By Anthony McLennan The Ocean Voyages Institute returned to Honolulu last week after spending 48-days out at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where they collected a mind-blowing 103 tons of marine debris. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch comprises of two enormous masses of ever-increasing piles…
By Elias Marat As if 2020 hasn’t been apocalyptic enough with war, fires, plagues, and locusts – now the U.S. will literally be having its breath taken away by a mammoth cloud of dust floating in from overseas. The vast cloud of Sahara dust that…
From low-income countries to high-income countries, long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and death, a new Oregon State University study found. But even small reductions in air pollution levels can result in a reduction of disease…
By Patricia Burke Broadband = “A Civil Right We Can’t Afford to Lose” What is broadband, and what are civil rights? This week, Essence Magazine published an article, “Broadband Access Is A Civil Right We Can’t Afford To Lose—But Many Can’t Afford To Have -THE…
By Derrick Broze, The Last American Vagabond A recently published study from MIT casts doubt on the safety of the science of geoengineering and outlines potential dangers of the controversial field. A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology is adding to the growing list…
Beekeepers across the United States lost 43.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 2019 to April 2020, according to preliminary results of the 14th annual nationwide survey conducted by the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership (BIP). These losses mark the second highest loss rate…
The first nationwide analysis of drinking water quality in United States correctional facilities found average arsenic concentrations in drinking water in Southwestern United States correctional facilities were twice as high as average arsenic concentrations in other Southwest community drinking water systems. More than a quarter…
By The Conscious Resistance In this video, investigative journalist Derrick Broze breaks down recent news about Bill Gates funded plan to release genetically engineered mosquitoes and what it means for Houston, Florida, and the environment as a whole. The Conscious Resistance Network can be found…
By Derrick Broze, The Last American Vagabond The historic trial examining the dangers of water fluoridation reached a temporary conclusion on Wednesday after the judge delayed the ruling so the parties may consider new evidence on fluoride. (To read about week 1 of the trial,…
By Ice Age Farmer Ireland’s Dryest Spring Ever. Chinese floods. Massive hailstorms, cold temperatures, and precipitative extremes affecting agriculture globally. Trump orders new Icebreaker fleet to match China & Russia’s nuclear icebreakers. Nations and Multinationals are preparing — are you? 2020 may be remembered as…
By Anthony McLennan About 190,000 liters or approximately 50,000 gallons of oil has been spilled on Indigenous land in British Columbia by Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline. The Trans Mountain pipeline was bought by the Canadian government from Kinder Morgan Canada in 2018, after they had…
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and unstudied in the collections of Chile’s National Museum of Natural History, with scientists identifying it only by its sci-fi movie-inspired…
By Jake Anderson Most of what we see in the world belongs to one of four states of matter: gases, liquids, solids, and plasmas. But there is a 5th state of matter, an exotic “super-atom” that has been almost impossible for scientists to observe on…
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke The editor of E-scrap News, Dan Leif, offers a clarion call to the recycling industry. In his article, “Editor’s Opinion: Industry leaders have a role to play on racial injustice. For white decision-makers in recycling and other sectors, it’s always been…
By Patricia Burke In recognition of World Environment Day, the gulf nation of Bahrain held an event at the French embassy, noting: “The rate of electronic waste generation has exploded by as much as five times due to an increased use of electronic devices during…
By Patricia Burke Now Casting! For the hybrid fantasy romance survival action series “Planet of the Shark Tank Survivor Bachelorette!” The search is on…. for eligible men who are looking for true love! With one gorgeous, perfect planet! Do you have the charm, style, class…
New evidence identifies 64 pesticide residues in milkweed, the main food for monarch butterflies in the west. Milkweed samples from all of the locations studied in California’s Central Valley were contaminated with pesticides, sometimes at levels harmful to monarchs and other insects. The study raises…
By Sara Tipton Tropical storm Cristobal is threatening Gulf communities and could grow to become a hurricane late this weekend. Those who live on the Gulf Coast and near where the storm is threatening are not taking any chances. One source in Houston, Texas is…
By John Vibes To prevent vacationers from gathering at an old quarry on Harpur Hill, near Buxton, the Derbyshire Police poured black dye into the water “to make the water look less appealing.” This move is just the most recent of many strange efforts taken…
Revolutionary ‘green’ types of bricks and construction materials could be made from recycled PVC, waste plant fibres or sand with the help of a remarkable new kind of rubber polymer discovered by Australian scientists. The rubber polymer, itself made from sulfur and canola oil, can…
