By Patricia Burke Technology, and Lack of Quietude, Lack of Community, and Lack of Reverence for Nature; “Time” for a Re-set When I was a child growing up in Southeast Asia, we visited Bali several times. Each day at sunset, islanders would stream down to the shore with small handmade […]
By Christine Albers reprinted by permission, adapted for length and clarity by Patricia Burke Whales and other ocean mammals need to be protected from the adverse effects of sonar, which can cause brain hemorrhage and death. Dr. Marsha Green, founder of Ocean Mammal Institute, has gained international recognition for her […]
December 21 Solstice Event: An Ocean of Consciousness. Information and Registration here. “Our Healing Relationship with Nature” by Dr. Marsha Green Reprinted with permission, Ocean Mammal Institute “Certainly the rapid degradation of our environment is forcing us to look within ourselves to find the root causes of our environmental problems. […]
By Patricia Burke Plans are accelerating to pursue an Internet of Underwater Things and the increased militarization of the oceans, including the use of sonar. As noted in yesterday’s article, EMF/RF/5G/Internet Of Underwater Things: Devastation To Whales Is Warning Us, although the story has received little coverage in the mainstream, […]
By Patricia Burke Whales Warned Us About Radar–Years Ago In 2014, the NRDC published, “U.S. Navy Implicated in New Mass Stranding of Whales.” Yesterday afternoon, while the U.S. and other navies played war games somewhere offshore, Cuvier’s beaked whales began stranding along the southern coast of Crete. Those on the […]
By B.N. Frank The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a long history of not protecting Americans in a timely manner from toxins (see 1, 2). If you weren’t overly concerned about air pollution before, new research indicates a link between it and mental illness. From Environmental Health News: Air pollution […]
By Tyler Durden A severe drought has ravaged every county in California for seven months, forcing state officials to restrict water delivery next year to millions of Californians and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland, according to Bloomberg. Above-average temperatures and the lack of precipitation began in early February 2020, […]
By B.N. Frank The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a long history of not protecting the environment and Americans from disabling and sometimes deadly chemical toxins. In regard to glyphosate (used in the controversial Roundup weedkiller), it was reported in August that the agency may have been aware of a […]
By Patricia Burke “Regulatory agencies should apply the Precautionary Principle when making decisions about acoustic activities to be conducted underwater.” In Part 1, we looked at the on-going colonization and exploitation of indigenous lands and peoples by the U.S., including military-occupied Guam. (While the U.S. is promoting its de-militarization of […]
Op-Ed by Kate Kheel of Stop 5G International The technology revolution has now expanded to the ocean in the form of the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), aka a Smart Ocean. Plans are underway for the ocean to become an integral part of a worldwide network of “smart” interconnected infrastructure and objects […]