American news likes to focus only on the human drama that ensues when disaster strikes. In contrast, Global National, clearly less fettered by corporate fiat, takes the time to analyse the reasons behind the disaster. The following report by Eric Sorenson explains the science behind the apocalypse engulfing California, and
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Politics and its Discontents: Heroes And Villains
The heroes, of course, are the ones who risk their lives fighting these conflagrations; the villains, the rest of us, for our unwillingness to force real measures to combat the climate change: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Apocalypse Continues
This time, the California wildfires are threatening not only home and people, but the same giant sequoias reported on last week. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Arboreal Barometer
Some of them are mute witnesses to over three thousand years of history. Towering and majestic, some as tall as the Statue of Liberty, the giant sequoia, native to a limited area of the western Sierra Nevada, California, is now under severe stress due to California’s deep and protracted drought.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Wealthy Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
Despite the over-generalization of my title, it is clear to me that many of rich really are different from the rest of us, not just in terms of their material status, but in the away they relate to the world around them. Yet they fail to recognize their spiritual aridity.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Are The Limits?
Humans, and other primates, it appears, have an innate sense of fairness. We expect, for example, in times requiring sacrifice, that no member of society will be exempted. When we are part of a long queue, for example, we expect everyone to bide their time and wait as well; someone
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Expect Crazy High Fruit and Vegetable Prices Soon in B.C.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The drought in California has become a serious threat to their ability to continue to grow the food demanded by their export market. At the same time fruit and agriculture production has dropped in BC. Many of us grew bumper crops in our own gardens this last
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Climate Change Adaptation
As the effects of climate change become more pronounced, adaptive measures will need to taken alongside of measures ameliorating the rate of change (if that is in fact still even possible). One such step has been undertaken in California, a state that has been especially hard hit by drought. Orange
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: No Longer The Shape Of Things To Come
It’s here, and it is very, very bad. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Tip of the hat to my friend LeDaro, whose regular use of video clips on his blog has done a great job in graphically depicting the ever-growing crisis we call
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