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21. May 2013

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On the Acceptance of Near-Term Extinction

by Gary Gripp penned 11 May 2013 The world we’ve gotten used to and thought of as normal now turns out to be an aberration — a bubble world based upon the ever-accelerating depletion of non-renewable resources. Fossil energy has fueled an industrial revolution as well as an agricultural revolution, which has doubled the population [...]

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16. May 2013

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At Long Last, a Safe Place to Cry

by Michael C. Ruppert on 16 May 2013 (Author of “Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil” and other books) At long last, a beautiful, touching, inspiring film that allows me to bring all of my emotions, my life experience and my heart into the [...]

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16. May 2013

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Resistance is the Only Ethical Response to Near-Term Extinction

by Jeffrey Strahl I begin with a short biography to give readers some understanding of why I see things the way I do. I grew up in New York, where I received a degree in mechanical engineering from the City University of New York. I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in early 1970 [...]

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13. May 2013

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Somewhere in New Mexico before the End of Time

Mike Sosebee’s film is available on DVD. For information about purchasing a copy, click here. The film screenings were superb and well-attended. There were many intelligent, informed questions. And yes, the film covers near-term human extinction, even though filming was nearly complete before I reached that conclusion myself. Many of the scenes in the trailers [...]

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11. May 2013

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Utah: The Next Energy Colony

by Max Wilbert The first Tar Sands mine in the United States is an open wound on the landscape: a three acre pit, the bottom puddled with water and streaked with black tar. Berms of broken earth a hundred feet tall stand on all sides. To the north and south, Seep Ridge Road — a [...]

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6. May 2013

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Preparing For Near-Term Extinction

by Carolyn Baker, who writes at Speaking Truth to Power When I began writing this article, a friend of mine had recently entered hospice. While I was finishing the article, my friend died. She was not in the same town as I, but during the past month, we had been able to speak by phone [...]

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3. May 2013

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Show time

My latest essay for The Good Men Project was published Tuesday, 30 April 2013. “Climate is a social justice issue” is linked here. I was interviewed very briefly by Ted Simons on Arizona Horizon on Thursday, 2 May 2013. The interview is embedded below. Watch Education Issues & Living off the Grid & Artist Lelija [...]

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28. April 2013

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The irreconcilable acceptance of near-term extinction

by Daniel A. Drumright, a lifelong radical environmentalist who has followed climate science for the last 24 years, and has been a feral “collapse theorist” for the last 12 years Considering this very long essay attempts to address what is without a doubt, the greatest phenomenal event in the recorded history of our species, I [...]

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26. April 2013

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Three audio interviews

21 April 2013 on the Lifeboat Hour with Michael C. Ruppert (embedded below) 22 April 2013 on the Progressive Commentary Hour with Gary Null (embedded below) 26 April 2013 on Feed Your Head with Ruthann Amarteifio (embedded below) Listen to internet radio with AirAmarteifioRadio on Blog Talk Radio My work is mentioned in the video [...]

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21. April 2013

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Catch me on the radio, on the television, at the movies, and live

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on the Lifeboat Hour with Michael C. Ruppert (embedded below) Monday, 22 April 2013, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time on the Progressive Commentary Hour with Gary Null (embedded below) 26 April 2013 on Feed Your Head with Ruthann Amarteifio (embedded below) Listen to internet [...]

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