ENVIRONMENT
How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last? Green Economy Quiz
CLIMATE CHANGE FORCING CHANGE The World is left with no option but to move to a green economy aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Vehicles and factories are major emitters of carbon that destroy the ozone layer leading to global warming. As we move forward from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, there are many worries […]
Ukraine Showcases a Fleet of Leopard Tanks in Rebuke to Russia
KYIV -The war in Ukraine started by Russia unprovoked has turned out to be more complex for the Russians with what was supposed to be a 72 hours special operation spilling in almont a second year. Ukraine has rejected Russian claims about its military losses as it showcased what appears to be a fleet of […]
Idalia Devastates Homes and Towns along its Path as President Biden Visits Florida
Hurricanes and tropical storms are nothing new in the South, but the sheer magnitude of destruction from Idalia is devastating in Georgia and Florida The storm first hit Florida as a hurricane and then weakened into a tropical storm as it made its way north, ripping through the town of 55,000. Roads remained blocked by […]
Mask Mandate Comeback Sparks ‘We Will Not Comply’ Movement as Covid Cases Rise
As COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. skyrocket, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention., a ‘we will not comply’ movement is slowly formulating across social media, spurred by Donald Trunp’s renewed focus on mask mandates and COVID-affiliated lockdowns that he initiated at the pandemic’s inception. Trump, in a video […]
China’s New National Map Version has Angers its Neighbors
Chinese new map has agitated its neighbors,Malaysia and India and Philippines forcing them to release strongly-worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming their territory. China published a new version of its national map on Monday, as it has regularly done since at least 2006, to correct what Beijing has in the past referred to as “problematic […]
COVID Hotspots in the US as Hospitalization Rates rises
COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. tallied about 15,000 reported hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 over the seven days ending Aug. 19. Though a far cry from previous totals during the pandemic, that’s a 19% increase from the week prior, […]
A Footage of a Giantic tree being Transported in the back of a truck has causes Uproar
Footage of a tree being transported in the back of a truck has caused outrage among conservationists online. The video, which was shot at Maydena in the Florentine Valley in Tasmania, shows what is believed to be a section of a massive Eucalyptus Regnans tree trunk, one of the tallest trees in the world which […]
Hurricane Hilary Path, Tracker as Storm Could Bring ‘Significant Impacts’
Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring powerful winds, high rainfall, and the possibility of flash flooding to parts of southern California and Nevada in a matter of days, forecast maps of the path of the storm show. The cyclone was upgraded to a Category 4 storm on Friday morning after meteorologists at the National Weather […]
Four Types of Landmines, how they work, and their impact as Russia lays Millions of them in Ukraine
Land mines have been widely used in wars for many decades despite their devastating collateral damage. The Ukraine conflict has seen Russia laid huge, “insane” minefields to try and grind down Ukraine’s counteroffensive. One Ukrainian official said Russia had placed five mines per square meter in some regions meaning millions of landmines have been laid […]
Hawaii Governor Issues Warning to People Buying Maui Wildfire Victim Land
Josh Green, the Hawaii Governor issued a warning to investors and realtors that have approached Maui residents in an effort to purchase their land that has been damaged by the devastating wild infernos engulfing the Island. “I’ve reached out to the Attorney General to explore options to do a moratorium on any sales of properties […]