Would you please do me a service? Work to get 10 friends to join you, and ask them to get 10 of their friends to join as well and vote only for Democrats. We have to see that the Democrats win the Presidency and win a majority in both Houses. This is not about partisanship. The Democrats have all kinds of problems, but the Republicans are planning to destroy America as a democracy. They do not care about climate change or, as this article describes, the preservation of the earth’s ecosystem. If we don’t get enough votes the United States as you and I know it will disappear. Be very clear about this, the facts are irrefutable.
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U.S. Lawmakers, mostly Republicans, have inserted a record number of anti-wildlife measures into the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity reported Tuesday.
The attack comes despite the fact that scientists warn human activity may be triggering a sixth mass extinction, as species disappear at unprecedented rates. A September study found that vertebrate species groups are dying off at a rate 35 times higher than it would be without anthropogenic pressure.
“Republicans have weaponized the appropriations process to launch a full-blown assault on our natural heritage,” Center for Biological Diversity senior policy specialist Stephanie Kurose said in a statement. “These heartless attacks would strip away lifesaving protections from our most imperiled creatures—from wolves to whales to freshwater mussels. If passed, these bills would put multiple species on a direct path to extinction.”
“I hope the white-nose syndrome wipes all of them out,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said during a hearing in July. “We won’t have to worry about it.”
Nonlocal consciousness research for half a century has made it clear to me that all life is interconnected and interdependent. All the beings in the Matrix of Consciousness have consciousness. Studies are emerging from all over the world proving what I am saying.
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A group of Japanese scientists has successfully filmed plants communicating and warning others about potential dangers in real-time, making a breakthrough in an observation first documented in the early 1980s.
What they observed: Published in the journal Nature Communications in October 2023, the research team, led by molecular biologist Masatsugu Toyota from Japan‘s Saitama University, successfully captured undamaged plants sending defense responses to nearby plants after sensing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are produced by other plants in response to mechanical damages or insect attacks.
How the study was conducted: The team, which included Yuri Aratani, a Ph.D. student at the university, and Takuya Uemura, a postdoctoral researcher, attached an air pump to a container filled with leaves and caterpillars and to another chamber containing Arabidopsis thaliana, a common weed from the mustard family. The Arabidopsis was genetically modified to make their cells fluoresce green after detecting calcium ions, which serve as stress messengers. The team then used a fluorescence microscope to monitor the signals the undamaged plants released […]
Climate denialism is part of the evangelical movement. This is what Christianity has become. Fifty percent of evangelicals also do not believe in evolution. Their worldview is an amalgam of misinformation, and willful ignorance, and it is having a very negative impact, particularly in Red states, which are not doing enough to prepare themselves for what is happening. As a result of this denierism the Red states are going to suffer a great deal of unnecessary misery.
If you’ve been on YouTube lately, you might have come across someone claiming wind and solar energy don’t work, that rising sea levels will help coral reefs flourish, or that climate scientists are corrupt and alarmist.
These are all false and misleadingstatements taken from a handful of thousands of YouTube videos analyzed by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which has identified a stark change in the tactics of climate deniers over the past few years.
Where once climate deniers would outright reject climate change as a hoax or scam, or claim that humans were not responsible for it, many are now shifting to a different approach, one which attempts to undermine climate science, cast doubt on climate solutions and evenclaim global warming will be beneficial at best, harmless at worst.
The past five years have seen a “startling” rise in this “new denial,” according to a CCDH analysis published Tuesday, which also suggests this shift in narrativecould also be helping YouTube videocreators circumvent the social media company’s ban on monetizing climate […]
As I have been telling you for years, we are going to have three internal migrations, away from coasts, out of the Southwest, and ut of the central states. Here is a projection that offers a bleak picture of what this may look like.
Researchers predicted population trends between 2020 and 2100 based on the past 20 years of population data. In this severe scenario, about 64 percent of cities are predicted to lose population by 2100
By contrast, high-income cities across all the regions will likely experience population growth.
And for some rural cities with low median incomes, populations are likely to grow.
Only time will tell how large regions and specific cities will be affected by populations over time.
Stagnant cities can usually support their population, but as cities shrink, the ability of city services to support the population may not keep up with the local demand.
This, in turn, can speed up depopulation as people move away from cities that become unlivable.
The team warned: ‘The implications of this massive decline in population will bring unprecedented challenges, possibly leading to disruptions in basic services like transit, clean water, electricity and internet access’ as cities shrink and populations age.
High taxes and cost of living associated with bustling metropolises have been pushing people away from cities for decades, trends which data suggests were […]
Corporate media barely touches on this, but I am majorly concerned that what is taking place in the United States is altering not just our culture but our place in the geopolitical world. Listen to my podcast this Friday and next Friday because I share my thinking about the tragedy that is happening in our society. The world order as we have known it since WWII is ending. This article will give you a taste of what is occurring and how the rest of the world sees us now.
Foreign diplomats are aghast that so many U.S. leaders let their zeal for partisan politics prevent the basic functions of government. Credit: Liesa Johannssen / AP
When I asked the European ambassador to talk to me about America’s deepening partisan divide, I expected a polite brushoff at best. Foreign diplomats are usually loath to discuss domestic U.S. politics.
Instead, the ambassador unloaded for an hour, warning that America’s poisonous politics are hurting its security, its economy, its friends and its standing as a pillar of democracy and global stability.
The U.S. is a “fat buffalo trying to take a nap” as hungry wolves approach, the envoy mused. “I can hear those Champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow — like it’s Christmas every fucking day.”
As voters cast ballots in the Iowa caucuses Monday, many in the United States see this year’s presidential election as a test of American democracy. But, in a series of conversations with a dozen current and former diplomats, I sensed that to many of our friends abroad, the U.S. is already failing that […]
