Wednesday, April 6, 2022According to the WHO, 99% of the world's population lives where they breathe in harmful pollution ~ 4.6.22
Up from 90% four years ago, the WHO now qualifies nearly everyone as living with harmful air pollution. This is after they changed their standards in ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022Germany takes over Russian Gazprom subsidiary ~ 4.5.22
In a surprise escalation in the ongoing Ukraine war, and subsequent sanctions, Germany moves to take over subsidiary to quote, "run Gazprom Germania i...
Monday, April 4, 2022Microplastics found in human blood for the first time ~ 4.4.2022
Microplastics, or tiny plastic particles, were found when scientists tested the blood for them in 22 random and anonymous healthy adults. They found e...
Saturday, April 2, 20224.2.22 ~ Russian Ruble reaches pre-war price
The Russian Ruble has reached it's trading price on the international foreign exchange markets that it was at before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ...
Friday, April 1, 20224.1.22 ~ Rebel Houthis from Yemen, use drones to knockout several Saudi oil sites
The war in Yemen by Saudi Arabia continues, this time knocking out a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, water desalination plant, oil facility and pow...
Thursday, March 31, 20223.31.22 ~ Conger ice shelf the size of Rome, has collapsed in Antarctica
What's actually quite small in comparison, the Conger ice shelf is a great example of the type of rapid change we're starting to experience.
#Climate ...
Wednesday, March 30, 20223.30.2022 ~ in a major announcement, ExxonMobile is going to use excess gas to mine bitcoin
Exxon is piloting the use of gas from its North Dakota oil wells that would normally be burned off or dumped, to power bitcoin mining on site.
#energy...
Tuesday, March 29, 20223.29.2022 ~ the EPA is allowing billions of genetically modified mosquitos to be released into the US
Genitically modifying male mosquitos ( only the females bite ) so that any resulting offspring of the male will only be male mosquitos, hopefully deci...
Monday, March 28, 20223.12.2022 - Your online anonymity is likely gone, and soon it'll be easy for anyone to figure it out
Recently there was an investigation from two separate teams into who could possibly be the infamous "Q" from the cult movement known as "Qanon". From ...
Monday, March 28, 20223.28.2022 ~ commodity prices are going up on just about everything essential, which is going to spell higher costs for everything
It really pains me to say this so definitively, but inflation is likely going to be around for a while, and it will build.
#economy #inflation
Saturday, March 26, 20222.26.2022 ~ President Biden's approval rating continues to go down
President Biden's approval rating has been going down since August of 2021, with a high 78% of Democrats approving, 10% of Republicans and 27% of inde...
Thursday, March 24, 20223.24.2022 ~ Average home sale now requires a $78,000 down payment
As home prices skyrocket, saving for a new home and a down payment become harder and harder for US homebuyers.
#economics #usa