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COP 28 – Trusting Big Oil to Solve the Climate Crisis – Why the Hell Not?

COP 28 – Trusting Big Oil to Solve the Climate Crisis – Why the Hell Not?

December 11, 2023 The news from COP 28 is amazingly bizarre and exciting. How could it not be? Last year the silly blah, blah debacle in Egypt was hosted by Coca Cola among other respectable defenders of the environment. This year the entire charade has been tossed aside as billionaire Sultan Doctor Ahmed Al Jaber, the highly esteemed Minister of Energy for the United Arab Emirates assumed the role of “impartial” President. His self-proclaimed impartiality reinforced by his commanding position…

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Phytoplankton is Disappearing

Phytoplankton is Disappearing

This was originally posted on December 29, 2018  I have been saying for years that our Ocean is dying. My words consistently fall on deaf ears. This article today states that plankton is disappearing and scientists do not know why? Actually scientists not in the employ of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans do know why. I know why. Since 1950 we have seen a diminishment of phytoplankton in the sea of between 20 and 40% depending on regions. Phytoplankton…

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The Irony of Burning Man

The Irony of Burning Man

Sept 3, 2023 What better place to illustrate the contradictions of climate change than #burningman Burning Man. Burning Man is a social phenomenon. It was established in 1986. Lots of people like it, lots of people are involved with it and as a social event it has been relatively harmless, artistically educational and lots of fun. Burning Man was founded with the following stated principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, civic responsibility, participation,…

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