England faces ‘serious risk of running out water’ within 20 years, MPs say:

It probably won’t bother the rich people. If we don’t stop global warming, to will happen here too. There will be a lot more climate refugees. This article doesn’t mention it, but we also lose a lot of farm land every year and some of what is left is too dry to raise crops.

MPs have issued a stinging rebuke to England’s water authorities, warning the country is at “serious risk” of running out of water within 20 years unless “urgent action” is taken to shore up supplies.

“It is very hard to imagine, in this country, turning the tap and not having enough clean, drinkable water come out – but that is exactly what we now face,” said Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier.

“Empty words on climate commitments and unfunded public information campaigns will get us where we’ve got the last 20 years: nowhere,” Ms Hillier said. “Defra has failed to lead and water companies have failed to act: we look now to the Department to step up, make up for lost time and see we get action before it’s too late.”

England faces ‘serious risk of running out water’ within 20 years, MPs say: It probably won’t bother the rich people. If we don’t stop global warming, to will happen here too. There will be a lot more climate refugees. This article doesn’t mention it, but we also lose a lot of farm land every year and some of what is left is too dry to raise crops.MPs have issued a stinging rebuke to England’s water authorities, warning the country is at “serious risk” of running out of water within 20 years unless “urgent action” is taken to shore up supplies.“It is very hard to imagine, in this country, turning the tap and not having enough clean, drinkable water come out – but that is exactly what we now face,” said Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier.“Empty words on climate commitments and unfunded public information campaigns will get us where we’ve got the last 20 years: nowhere,” Ms Hillier said. “Defra has failed to lead and water companies have failed to act: we look now to the Department to step up, make up for lost time and see we get action before it’s too late.”Read More

Alberta Pouring Billions into Keystone XL an ‘Idiotic Waste’: Financial Analyst | The Tyee:

Wagering huge sums of public money to expand the oilsands at a moment when the business case for oil could be entering terminal decline “is an absolutely idiotic waste of capital.

Bond is recent author of the report “Decline and Fall: The Size and Vulnerability of the Fossil Fuel System,” and argues that due to the economic wreckage of coronavirus we may have already passed global peak demand for oil, coal and gas. In an exclusive interview with The Tyee he explains why that is potentially very bad news for oil producers and the governments that support them.

Let me cut to the chase here. Our view would be that expanding the fossil fuel system at the end of the fossil fuels age is an absolutely idiotic waste of capital. That’s throwing good money after bad and it’s like building a canal in 1850 when the railway system is already up and running. It’s like connecting a new city to the gas lighting network in 1920 when someone has already invented electricity or it’s like trying to prop up Nokia after Steve Jobs has put out the iPhone.

Alberta Pouring Billions into Keystone XL an ‘Idiotic Waste’: Financial Analyst | The Tyee: Wagering huge sums of public money to expand the oilsands at a moment when the business case for oil could be entering terminal decline “is an absolutely idiotic waste of capital.Bond is recent author of the report “Decline and Fall: The Size and Vulnerability of the Fossil Fuel System,” and argues that due to the economic wreckage of coronavirus we may have already passed global peak demand for oil, coal and gas. In an exclusive interview with The Tyee he explains why that is potentially very bad news for oil producers and the governments that support them. Let me cut to the chase here. Our view would be that expanding the fossil fuel system at the end of the fossil fuels age is an absolutely idiotic waste of capital. That’s throwing good money after bad and it’s like building a canal in 1850 when the railway system is already up and running. It’s like connecting a new city to the gas lighting network in 1920 when someone has already invented electricity or it’s like trying to prop up Nokia after Steve Jobs has put out the iPhone.Read More