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We should protect our kids from climate change by not having them
National Public Radio (USA): ‘Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change?’ h/t to Climate Depot Daily Caller Andrew Follett reports on a set of stories about population control “for the climate”: ‘We should protect our kids from climate change by not having them’ says Travis Rieder of NPR. I reckon it seems fairer to have the kids first, then ask them. Humans have put out 50% of all our
Coral Reefs Need Big Fish Pee
New research shows overfishing of large, predatory fish can deplete reefs of key nutrients
Interview 1202 – Newsbud Roundtable on Turkey’s NATO Exit
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-08-19%20Newsbud%20Roundtable.mp3"][/audio] In a bombshell development, Turkey and Russia are considering military ties and even floating the idea of opening Incirlik to the Russian Air Force. Is Turkey preparing to exit NATO? Or pushing to see how far they can take their alliance with Russia? Or about to be pushed out? And what does it m
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McKibben: It’s The Climate World War. Hitler, Nazi’s, panic!
When you can’t persuade people to fight your imaginary enemy, declare a war. New Republic We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII. BY BILL MCKIBBEN August 15, 2016 Translated: Expect 200 million imminent deaths (equivalent to WWII). Give us your firstborn, and lots of your money. Not quite a dispassionate scientist at work: In the North this sum
A Radical Plan to Save African Rhinos
Controversial project would airlift rhinos to Australia, establish an ‘insurance’ population in response to poaching
Interview 1201 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-08-11%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Soros gets exposed by hackers; NSA hack reveals cyber arsenal; and Guccifer 2.0 hacks with impunity.
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Growing Food for the Soul on City Lots
‘People are no easier to recover than the land buried under layers of pavement.’
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Brian Cox thinks 17,000 employees at NASA always produce perfect graphs. NASA employees disagree. Who to believe?
The key moment making headlines from the Q&A “Science Weak” episode — Brian Cox shows a temperature graph. Malcolm Roberts said the GISS temperature data has been “manipulated”. The Particle Physics Genius’ reply was argument from incredulity: gushing, gratuitous astonishment spread over six attempts to form a complete sentence: By who? NASA? The people the… Hang on a minute. No, no, see this
Louisiana Floods: A “Classic Signal of Climate Change”
At least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to “historic” flooding event
Louisiana Floods: A “classic signal of climate change”
At least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to “historic” flooding event
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World’s Largest Vertical Farm Grows Without Soil, Sunlight or Water
A $30m green revolution that seeks to produce more crops in less space, but is it economically viable?
Malcolm Roberts on Q & A : 1 skeptic against 6 who believe the consensus
On the Eastern side of the country the new skeptical Senator, Malcolm Roberts is on Q & A. Monday, 15 August 2016 Greg Hunt - Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science Linda Burney - Shadow Minister for Human Services Brian Cox - Particle Physicist and TV Presenter Lily Serna - Mathematician and TV Presenter Malcolm Roberts - One Nation Senator-elect for Qld As usual it is 6 against 1 t
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In 2009: Warming would stop 2020 Olympics. Now disaster moved to 2084
In 2009: The 2016 Rio Games predicted be the last Global warming could make 2016 Games ‘the last Olympics in the history of mankind’, says Tokyo governor. “Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long. “Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,” said Ishihara. August 2016: The 2080 Games predicted to be the last
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Census disaster was set up by Big-gov invasion of privacy plus threats to fine
Code Red: How the Bureau of Statistics bungled the 2016 census by Peter Martin Reading Cod Red in the Sydney Morning Herald, the real problem of the 2016 census is laid bare. Budget cuts and DDOS attacks are not the issue. If the ABS had not been greedy for too much information, or totalitarian with threats of fines, their servers could have coped on the night. In a single day the big achievers t
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Doctor Nanny State is here to save us from “Climate Flu”
Analogies don’t get more dead than this one. Whole sentences have been killed in the quest for a soothing salad. The poor souls at Reneweconomy … A Valiant Eco-Worrier, Evan Stamatiou, imagines climate change as an influenza pandemic. If you imagine climate change as a flu that the world is coming down with, then you could probably say that the physical symptoms are only just starting to be felt.
A Helping Hand for Fledgling Puffins and Petrels in Newfoundland
Local conservation group rescues stranded birds, assists them on their way to the ocean
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US Rassmussen Poll — 61% say climate debate is not over
Thirty years of propaganda has only reached a quarter of the population. When asked “Is the scientific debate about global warming over?” 75% of US voters will not get their IPCC badge: … 61 percent said the debate is not over. – Washington Times. Most people don’t believe, despite all the 97% consensus surveys, all the two week junkets, billlions in government funding, and speeches by Leonardo Di
The Lake that Left Town
One of California’s largest lakes is receding, causing the town around it to dwindle. Is climate change to blame?
Interview 1200 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-08-11%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Saudis scan fingerprints for SIMs; the BBC's imaginary detector vans are now pretending to sniff your wi-fi; and rural Minnesota towns take high-speed internet into their own hands.
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A Refuge in the Mountains
Great Smoky Mountain National Park creates space for wildness, adventure, and imagination
The Australian ABS Big Gov Big Fail — Census night crashes
There are hours of entertainment today with the radioactive fallout from Australia’s “census night”. In terms of Australian drama, running an online census produces more laughs than anything ScreenAustralia is subsizing. The 2016 Australian CensusFail is the stuff of legend. In theory, last night 10 million Australian Households were meant to log in to one site, and fill out sensitive personal de
AUG 09
Long-Studied Alaskan Wolf Pack May Be Dead After Years of Aggressive Hunting
East Fork wolf pack, found near Denali, was first researched in the 1930s
ABC reports pushy brain-snap from greenie activists to rename “Eggs and Bacon Bay”
Eggs and Bacon Bay, Tasmania Their billion-dollar-ABC reports every irrelevant thought bubble a greenie group can dream up: “PETA launches bid to change Eggs and Bacon Bay to healthy alternative” The ABC can’t find a single local who wants the change, but they treat the fantasy to a three-photo feature, complete with expert opinions and interviews. The locals think the idea is a bad joke. Listen
AUG 08
Interview 1199 – Ken Shishido on Fiat Money vs. Bitcoin
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-08-07%20James%20Corbett.mp3"][/audio] On a long enough timeline the value of all fiat drops to zero. Joining us today for a quick tour of the history of monetary devaluation and how it can be avoided is Ken Shishido of the Tokyo Bitcoin Meetup Group.
India’s First Fully-Organic State Faces Many Challenges to Maintaining its Status
It’s too early to hail Sikkim’s transition to chemicals-free agriculture an outright success, say observers
ABC investigates grammar entrails of Malcolm Roberts
Malcolm Roberts, Lateline, ABC This is what we pay the ABC a billion dollars for, so they can investigate the really big questions we were all asking, like why Malcolm Roberts used such odd grammar five years ago, and is he connected with other groups that use odd grammar? One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts denies links to Sovereign Citizens movement Yes, I’ve never heard of them either. The big
AUG 07
The USA — Fracking its way to jobs, wealth and lower emissions
It’s everything the Green revolution was supposed to offer — jobs, energy independence, money money money, and massive reductions in CO2. Australians hear how bad fracking is but not much about the transformation of the US. h/t GWPF… The Black Gold Rush Exploitation of new oil and gas reserves by fracking shale rock has transformed the US economy since it started just 11 years ago – creating at l
Interview 1198 – X22: The Clash of Civilizations
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-08-07%20James%20Corbett.mp3"][/audio] Today James joins Dave of the X22 Report to discuss the latest on the geopolitical front, from the ongoing turmoil in Syria to the failed coup in Turkey. Is this all part of the CFR's Clash of Civilizations? And if so, what's coming next?
The “77 Vote” Skeptical Senator and the journalists who don’t think 600,000 voters count
… Malcolm Roberts Some in the love media have real trouble understanding preferential voting. Big numbers seem to confuse them. There are headlines that Malcolm Roberts “only got 77 votes” as if to delegitamize the skeptic. The Courier Mail put it on the front page. What they couldn’t find was one voter who voted for Pauline Hanson who was unhappy about where their vote went. And there were plent
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Greg Hunt orders CSIRO to hire back scientists to study “settled” stuff
Cut the blob and the blob reforms Thanks to Prof Peter Ridd for the nice one-liner. Back in February, the new head of CSIRO, Larry Marshall, agreed that the “debate was over” and sacked 350 pointless climate researchers who were studying stuff that was already settled. Marshall’s crime was to hire people to solve the climate problem rather than just keep the cheer squad. But the eco-carers were o
SeaWorld Drops Lawsuit Against CA Coastal Commission Over Breeding Ban
Move spells an end to captive orca breeding in California
Australian Senate announced – Hanson holds four seats. Malcolm Roberts wins!
The final Australian Senate was announced today with 11 wildcard “cross benchers” (people who are not in the four largest parties). Turnbull is going to have to choose to go conservative or go left. For foreign readers — sorry about more Australian politics but this finally maps out who holds the power in the Australian government. Senators include: Hanson, 4. Nick Xenophon, 3. plus Bob Day, Davi
AUG 03
A Park That Makes Room for Wildlife, Farms, and Cities
Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park embraces a diversity of landscapes
AUG 02
Brexit threatens Climate Gravy train — Paris agreement, life on Earth. Time for Clexit!
Brexit was seismic. Even Nature can see the threat — The UK was big promoter of Climate witchcraft, but it’s gone now: “Brexit might be an excuse for some EU countries to withhold their signature,” says Oliver Geden, head of the EU Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. Before the Paris talks, the EU had pledged to cut its greenhouse-gas emissi
Environmental Records Shattered as Climate Change ‘Plays Out Before Us’
Temperatures, sea levels, and carbon dioxide all hit milestones in 2015, major international ‘state of the climate’ report finds
Paris agreement struggles — only 0.04% of global CO2 emissions “ratified” (1% of man-made CO2)
Map from Climate Analytics It was all a grand theater. Greens brag that the Paris agreement was signed by “179 countries”, but it means nothing until they get 55 nations controlling 55% of the worlds (man-made) emissions. Right now, they’ve had a resounding response from no country that matters. (Forgive me Norway, with 0.14% of man-made emissions, right now, you are in a small group which includ
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Trump or Clinton? – Questions For Corbett #031
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc030-lq.mp3"][/audio] Have you ever wondered how big the black budget really is? Or how to win the clash of civilizations? Or whether James prefers Hillary or Donald? Then this is the podcast for you! Join James for another edition of Questions For Corbett as he fields a range of questions covering everything from soil erosion to Brexit and
“If Animals Matter Morally, Then We Cannot Treat Them As Commodities”
A conversation with animal rights advocate Gary Francione
JUL 31
Heatwaves on Earth traced to tremendous ball of energy in our solar system
Star discovered in our solar system. The Onion, ahead of the worlds scientific societies, reports on a “watershed moment” in scientific history: Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System PASADENA, CA—Groundbreaking new findings announced Monday suggest the record-setting heat wave plaguing much of the United States may be due to radiation emitted from an enormous star l
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Trite Science Prize: New science paper tells us air over land “heats more than water”
Is it science or is it a marketing machine? This press release with psychedelic art tells us land regions will warm by more than the global average, because oceans are slower to heat. No kidding. They use more broken models to breathlessly talk about being locked in to 1.5 °C rise — “more than preindustrial times”. How scared do we need to be about a 1.5C rise — it’s not just locked in, it’s alrea
Interview 1197 – Christoph Germann on the Turkish Coup Fallout
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-28%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] From the Turkish Armed Forces's Chief of Staff hanging the plot on Gulen to the drama at Incirlik and the NBC psyops, Christoph Germann of the New Great Game blog is here to update us on all the latest news, views and reactions to this month's failed coup attempt in Turkey.
American Farmers Are Struggling to Feed the Country’s Appetite for Organic Food
Consumer appetite for organic food reached $13.4 bn in the US last year, but only 1 percent of cropland is dedicated to organic farming
JUL 28
Oil Spills in the Sky
Looking back at a 1997 Earth Island Journal report on pollution from the airline industry
Interview 1196 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-28%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: Tor nodes found spying on users; spying smart bulbs can be hacked; and police 3D print a dead man's finger to unlock his fondleslab.
JUL 27
Delcons do matter — defiant non-left voters were “most influential group”
Aiming for the passionless imaginary center doesn’t work Some big surprises from exit polls from the Australian election day, thanks to the Australian Institute of Progress (AIP). Non-Greens third party voters (code for Delcons – or Defiant conservatives) were more interested in “cultural issues like immigration, Islam, gay marriage, refugees, industry protection and political correctness”. Graham
Could London Become the World’s First National Park City?
Popularity of the idea reflects growing understanding that built environments are a part of the natural world too
JUL 26
Globally 91% of wars have nothing to do with climate change
Climate change causes war (maybe) and meaningless statistics (definitely) One day when you grow up, children, you too can be a research scientist who writes papers that tells the world something banally obvious — like, say, that natural disasters make conflict more likely. Who, exactly, thought natural disasters brought peace? I don’t think the journalist who wrote this next paragraph asked himse
Animal Welfare Groups Push US to Classify All Leopards as Endangered
Raising the protection level for leopards would severely curb hunters’ ability to import body parts as trophies
JUL 25
Petition to remove air conditioning from all US State Property
You know it makes sense — air conditioners are as dangerous as suicide bombers. They must be stopped. Next up, refrigerators… Here’s a petition you can support: Do it for the children, for the future. Remove air conditioning from all US State Department property. WHEREAS, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has suggested that air conditioners are as big a threat as ISIS, and WHEREAS, it is the duty
Squeezed for Space in the Vast Arctic
Saami reindeer herders hard-pressed by the conflux of rapid climate change and rapid human development
Only 20% of US people think the media even try to be unbiased on politics
The good news is that a majority of people are aware of media bias, and are skeptical of what the media tells them. The bad news is that this is just another marker showing the average Western citizen is losing faith in the integrity of so many key institutions. The activist journo’s have overplayed their hand. They are not even trying… “Voters Expect Reporters To Help Clinton Over Trump” [July 2
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“Clinton Cash” movie available
Readers may find this documentary interesting. I doubt the ABC will be running it. This US election matters to so many people around the world. The outcome makes a big difference to climate skeptics. And it’s about so much more than that. How do we beat corruption? Breitbart is hosting the free showing (only for a few hours) for the documentary based on a senior editors book: Clinton Cash UPDATE:
John Kerry: Air conditioner, fridge gas, as big a threat as ISIS
Let’s get those priorities right: Secretary of State John Kerry said in Vienna on Friday that air conditioners and refrigerators are as big of a threat to life as the threat of terrorism posed by groups like the Islamic State. Depends what you mean by “life” I guess. Some like the world 2 degrees cooler, and some prefer to keep their heads. “As we were working together on the challenge of [ISIS]
JUL 22
Central banks drive booms and busts, and force everyone to be a high risk speculator
It doesn’t have to be this way. The most important price in our economy is set by a bunch of bureaucrats. They are unelected and unaccountable. But your day to day life is affected by their decisions, as well as your ability to buy a house or for your retirement savings to maintain their value. Some people are wiped out by a mere phrase in a memo. There is a deep Soviet style management program a
Backflip: Antarctic peninsula, posterchild of Polar disaster, has been cooling not warming
The “fastest warming place” on Planet Earth wasn’t warming. A new Antarctic study wipes out 20 years of panic about the West Antarctic Peninsula. All these years while people were crying about penguins, it turns out that the place was cooling rather than warming. Mankind has emitting a third of all its “CO2-pollution” ever from 1998, and there was “no discernible” effect on Antarctica. Indeed, the
JUL 21
Clexit-coming? President of Philippines says Paris climate deal is stupid nonsense. Wants to kick someone.
Let’s not mince words. The new President of the Philippines, Jose Duterte, says he won’t sign or honor the “stupid” Paris deal and he wanted to kick the ambassador who asked. Here’s a memorable moment in international diplomacy: “You are trying to stifle us,” Duterte said on Monday in widely reported comments. “That’s stupid, I will not honour that. You signed … That was not my signature.” Dutert
When it Comes to GMOs, the Devil is in the Details
Unresolved safety questions about gene-editing technologies underscore need for caution
Cure cancer with weaponized bacteria that do mass “suicide bombing” at the right site?
Bacteria multiply In the West we could try to cure cancer faster with research like this, or we could pour billions into making expensive electricity to try to cool the world by 0.01°C for our grandchildren. Hmm. What to do? Which activity is more likely to make citizens richer, happier and more productive? In this approach (below) bacteria are engineered to find cancer cells, make lots of baby b
JUL 20
Interview 1195 – Michel Chossudovsky Explains Why Brexit Is A Blow to the Oligarchs
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-20%20Michel%20Chossudovsky.mp3"][/audio] In order to understand Brexit in its full historical context, we must know about the origins and motivations for the formation of the European Union and the forces that have shaped the EU bureaucracy into an arm of the IMF/World Bank-led Wall Street hegemon. Today Professor Michel Chossudovsky
JUL 19
Wind power sucks money and electricity in South Australia
On a good day South Australia has more than 40% renewable energy. On a bad day, it’s -2 or something. Wind towers suck in so many ways. They can even draw more power out than they bring in and best of all — their peak electron sucking power comes just when the state needs electricity the most. Business blows up as turbines suck more power than they generate The sapping of power by the turbines du
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