Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: The Threat of War (Nuclear) With China

Lawrence Wilkerson looks at the overly-casual talk in the US about nuclear war with China and does not like what he sees.

How a National Infrastructure Program Would Protect Americans From Hurricanes

Biden’s infrastructure plan includes defending flood and hurricane vulnerable areas, when saving all of them may not be the right answer.

The Oil & Gas Inflation Trap That No One Wants To Talk About

So much for concerns about climate change. The Biden Administration is doing what it can to lower oil and gas prices.

Biden Must Call Off the B-52s Bombing Afghan Cities

The US is really bad at losing, as our (literal) parting shots at Afghan cities shows.

Key Takeaways From the New IPCC Report

A data-oriented overview of the IPCC report.

Pessimism, Cynicism & Realism, or the Edge of the Volcano

Accusations of pessimism (and why is pessimism bad anyhow?) is a cheap shot at well-founded criticism of Team Dem.

Florida Red Tide: Who Will Fix This Mess?

Environmentalists decry the role of corporate polluters and the state of Florida in the state’s red tide mess.

IPCC Climate Report: Profound Changes Are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice – A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings Mean

The latest IPCC report gives a Defcon 1 climate emergency alarm. But are any of the right people paying attention?

The Best Policies to Fight Pandemics: Five Lessons from the Literature So Far

Mining various studies on pandemic interventions to see which look most effective.

Eric Topol Discusses Covid Vaccines Not Meeting Expectations, Breakthrough Cases Sicker

The data on US Covid cases and deaths are bad enough that members of the science establishment like Eric Topol are questioning the vaccines

Call to Ban Pesticides in UK Gardens to Protect Insects, Bees, Other Wildlife, and Human Health

UK biology professor Dave Goulson launches petition to ban spraying of chemical pesticides in public spaces and home gardens.

Hoisted from E-Mail: Covid Death Undercounts, but How Large?

Yet another Covid data failure.

‘Unimaginably Catastrophic’: Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse

The Gulf Stream is already slowing, and its breakdown would be an umitigated climate disaster. Yet as always, complacency reigns.

Biotechnology Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic. It’s Inexcusable.

Government is failing when it stands pat in the face of “your money or your life” level corporate greed, now on display in this pandemic.

If the Food Supply Chain Collapses Will the Public Finally See Through Brexit?

So is a long expected Brexit disaster finally about to happen, now that Brits believe the disruptions are past?