2011 Disaster Calendar – June 4
Posted by feww on June 4, 2011
June 4 Entry in the 2011 Disaster Calendar
On May 15, 2011 symbolic countdown to the ‘worst day’ in human history began.
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016
2011 – 2012: A Time for Mega Disasters
U.S., the world, stake the future on high-energy strategies. Energy models’ simulations show all such strategies ending in collapse. EDRO
Nearly all of the anthropogenic and human-enhanced disasters that will occur on the planet in the 2011-2012 period would have been preventable.
Humans continued to devour energy at a rate of 17.3terrawatt in 2011, when maximum ‘safe’ limit was less than 1.9terrawatt.
In 2010, FIRE-EARTH Forecast that 2011 would be SIX TIMES MORE DISASTROUS THAN 2010
2011 Disaster Calendar
January 2011 | February 2011 | March 2011 | April 2011 | May 2011 | June 2011 |
- [June 4, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,747 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- The Arctic. Cairn Energy, a British oil exploration company based in Edinburgh, has started drilling two wells off the coast of Greenland, reports said. “The company, which plans to drill a total of four wells in Greenland this summer, said that drilling operations commenced at one well on its Atammik Block and one well on its Lady Franklin Block off the coast of West Greenland.”
- Tunisia. At least 250 passengers are feared drowned after a Europe-bound boat from Libya capsized off the Kerkennah island, near the coast of Tunisia, reports said.
- “We recovered only two bodies yesterday [and] we suspended search operations because of bad weather,” coast guard director told AFP news agency on Friday.
- “Earlier, Carole Laleve from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) told Reuters that 150 bodies had been found off the shores of Kerkennah.” The report added.
- USA. Wildfires have consumed a YTD total of about 6 million acres and 1,800 structures throughout the U.S., FIRE-EARTH estimated.
- Texas, USA. Wildfires have incinerated at least 2,753,912 acres and destroyed 1,195 structures in the state of Texas, according to Texas Forest Service. [Note: FIRE-EARTH estimates that at least 1,600 structures have been lost to Texas fires since January 2011.]
- The Dakotas, USA. About 15,000 people were forced to evacuate in Minot, North Dakota as Missouri River continued swelling. Meanwhile, hundreds of homes in Pierre, Fort Pierre and Dakota Dunes in South Dakota, are being evacuated.
[NOTE: This listing is by no means exhaustive.]
An activist scales the underside of Cairn Energy’s Leiv Eiriksson oil rig. Two activists were arrested on Wednesday. (Greenpeace)
Two of the activists protesting against Arctic oil exploration by the Leiv Eiriksson rig were arrested by armed-to-the-teeth Danish commandos, who ended the 4-day occupation on the 53,000 ton monstrosity in the Davis Strait, west of Greenland. Photo credit: Markel Redondo/Greenpeace
See also Gunboat Democracy: When a government uses the military against protesters
2010 Disaster Calendar
January 2010 | February 2010 | March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | July 2010 | August 2010 | September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010
“The antiphase will rapidly transform humans into vicious animals, fighting each other for water, food, fuel, land and all other dwindling natural resources. The fighting, in turn, enhances the positive feedbacks, accelerating the downward spiral.” —EDRO
Related Links
- Nature’s Warnings Exponentially Intensifying Posted by edro on April 14, 2011
- The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
- Index of Human Impact on Nature (HIoN) March 2008
- 2010: The Year of Disasters
- Earth’s Human Induced Antiphase Nears Completion
- 2011 SIX TIMES MORE DISASTROUS THAN 2010
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feww said
Arctic protesters force Cairn to halt drilling
(Reuters) – British oil explorer Cairn Energy said on Saturday it had suspended drilling from a rig off the coast of Greenland after environmental protesters breached an exclusion zone.
The company, which plans to drill a total of four wells off Greenland this summer, said Greenpeace activists boarded its “Leiv Eiriksson” drilling vessel and entered a restricted area.
“In accordance with the strict Health and Safety practices employed in this drilling program and in order to ensure safe operating conditions, drilling has been suspended,” Cairn said.
Two days ago, Cairn filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace to deter it from disrupting its exploration plans in the Arctic, one of the last untapped hydrocarbon basins in the world.
It is seeking fines of up to 2 million euros ($2.89 million) for every day that protesters stop it from drilling.
Environmentalist argue drilling in the Arctic carries unacceptable risks because harsh conditions and the remoteness of the region will make it difficult to tackle an offshore spill.
Greenpeace confirmed 18 activists had scaled Cairn’s Arctil oil rig in the early hours of Saturday.
“Their mission – to find Cairn’s elusive Oil Spill Response Plan,” it said in a web posting. “Cairn is hiding it so we’re going to the one place where there must be a copy of it!”
Cairn is leading a charge into offshore Greenland, which explorers believe could hold billions of barrels of oil.
Exxon Mobil, Husky Energy and others also plan to drill there.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/04/us-cairn-greenpeace-idUSTRE75319Z20110604