Archive for the 'Environment' Category
St. Francis of Afece and Craptonite: Meet the Sodfather
April 7th, 2009This is a long article about an old time compost freak, nothing more, nothing less. I enjoyed it. One problem: About making compost, the article says, “no meat, cat, dog or human poop.” Please see The Humanure Handbook for clarification on this. You can compost that stuff, no problem, if you know the rules. If […]
Italy Muzzled Scientist Who Foresaw Quake
April 6th, 2009Via: Reuters: An Italian scientist predicted a major earthquake around L’Aquila weeks before disaster struck the city on Monday, killing dozens of people, but was reported to authorities for spreading panic among the population. The first tremors in the region were felt in mid-January and continued at regular intervals, creating mounting alarm in the medieval […]
Council on Foreign Relations on Planetary Geoengineering: “Add more small reflecting particles in the upper part of the atmosphere”
March 27th, 2009I don’t think anyone has the complete story on exactly what chemtrails are. I don’t doubt that weather modification is a part of it, but take your pick on the rest. There’s almost certainly a biological component to some of the spraying. There could also be some kind of scalar weapon application involving HAARP. My […]
California Raw Almonds Must be Treated, Judge Rules
March 10th, 2009Mmm hmm. Oh, just wait for HR 875. Your clone burger with genetically engineered freedom fries and synthetic pHood perfumes—to hide the rancid smells—will be A-OK. But raw, whole foods that haven’t been saturated in carcinogens, cooked or irradiated… to render them “safe”… This is enemy combatant stuff. Via: McClatchy: A federal judge Monday upheld […]
Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency
February 28th, 2009Via: AP: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday because of three years of below-average rain and snowfall in California, a step that urges urban water agencies to reduce water use by 20 percent. “This drought is having a devastating impact on our people, our communities, our economy and our environment, making today’s […]
Drought to Cut Off Federal Water to California Farms
February 21st, 2009Via: AP: Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials said parched reservoirs and patchy rainfall this year were forcing them to completely stop surface water deliveries for […]
Los Angeles: Water Rationing
February 19th, 2009Whenever the summer humidity starts to get on my nerves here in the New Zealand, I just think about the seemingly perpetual Santa Ana conditions in Southern California, when the desert winds blow the polluted, orange air out to sea, and various parts of the place catch on fire… Oh yeah, try growing a garden […]
Householders to be Charged for Each Flush of Toilet
February 17th, 2009Why flush at all? Use a composting toilet (free older edition online). Via: Times of India: Householders in Australia would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought, reports Perth Now. The scheme would replace the current system, which sees sewage charges based on a home’s […]
UK Environment Czar Looking at Limiting Holiday Trips to Save CO2
February 10th, 2009Escape the UK by any means necessary. Just flee, while you still can. Save up your fart credits, your collapsing pounds, get tracked, traced, scanned, probed and recorded—do whatever is necessary—and run for your life. Via: ATW Daily News: The UK’s so-called “environment czar” last week raised the possibility of rationing air travel, limiting UK […]
Bushfires in Victoria, Australia
February 10th, 2009Big Picture series. Must see. Via: Boston Globe: The state of Victoria in southern Australia has recently been hit with hundreds of bush fires during a record-breaking heatwave – temperatures well above 38C (100F). Unfortunately, these fires have proved to be the deadliest in Australian history, with at least 166 deaths reported so far. The […]
