With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Saturday, July 29, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Federal judge blames Yahoo!News for publishing 9/11 story based on diplomat’s leaked deposition; upholds sanctions on victims’ law firm
Russia's fighter jets have gone from harassing US aircraft to actually breaking them as Moscow flexes its muscles where it still can
Amid continuing hot weather, PJM has extended its Maximum Generation Alert/Load Management Alert through July 28.
Putin promises free grain to six African nations after collapse of Black Sea deal
Spike in dengue cases due to global warming, warns WHO
Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply
In a first, scientists find genetic cause for ‘virgin birth’ in animals
“There are many pest species that are parthenogenetic,” she said, “and there are potentially things that humans could be doing to contribute to this through the use of pesticides or just having very homogeneous crops.”
Scientists woke up a 46,000-year-old roundworm from Siberian permafrost
Pigs open doors to free companions in a possible show of empathy
Ukraine got its hands on North Korean rockets that troops say are wildly unpredictable and 'do crazy things,' and they're lobbing them at the Russians
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