Thursday, June 13, 2019
Hot summers causing Arctic sinkholes: study
Arctic sinkholes are appearing across the Canadian High Arctic as permafrost -- ice expected to be frozen year-round -- thaws and collapses due to climate change, according to research published Monday.
Arctic sinkholes are appearing across the Canadian High Arctic as permafrost -- ice expected to be frozen year-round -- thaws and collapses due to climate change, according to research published Monday.
"Arctic sinkholes are appearing across the Canadian High Arctic as permafrost — ice expected to be frozen year-round — thaws and collapses due to climate change, according to research published Monday.
“Researchers found maximum thaw depths had already exceeded what they had expected to occur by 2090, according to the report published in Geophysical Research Letters journal.
“At one site, Mould Bay, the level of thawing was 240% higher than historic norms.”
CNN.COM
'This building has no sprinklers': Grenfell United's 12-storey high guerrilla messages
Group beamed huge projections on high-rises to highlight fire safety crisis
Group beamed huge projections on high-rises to highlight fire safety crisis
“This is not something we should have to fight for,” said Hannah Reid, 24, a dental nurse on the estate. “We are afraid the same thing [as #Grenfell] could happen to us. The demands of the people of Grenfell were ignored and the same thing is happening to us. Not just us but all across the country.”
"Canada is one country; monopoly transportation companies should not be allowed to exploit the most profitable routes between major cities to the neglect of the rest of the country. Revenue from service on the profitable routes should be used to subsidize those routes less travelled. "
http://cpcml.ca/WF2018/
http://cpcml.ca/WF2018/
In Brazil, 121 families of descendants of indigenous people, former fugitive slaves and small peasants who came to the savanna of the cerrado at the end of the 121th century, denounce the grabbing of their territory by a large agricultural farm, estrondo. http://farmlandgrab.org/28991 http://farmlandgrab.org/28991http://farmlandgrab.org/28991
“If we continue business as usual, it’s catastrophic.”
EPA officials now routinely undercut scientific knowledge that can save lives while eliminating regulations at the behest of industry lobbyists, four former administrators said Tuesday.
Former EPA administrators say agency has retreated from its mission
Four former EPA administrators on Tuesday told a House subcommittee that the agency needs to re-establish its scientific credibility and return to its mission.
#FIGHTFOR15 LIKE THE OTHER TWO; AMAZON PAID NO TAXES LAST YEAR
Amazon passes Apple, Google as world's most valuable brand
Retail giant Amazon surpassed Google Tuesday as the world's most valuable brand -- with a total value of $315.5 billion, an increase of more than $100 million in the past year, a research group said in a new study.
AND FOUGHT THE SEATTLE TAX FOR THE HOMELESS
Amazon passes Apple, Google as world's most valuable brand
Retail giant Amazon surpassed Google Tuesday as the world's most valuable brand -- with a total value of $315.5 billion, an increase of more than $100 million in the past year, a research group said in a new study.
AND FOUGHT THE SEATTLE TAX FOR THE HOMELESS
REPUBLICANS ARE SCUM OF THE EARTH
National gun control groups help end Colorado lawmaker recall effort
After national gun control organizations flexed their muscles, Colorado Republicans and a gun-rights group abandoned an effort to recall a Democratic freshman lawmaker whose son was killed in the Aurora theater shooting.
UPI.COM
After national gun control organizations flexed their muscles, Colorado Republicans and a gun-rights group abandoned an effort to recall a Democratic freshman lawmaker whose son was killed in the Aurora theater shooting.
UPI.COM
Iran formally delivered a new new surface-to-air missile system, called Khordad 15th, to the Air Defense Force of its army in a ceremony in Tehran.
Iran unveils homegrown surface-to-air missile defense system
Iran formally delivered a new surface-to-air missile defense system, called Khordad 15th, to its Air Defense Force in a ceremony in Tehran.
SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=IRAN
Iran unveils homegrown surface-to-air missile defense system
Iran formally delivered a new surface-to-air missile defense system, called Khordad 15th, to its Air Defense Force in a ceremony in Tehran.
SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=IRAN
THERESA MAY TURNS INTO ELIZABETH MAY
Theresa May on Wednesday set a goal for the nation to reach net zero carbon emissions within about 30 years -- the first major economy in the world to set that kind of goal.
Britain commits to goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday set a goal for the nation to reach net zero carbon emissions within about 30 years -- the first major economy in the world to set that kind of goal.
Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050
Theresa May on Wednesday set a goal for the nation to reach net zero carbon emissions within about 30 years -- the first major economy in the world to set that kind of goal.
Britain commits to goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday set a goal for the nation to reach net zero carbon emissions within about 30 years -- the first major economy in the world to set that kind of goal.
Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to streamline their "agricultural biotechnology regulatory process" to make it easier for companies to develop and market genetically modified foods.
Trump orders federal agencies to 'streamline' GMO regulations
President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to streamline their "agricultural biotechnology regulatory process" to make it easier for companies to develop and market genetically modified food
USDA plans to scale back regulation of genetically modified plants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to deregulate many future genetically modified crops.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to deregulate many future genetically modified crops.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Beto O'Rourke's plan for LGBTQ equality aims to overturn Trump policies
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke released a proposal Wednesday morning to achieve equality for LGBTQ Americans and reinstate protections abandoned by President Donald Trump.
DC's "Event Leviathan" by Brian Michael Bendis features Batman, Lois Lane and Green Arrow trying to uncover the truth behind a far-reaching conspiracy.
"If you write Superman as the hero we wish were flying around and helping us, I write Lois as the woman I wish were telling us the truth," Brian Michael Bendis told UPI in a recent interview. Find out what he had to say about the launch of "Event Leviathan" here
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