It has all the genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance, and Rickman —

It’s been slipping for decades right before our eyes. — America used to be the indispensable nation, the shining beacon on a hill, the land of American exceptionalism. To my everlasting dismay, we are none of those things (if we ever were in the first place). America, my beloved United States, has disgracefully fallen to the bottom of the list…

The dirty secret behind the global push for renewable energy. — In the 19th century, the US economy was dominated by King Cotton. In the 20th century, the US economy was dominated by King Coal. In both centuries, the kings were crowned by those with money (bankers and industry), and the same thing is happening in the rest of the world…

How the USDA Hardiness Zones show a fatal flora problem. — In just another example of the current impacts of climate change on our planet, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their updated 2023 Hardiness Zone map, the first update since 2012. If you compare the 2012 and 2023 maps, you’ll notice something that, in the context of actually…

Now, it’s just a matter of how hot the earth gets…and if humanity survives. — As I have written about before (links galore!), the impacts from climate change are here, today, and they’re not going away anytime soon. Now, 4 different globally sourced reports say the exact same thing, just with prettier charts and graphs. In short, a global average temperature increase of 1.5C is…

And it’s not just the American West where trouble is brewing. — Myriad stories have been written about the fight over water rights in the West, especially after 20+ years of a megadrought. The Colorado River Compact was written 101 years ago and no longer applies to today’s environmental conditions. However, there’s a new area where water is running short: the Midwest. …

Turn your everyday life into a fortress. — Make no mistake, we are in the middle of a global collapse. The environment. The economy. The population. It’s all going down. But how do you survive when the world is literally burning in front of your eyes? Given that you want to survive (that’s a subject for another article)…

Ukraine and Israel and fodder for the masses. — Bread and Circuses The world is slowly going to climate hell in a handbasket, but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines. Recently, it’s all about Israel and Gaza, and before that it was Ukraine and Russia. And in between news of two different wars, there’s Taylor Swift concert coverage, football, and the…

How to track the impact of human-caused climate change. — The Hottest Year on Record If you thought that the past 12 months were a little warmer than normal (#sarcasm), then you’re not alone and you’re not wrong. The 12-month period that just ended in October 2023 was the hottest on record. Read that again. The hottest on record. Not in a long time. Not…