Month: June 2018

Daily News 18 Jun 2018

Huge river of lava – Video

The buildings look tiny compared to this monster river moving with incredible force and speed all the way to the ocean.

Has anyone heard how many miles per hour the lava is moving? It has to be extremely fast for it to be hot enough to boil the water when it pours into the sea.
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18 June 2018 – The Hawaii Army National Guard released aerial footage of lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano on Saturday. Kilauea’s eruption began around six weeks ago, devastating Hawaii’s Big Island. The volcano has destroyed hundreds of houses and has caused the evacuation of entire communities.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/breathtaking-river-of-lava-gushes-from-hawaiian-kilauea-volcano-as-more-homes-are-destroyed/news-story/26b3b02a3e72f441588759a04a415a56

Thanks to Laurel for this link

According to The Express, enough lava is spewing out of the volcano to fill a swimming pool every 25 seconds.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/975833/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea-fast-moving-lava-flow-eruption-earthquakes-explosions

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June 18, 2018 at 05:00PM

Daily News 18 Jun 2018

Australia energy grid at ‘crisis point’

“Cold snap” triggers power-price surge to 160 times the usual rate

Several major electricity power stations went down on Thursday night, unprepared for a spike in demand caused by a cold snap along Australia’s east coast.

It forced one of Australia’s largest aluminium smelters to shut down its potlines for an hour at a time to help keep the state’s lights on.

https://www.2gb.com/energy-grid-at-crisis-point-as-power-prices-surge-160-times-the-usual-rate/

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June 18, 2018 at 04:30PM

Daily News 18 Jun 2018

Congress investigating whether China is paying NRDC to harm America

‘… the apparent strong ties between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Peoples Republic of China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party…” Read the letter. Read the FOXnews.com report.

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June 18, 2018 at 04:28PM

Daily News 18 Jun 2018

Claim: Climate Change will be Solved by Feminism

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Claim: Climate Change will be Solved by Feminism

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

According to former President of the Republic of Ireland and former UN commissioner Mary Robinson, more feminism will solve the climate crisis.

Climate change a ‘man-made problem with a feminist solution’ says Robinson

Zoe Tabary
JUNE 19, 2018

LONDON, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women must be at the heart of climate action if the world is to limit the deadly impact of disasters such as floods, former Irish president and U.N. rights commissioner Mary Robinson said on Monday.

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“Climate change is a man-made problem and must have a feminist solution,” she said at a meeting of climate experts at London’s Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship.

“Feminism doesn’t mean excluding men, it’s about being more inclusive of women and -in this case – acknowledging the role they can play in tackling climate change.”

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What can I say – somehow I always knew men would get the blame…

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June 18, 2018 at 03:07PM