Environment

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,

The sunspot spotted by NASA as our sun creeps toward its solar minimum is 75,000 miles wide. That has huge implications for our satellites and communications systems, and the sunspot could cause some blackouts on Earth.

The huge sunspot has the potential to send out dangerous solar flares known to take out important communication equipment, satellites, and even huge sections of the power grid. 

Authored by Dave Forest via OilPrice.com,

Lots of news this week on energy companies from one particular spot on Earth.

India.

In Lebanon — where reports suggest Indian state oil firm ONGC will bid for offshore blocks. In Canada — where Indian officials are said to be negotiating coking coal supplies. And even in Venezuela, where the cash-strapped government is seeking to sell ONGC a 9 percent stake in the key San Cristobal oil field.

The True Cost of Capitalism

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/climate/mass-extinction-animal-species.html

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Authored by Michael Hart and StockBoardAsset via StockBoardAsset.com,

Despite Big Agriculture claiming for years that their pesticides only kill pests, a report published in late June in the Journal Science proved what many people have suspected for years: the type of pesticides that Bayer pioneered, known as neonicotinoids, are responsible for diminishing numbers of honeybees.

Amazon has absolutely eviscerated brick-and-mortar retailers of late with their decision first to buy Whole Foods Market followed by a subsequent announcement that they would target clothing retailers with "Prime Wardrobe."

The Whole Foods announcement sent the stocks of grocery retailers Kroger, Wal-Mart, Sprouts, and Target plunging... (WMT -4%, TGT -5.5%, SFM -7.6%, KR -12%)

And the "Prime Wardrobe" announcement just a few days later had a similar impact on clothing retailers...