Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Lake Mead Falls to Lowest Water Level Since Hoover Dam’s Construction in 1930s
June 11th, 2021Via: USA Today: Lake Mead has declined to its lowest level since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s following the construction of Hoover Dam, marking a new milestone for the water-starved Colorado River in a downward spiral that shows no sign of letting up. The reservoir near Las Vegas holds water for cities, farms […]
Tiny Animal Revived After 24,000 Years Entombed in Siberian Permafrost
June 8th, 2021Via: New Scientist: A tiny animal called a rotifer has been revived after spending 24,000 years frozen in permafrost. It is the longest a rotifer has been observed to survive in such extreme cold. While simple organisms like bacteria can often survive millennia in permafrost, “this is an animal with a nervous system and brain […]
“Sperm Counts Could Be Down To Zero By 2045”
May 20th, 2021Via: WFAA: The age factor is pretty well known, especially among women who seem to be reminded of their “ticking clock” from relatives, friends, or strangers at some point in their lives. However, new research shows infertility rates could be rising because sperm counts are dropping. “All we can say is it has significantly declined […]
Why Are Gates and Pentagon Releasing GMO Mosquitoes in Florida Keys?
May 14th, 2021Via: William Engdahl: Despite strong resident protests, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Florida agencies have approved controversial release of millions of genetically-modified or “gene edited” killer mosquitoes into the Florida Keyes. At the same time the controversial Presidential Science Adviser nominee of Biden is involved in development of the CRISPR technology being used to […]
Underground Nuclear Waste Tank Leaks In Washington State
May 1st, 2021Via: Washington State Department of Ecology: The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday an underground radioactive and dangerous chemical waste storage tank at the Hanford Site in Southeast Washington is leaking. The Washington state Department of Ecology’s Nuclear Waste Program, along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, oversees Energy’s cleanup of Hanford. “It’s a serious […]
Massive DDT Dump in Ocean Near Los Angeles
April 28th, 2021Via: Scripps: An expedition led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography mapped more than 36,000 acres of seafloor between Santa Catalina Island and the Los Angeles coast in a region previously found to contain high levels of the toxic chemical DDT in sediments and the ecosystem. The survey on Research Vessel (R/V) Sally […]
Florida: Up to a Billion Genetically Engineered Mosquitos Will Be Released in the Keys
April 27th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The Florida Keys will soon be buzzing with close to a billion ‘fraken-squitoes’ – gene-hacked mosquitoes aimed at eradicating a disease carrying mosquito. The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, a British biotech company, are starting the first-ever U.S. release of genetically engineered (GE) Aedes aegypti mosquitoes this week, which […]
Bill Gates’ Geoengineering Plot To Block The Sun Is Scrapped… For Now
April 3rd, 2021Via: Summit News: An effort to dim the sun to stop global warming has been scrapped by the Swedish Space Agency, who announced that the program, funded by Bill Gates, has ‘divided the scientific community’ and will therefore not be carried out. The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) released a statement saying that the Stratospheric Controlled […]
U.S. Military Ordered ‘Clandestine Burning’ of Toxic Chemicals in Poor Neighborhoods
March 26th, 2021Via: Common Dreams: New research conducted by environmental justice scholars at Vermont’s Bennington College reveals that between 2016 and 2020, the U.S. military oversaw the “clandestine burning” of more than 20 million pounds of Aqueous Fire Fighting Foam in low-income communities around the country—even though there is no evidence that incineration destroys the toxic “forever […]
Ghost Towns of Fukushima Remain Empty After Decade-Long Rebuild
March 11th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: Laid waste by a nuclear disaster a decade ago, Japan’s Fukushima is still struggling to recover, even as the government tries to bring people and jobs back to former ghost towns by pouring in billions of dollars to decontaminate and rebuild. But reconstruction efforts from the mundane — supermarkets and transport infrastructure — […]
