Environment

By Joachim Hagopian Scientists have recently reported that mass extinctions of marine animals may soon be occurring at alarmingly rapid rates than previously projected due to pollution, rising water temperatures and loss of habitat. Many land species […]

By Michael Welch “Not only our the lights about to go out on industrial civilization, but the lights are about to go out on our species. Marching in lockstep with the dark days faced by […]

First published by GR in October 2013 By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey In August this column ran a piece claiming that the Pacific Ocean was being poisoned by radioactive material escaping from Fukushima, two years after the […]

By Tyler Durden The US Bureau of Reclamation released its first outlook of the year and finds insufficient stock is available in California to release irrigation water for farmers. This is the first time in […]

by Tyler Durden Not a week seems to pass without yet another “historic” winter storm assuring that virtually all winter economic data so far in 2014 can be ignored… if it is bad that is […]

by Chris Martenson Are fish from the Pacific safe to eat?  What about the elevated background radiation readings detected in Japan, and recently, in California? Are these harmful levels? Should we be worried? And if […]

Source: RT TEPCO has revised the readings on the radioactivity levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant well to 5 million becquerels of strontium per liter – both a record, and nearly five times […]

Source: Market Daily News Did you know that 2013 was the driest year ever recorded in the state of California?  And did you know that so far this is the driest January that the state […]

Source: Viralnova These extraordinary pictures of unborn baby animals inside their mother’s womb (or in some cases, eggs) are fascinating, even if somewhat creepy. But don’t let them creep you out too much because they […]

By Nick Cunningham Drilling for oil in California dates back to the late 19th Century, allowing it to become the country’s top producer by the beginning of the 20th. One hundred years later, California still […]