

Fukushima update by Arnie Gundersen: fill it with concrete and wait

Gundersen on WBEZ Worldview discusses the current status of Fukushima with Gerome McDonald. They discuss Hillary Clinton and the current administration’s intervention in Japanese politics to persuade them to continue on with their nuclear program. NPR

Water Is the Next Global Problem

The world is on the verge of the greatest crisis it has ever faced. Worsening water security will have irreversible consequences on ecosystems, livelihoods and the global economic system. The ever-expanding water demand by the world’s growing population and economy has made water scarcity a reality in many parts of the world. We are witnessing […]

Population the Only Problem

Robert Gordon, of Northwestern University, has aroused fear among conventional commentators with his paper (NBER Working Paper 18315) suggesting that US economic growth has begun to slow inexorably, and that it will cease altogether, slowing to the sluggish levels prevailing before the Industrial Revolution, by 2100. To some extent, these arguments are familiar, having appeared […]

Peak Oil + Peak Phosphorus = Peak Population

This post is about a resource that is not discussed much, but whose importance to our survival is paramount. It was named one of the top six natural resources most depleted by human usage. All living organisms, including bacteria, require phosphorus in order to live. Modern industrial farming is dependent on phosphorus, and industrial civilization’s primary supply for this vital nutrient […]

A close eye on population growth

Projections that global population growth will level out in coming decades are not assured, an expert said Wednesday, adding that just a one-child difference in global fertility would mean an extra 10 billion people by century’s end. “It matters enormously what we do right now,” said Joel Cohen, a professor at Rockefeller University and head […]

The energy-water nexus

The principal challenge of this century, in my view, will be adapting to a life without abundant, cheap fossil fuels. It has been the lifeblood of our society, and turns out to have some really fantastic qualities. The jury is still out as to whether we will develop suitable/affordable replacements. But additional challenges loom in […]

Lecturer explores population control issues

  Guest lecturer John Seager entered the field of population control because his old boss fired him more than a decade ago. And yesterday, Seager came to speak at Penn because the same guy invited him back. The Institute of Environmental Studies began its weekly seminar series this fall by inviting Seager to give a […]

Drilling for oil in the Arctic: the risks are too great for companies to take on

The floating ice cap of the Arctic has been shrinking at an alarming rate for several years, but this year’s melt was truly remarkable. The area of the Arctic Ocean covered in ice in the summer is now just half the size it was when satellite monitoring began three decades ago, with scientists now radically […]

Food Security by Numbers

Earth Day Food insecurity is on the rise and is likely to get worse as the global population approaches nine billion people by 2050. In today’s feature, we show how this form of insecurity is inextricably linked to the price of commodities and the increasing challenges posed by climate change.   Prepared by: ISN staff […]

Spin from the American Petroleum Institute

According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), the lobbying arm of the oil and gas industry, “America needs a balanced energy policy that promotes energy efficiency, conservation and greater supplies of all forms of energy, including domestic oil and natural gas. The industry has proven it can develop these resources safely and in an environmentally […]

Global Fisheries Approaching Collapse

A new report by the Sustainable Fisheries Group (SFG) has confirmed the suspicions held by many researchers that the thousands of fisheries that there isn’t much data on, that’s nearly 80 percent of the world’s fisheries, are in steep decline but could potentially recover to a degree if they are properly managed. The report, titled […]

Human Population Growth Impacts

Unchecked human population growth could be a recipe for doom for the planet and its inhabitants. And it has reached staggering levels in recent years—the number of people on the planet has doubled from 3.5 billion to seven billion in just a half century. While we’ve made great strides in educating people around the world […]

Will a Melting Arctic Help Postpone Peak Oil?

Last week brought the news that this summer the Arctic icecap shrank to an all-time low of roughly half the size it was in 1980. While this is the lowest ever seen since satellite monitoring began 33 years ago, some experts are saying that the summer of 2012 was probably the smallest the icecap has […]

USGS Report Shows No Evidence Linking Hydraulic Fracturing to Water

The two reports released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Wednesday provide no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has created impacts to groundwater, an EnCana Corp. spokesperson told Rigzone Friday. “Furthermore and more importantly, [Environmental Protection Agency] has provided no sound scientific evidence that drilling has impacted domestic drinking water wells in the area,” said spokesperson […]

The Peak Oil Crisis: Oil & the Arctic Meltdown

Last week brought the news that this summer the Arctic icecap shrank to an all-time low of roughly half the size it was in 1980. While this is the lowest ever seen since satellite monitoring began 33 years ago, some experts are saying that the summer of 2012 was probably the smallest the icecap has […]

Will Surging Oil Prices Prevent Environmental Doom?

In the 21st century, burning hydrocarbons is critical to achieving the economic expansion that is needed to support the billions of new people who are projected to inhabit the planet. Yet chasing that growth could throw so much carbon into the atmosphere that it may undermine humanity’s very survival. Thankfully, there is another way to […]

Mysterious Virus Emerges in the Middle East

Global health authorities are hunting for cases of a mysterious viral respiratory illness that killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another who traveled there in intensive care in a U.K. hospital. Health officials said the source of the virus infecting both is unknown, though they have identified it as a coronavirus, […]

Balancing food, weather, and population

Cyclical or secular? That’s the question economists, historians, climatologists, farmers, consumers – just about anyone with an interest in the future, which is more or less everyone – are trying to answer. During bad times, the idea of cyclicality is encouraging. We can ride out hardship because prosperity is just around the corner – although […]

Water scarcity a growing problem, experts say

By 2030, half the world’s population will live in areas where water is scarce, a panel of water experts at the National Geographical Society said Tuesday. Speakers at the conference sponsored by GrowingBlue emphasized the need to solve the problem now by using global response strategies, rather than waiting until the problem peaks. An area […]

Overpopulation: Food Crisis And Future Hunger Wars

The term ‘Hunger Wars’ appeared in an article written by Michael Klare (Author of The Race for What’s Left) no doubt inspired by the wildly successful novel, The Hunger Games, which depicts a post-apocalyptic future in an impoverished North America where hunger and the search for food is the daily preoccupation of survivors. In the […]

Why We Cannot Save The World

We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of […]

Fukushima Radiation: Japan Irradiates the West Coast of North America

Radiation from Japan’s nuclear accident has turned up in seaweed on the coasts of California, Washington and other parts of the West Coast of North America. The ocean is so big … how could this be happening? Why didn’t the gigantic Pacific Ocean better dilute Fukushima radiation? A 1955 U.S. government report concluded that the […]

Scientific Paper: “The Fukushima Radioactive Plume Contaminated the Entire Northern Hemisphere During a Relatively Short Period

We warned mere days after the Japanese earthquake that the West Coast of North America could be hit with radiation. Our concerns – unfortunately – have been validated.  See this and this. The peer-reviewed scientific journal Science of the Total Environment reports: Massive amounts of anthropogenic radionuclides were released from the nuclear reactors located in […]

Water could lead to war, world leaders warn

Water conflicts are bubbling in many parts of the world, from China and India to the Middle East and southern Africa. A group of former world leaders is calling on the UN to make water a top security concern. As the world’s population continues to grow, so does its thirst. But not every nation is […]

New Plans to Protect Nature

At the close of the ten-day World Conservation Congress that ran from Sept. 6-15 on the South Korean island of Jeju, members of the convening International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) agreed on an ambitious four-year action plan for protecting global natural resources. Taking the form of a 24-page document, the four-year programme focuses […]

Orlov: Developing Breakdown

Central banks are undertaking unprecedented actions to keep the monetary system from unraveling. Despite unlimited Quantitative Easing and wealth transfers between Europe’s economies, growth has yet to return and debt is demanding to be serviced. This process is stretching the banking system to its limit. What happens when the pretense is dropped and money loses […]

Nigeria: The Concern Over Population Explosion

THE seeming national debate of late on the rising population of Nigeria, and concern over its implications for development and security is healthy. It is equally in tandem with global interest over the issue, which has necessarily become important in terms of size and composition. Ultimately, government should fathom out an appropriate policy from the […]

Coming Food Crisis Plays into Global Elite’s Demand for Population Stabilization

Since 2010, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization have stated that the rise in food prices is directly correlated to the 80 million people being added to the world’s population annually. This fact, according to the globalists at the UN, is beginning to “tax both the skills of farmers and the limits of the earth’s […]

Monster Bluefin Tuna Found Near Australia, Suspected Fukushima Radiation

Scientists are to test a monster bluefin tuna caught off New Zealand to see if it carries radioactivity from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant. The 275kg tuna was caught by Victorian fisherman Paul Worsteling 50km off the coast of Greymouth. Mr Worsteling said he waited more than 30 hours to hook the fish, then another two […]

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