Silent Spring. Rachel Carson warned us.

If extraction happens far away, it’s acceptable. If waste is buried somewhere else, it’s invisible.
If disposal is out of sight, it becomes ‘green.’

A million sq ft of turbine blades in W. Texas isn’t an anomaly. It’s a visible fragment of a process we’ve chosen not to see.
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All true.

Millions of whales were at one time the greatest nutrient pump on Earth. Their demise has resulted in an erosion in ocean productivity that is accelerating as other forces come into play.

A BC Coastal Village Embraced Natural Gas. Can It Outrace the Consequences? Kitimat is on track to house one of the world’s largest export facilities. But ocean waters are rising

I fished the Kitimat years ago. It was a remarkable place.

Even then, the infrastructure was already there.

It’s a strange thing to live in the period between cause and consequence. Everything still felt intact, but was only a shell of what once existed.

It will screw up ecosystems even more than they already are.

I care less about balance, and more about honesty and integrity. In today’s society, those attributes are not highly regarded.

This type of optimism is common. At some point in time, I intend on writing an essay about it.

You’ll enjoy them!

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Humans are already doing that. Many farmers in Central and South America are migrating to the United States because of drought conditions and failing agriculture created by human activities in their home country.

Robins, sparrows, juncos…..people discount common species, but they’re all cool and fun to watch.

Shifting baseline syndrome affects everyone, even me. However, it probably affects me a lot less than most. As a species, we’re not designed to notice what is absent.

80% is probably very conservative.

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

“Whales are back” depends on where you look.

Some areas are dense.
Others—where they used to be common—are now quiet.

That’s not recovery.
That’s compression into what’s left.

We don’t notice absence.
We notice what remains.

That’s an echo.

My best guess it that is about the last thing they will use their wealth doing. Anything perceived as environmental is anti-LDS.

A friend I grew up with became a physics professor. He sometimes had a strange way of thinking.

Opinion | The Great Salt Lake is running out of water — and time Utah’s ambitious plan to save it could be a blueprint for the West.

The idea that voluntary water markets will save the Great Salt Lake is comforting….and wrong,

The lake doesn’t need persuasion.
It needs water; ~ 800,000 acre-feet per year.

Voluntary programs delivered ~163,000.

That gap tells you everything. Math can be so inconvenient.

I’m not sure, but think it is because it is dry, lightly vegetated land. There are other factors that could make it brown, including image processing.

Duped you! 🤣

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We’ve reached the point where we need to geoengineer a human that doesn’t drink water.

Thanks for the kind words Sharon….and for caring!

The Year the West Runs Out of Slack How drought, heat, and water loss are revealing a system already running on borrowed capacity

The illusion of endless slack is coming to an end.

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Oh my. Maybe they were taping the show from another planet?

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

This is what loss of slack looks like—systems functioning by drawing down reserves.

Those reserves are nearly gone.

Secretary Burgum Emphasizes Critical Role of Gulf of America Energy Production Following Endangered Species Committee Meeting | U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum released a statement following the Endangered Species Committee meeting to highlight the critical role of energy development in the Gulf of America. The Secretary emphasized that sustained oil and gas production in the region is essential to U.S. national security and economic stability, and cautioned that critical energy operations

DOI press release following the God Squad meeting.

No mention of species/environment.

The Secretary tasked with stewarding the nation’s natural systems framed the entire decision in terms of economics, litigation, and energy production.

It is a redefinition of purpose.

I would have been at the altar with you.

In Texas, Corpus Christi's water crisis may be a glimpse into the future A brutal five year drought, a failed desalination plant, and poor planning may force the city to choose between residents and industry.

Corpus Christi is being described as a glimpse of the future.

But in Tehran, Mexico City, Cape Town, and Chennai, the future already arrived.

The pattern is always the same:
reservoirs fall
infrastructure expands
demand outpaces reality.