Index of Posts 2026 (Linked)

Deep Rock Disposal Solutions is Drilling a Class I UIC Disposal Well for Landfill Leachate Near Marietta, Ohio. January 1, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Deep Rock Disposal Solutions is Drilling a Class I UIC Disposal Well for Landfill Leachate Near Marietta, Ohio

The U.S. and China Launch Agentic AI Networked Systems for Scientific Research: Leveraging Supercomputer Infrastructure for Accelerated Breakthroughs and Discoveries. January 1, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The U.S. and China Launch Agentic AI Networked Systems for Scientific Research: Leveraging Supercomputer Infrastructure for Accelerated Breakthroughs and Discoveries

19 Centi-billionaires Have a Combined Net Worth of +$2.5 Trillion: Forbes 500 = $11.9 Trillion Net Worth: This is Beyond Grotesque and Unfair: It Calls for Some Sarcasm. January 1, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: 19 Centi-billionaires Have a Combined Net Worth of +$2.5 Trillion: Forbes 500 = $11.9 Trillion Net Worth: This is Beyond Grotesque and Unfair: It Calls for Some Sarcasm

The Russian-Iranian-Venezuelan Cooperation Nexus Needs to Be Dismantled. January 2, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Russian-Iranian-Venezuelan Cooperation Nexus Needs to Be Dismantled

Niobium-rich Carbonatites in Central Australia Originated from Mantle in Rifting Preceding the Breakup of Supercontinent Rodinia: Dated to 800 Million Years Ago. January 2, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Niobium-rich Carbonatites in Central Australia Originated from Mantle in Rifting Preceding the Breakup of Supercontinent Rodinia: Dated to 800 Million Years Ago

The Gila River Indian Community's Second Solar-Over-Canal Project is Complete: Offers Great Benefits. January 3, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Gila River Indian Community's Second Solar-Over-Canal Project is Complete: Offers Great Benefits

Anti-Fossil Fuel Sabotage: ‘Far-Left Extremists’ Cut Power in Berlin. January 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Anti-Fossil Fuel Sabotage: ‘Far-Left Extremists’ Cut Power in Berlin

Nature Chemistry vs. Synthetic Science: Harnessing the Power of Both Worlds: Summary & Review of Article by Jiya lal verma. January 5, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Nature Chemistry vs. Synthetic Science: Harnessing the Power of Both Worlds: Summary & Review of Article by Jiya lal verma

This Date, Five Years Ago, Was a Day of Infamy Not a ‘Day of Love’: The Chief Perpetrator is Still at Large and Still Brandishing the Lie. January 6, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: This Date, Five Years Ago, Was a Day of Infamy Not a ‘Day of Love’: The Chief Perpetrator is Still at Large and Still Brandishing the Lie

Venezuela Expropriated Billions in Oil Investments from U.S. and Multinational Companies: The U.S, Venezuela, and the World Would Benefit from Increased Oil Output and Willing Investors. January 6, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Venezuela Expropriated Billions in Oil Investments from U.S. and Multinational Companies: The U.S, Venezuela, and the World Would Benefit from Increased Oil Output and Willing Investors

Capturing Flared Associated Gas from Iraqi Oil Wells Can Reduce Dependence on Iranian Gas and Electricity. January 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Capturing Flared Associated Gas from Iraqi Oil Wells Can Reduce Dependence on Iranian Gas and Electricity

Neptune Energy is Producing Brines from the Rotliegend Sandstone in Germany’s Altmark Basin with Lithium Concentrations Rivalling the U.S Smackover Formation. January 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Neptune Energy is Producing Brines from the Rotliegend Sandstone in Germany’s Altmark Basin with Lithium Concentrations Rivalling the U.S Smackover Formation

Diverted Outflow Water from Hungary’s Thermal Baths is Helping Hungary’s Grasslands Stave Off Desertification and Groundwater Depletion Caused by Droughts and Poor Surface Water Management. January 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Diverted Outflow Water from Hungary’s Thermal Baths is Helping Hungary’s Grasslands Stave Off Desertification and Groundwater Depletion Caused by Droughts and Poor Surface Water Management

Direct Air Carbon Capture Systems Set to Get Better in the Coming Years: Research from Helsinki University Tests Promising New Capture Method. January 9, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Direct Air Carbon Capture Systems Set to Get Better in the Coming Years: Research from Helsinki University Tests Promising New Capture Method

Sanctioned Tankers are a Safety and Environmental Hazard: Ghost Fleets are Extensions of Criminal Networks: “Stateless and Beyond Substandard”. January 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sanctioned Tankers are a Safety and Environmental Hazard: Ghost Fleets are Extensions of Criminal Networks: “Stateless and Beyond Substandard”

Mexico is Refining More Oil, but Exporting Less, and Expects No Increase for Cuba. January 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mexico is Refining More Oil, but Exporting Less, and Expects No Increase for Cuba

Reef Restoration Project Offshore Southern California Brings Back Fish, Invertebrates, and Kelp Habitats. January 14, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Reef Restoration Project Offshore Southern California Brings Back Fish, Invertebrates, and Kelp Habitats

Pulsar Helium Announces Discovery of Rare Helium-3 with Sustained Concentrations of 1.3 to 14.5 Parts Per Billion from Gas Samples in a Well in Northern Minnesota. January 14, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pulsar Helium Announces Discovery of Rare Helium-3 with Sustained Concentrations of 1.3 to 14.5 Parts Per Billion from Gas Samples in a Well in Northern Minnesota

Systems Thinking - The Cognitive Skill of the 21st Century: Webinar by Professor Ed Crawley, MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems: Summary & Review. January 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Systems Thinking - The Cognitive Skill of the 21st Century: Webinar by Professor Ed Crawley, MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems: Summary & Review

U.S. Congress Firmly Rebukes Trump Request to Lower Funding for NOAA, NASA, and National Science Foundation: A Victory for Science Funding. January 16, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Congress Firmly Rebukes Trump Request to Lower Funding for NOAA, NASA, and National Science Foundation: A Victory for Science Funding

Silicosis Via Silica Dust from Quartz/Engineered Stone Countertop Cutting is Sickening and Killing People. January 17, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Silicosis Via Silica Dust from Quartz/Engineered Stone Countertop Cutting is Sickening and Killing People

Many Home Power-Saving Devices are Scams, Yet Heavily Advertised: Alternatives That Do Work Include Smart Plugs and Smart Power Strips. January 17, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Many Home Power-Saving Devices are Scams, Yet Heavily Advertised: Alternatives That Do Work Include Smart Plugs and Smart Power Strips

Arsenic-Rich Sludge from Groundwater Treatment and Mine Tailings Waste Can Be Chemically Converted to Amorphous Metallic Arsenic for Use as a Semiconductor Metal. January 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Arsenic-Rich Sludge from Groundwater Treatment and Mine Tailings Waste Can Be Chemically Converted to Amorphous Metallic Arsenic for Use as a Semiconductor Metal

Redevelopment of Mature Oil and Gas Fields: Baker Hughes and Hunt Oil Announce Joint Framework. January 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Redevelopment of Mature Oil and Gas Fields: Baker Hughes and Hunt Oil Announce Joint Framework

Fleet Space’s AI-Enabled Satellite-Based Agile Mineral Exploration Geoscience: Q2 Metals’ Cisco Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada, is One Example Where Exploration is Being Speeded Up. January 19, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fleet Space’s AI-Enabled Satellite-Based Agile Mineral Exploration Geoscience: Q2 Metals’ Cisco Lithium Project in Quebec, Canada, is One Example Where Exploration is Being Speeded Up

Trump’s Irrational Push for Greenland Inspires Russian Imperialist Alexander Dugin to Call for Invading the Eastern Former Soviet Republics for the Same ‘Sphere of Influence’ Reasons. January 19, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trump’s Irrational Push for Greenland Inspires Russian Imperialist Alexander Dugin to Call for Invading the Eastern Former Soviet Republics for the Same ‘Sphere of Influence’ Reasons

The Caterpillar’s Edge: Evolve, Evolve Again, and Thrive in Business. Sid Mohasseb (Rugged Land, 2017): Book Summary and Review. January 20, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Caterpillar’s Edge: Evolve, Evolve Again, and Thrive in Business. Sid Mohasseb (Rugged Land, 2017): Book Summary and Review

First Natural Gas Discovery in a Decade in the Philippines Looks Promising: 98BCF Gas-in-Place. January 21, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: First Natural Gas Discovery in a Decade in the Philippines Looks Promising: 98BCF Gas-in-Place

Vandalism at a Power Substation Leads to Non-PBC Transformer Oil Spill and Potential Drinking Water Contamination in Wayne County, West Virginia. January 22, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Vandalism at a Power Substation Leads to Non-PBC Transformer Oil Spill and Potential Drinking Water Contamination in Wayne County, West Virginia

Geochemical Evidence of the Sebree Trough During the Late Ordovician: Chemostratigraphy of the Point Pleasant-Utica intervals: A Talk by Dr. Julie Bloxson. Summary & Review. Presented for The Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting, January 15, 2026. January 22, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geochemical Evidence of the Sebree Trough During the Late Ordovician: Chemostratigraphy of the Point Pleasant-Utica intervals: A Talk by Dr. Julie Bloxson. Summary & Review. Presented for The Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting, January 15, 2026

Energy Sec Wright and Trump Bash Net Zero at Davos: Arguments, Leverage, and Likelihoods. January 23, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Sec Wright and Trump Bash Net Zero at Davos: Arguments, Leverage, and Likelihoods

China’s Green Energy Transition is Not as Rosy as It Appears, According to Op-Ed by Charlie Garcia. January 23, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s Green Energy Transition is Not as Rosy as It Appears, According to Op-Ed by Charlie Garcia

Wealth Inequality Continues to Rise in the U.S. While a Group of Billionaires and Millionaires Calls for More Taxes on the Super-Wealthy and Less Oligarchy. January 24, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Wealth Inequality Continues to Rise in the U.S. While a Group of Billionaires and Millionaires Calls for More Taxes on the Super-Wealthy and Less Oligarchy

Affordability: It’s Not a Hoax, but Is at the Root of Everything We Do: The Cost of Energy and Materials is the Key. January 24, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Affordability: It’s Not a Hoax, but Is at the Root of Everything We Do: The Cost of Energy and Materials is the Key

China’s Helium Discovery in the Tarim Basin: Sourced from Radioactive Decay of Uranium and Thorium in Crustal Granite with Migration Through Vertical Faults and Trapping in Structural Highs. January 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s Helium Discovery in the Tarim Basin: Sourced from Radioactive Decay of Uranium and Thorium in Crustal Granite with Migration Through Vertical Faults and Trapping in Structural Highs

The Iranian Groundwater Crisis: What’s Happening and How Can it be Mitigated? Drought and Mismanagement are Factors, and Cloudseeding is Not Expected to Help Much. January 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Iranian Groundwater Crisis: What’s Happening and How Can it be Mitigated? Drought and Mismanagement are Factors, and Cloudseeding is Not Expected to Help Much 

Michigan Attorney General’s Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies is Ridiculous and Based on Inaccurate Information. January 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Michigan Attorney General’s Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies is Ridiculous and Based on Inaccurate Information

Murphy Oil Hits Big Oil Offshore Vietnam but Fails to Find Commercial Hydrocarbons in Deep Well Offshore Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire). January 27, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Murphy Oil Hits Big Oil Offshore Vietnam but Fails to Find Commercial Hydrocarbons in Deep Well Offshore Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)

Quantifying Denitrification Rates in Rivers and Streams: Study Shows Rates Differed in Streams, Compared to Rivers. January 28, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Quantifying Denitrification Rates in Rivers and Streams: Study Shows Rates Differed in Streams, Compared to Rivers

Fluvial Geomorphology and Dam Failure Analysis Utilizing NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite. January 29, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fluvial Geomorphology and Dam Failure Analysis Utilizing NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite

China’s Great Green Wall Reforestation Initiative Has Dramatically Altered Local Hydrologic Cycles in Various Ways and Places. January 29, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s Great Green Wall Reforestation Initiative Has Dramatically Altered Local Hydrologic Cycles in Various Ways and Places

China is Producing More Natural Gas and is Set to Become World’s Third Largest Producer. January 30, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China is Producing More Natural Gas and is Set to Become World’s Third Largest Producer

Hot Water from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Cooling System is Now Being Used to Heat Local Homes and Businesses in France. January 31, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Hot Water from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Cooling System is Now Being Used to Heat Local Homes and Businesses in France

Clean Energy Advocates are Irresponsibly Putting Grid Reliability at Risk by Opposing Fossil Fuel Power According to NERC. February 1, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Clean Energy Advocates are Irresponsibly Putting Grid Reliability at Risk by Opposing Fossil Fuel Power According to NERC

Injecting Edited DNA and Growth-Promoting Bacteria into Pruned Plants Can Produce Gene-Edited and Transgenic Plants Faster. February 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Injecting Edited DNA and Growth-Promoting Bacteria into Pruned Plants Can Produce Gene-Edited and Transgenic Plants Faster

Aging Septic Systems are Contaminating Water in Florida with Nitrogen and Pathogens: A Shallow Water Table and Porous Soil Allow it to Spread. February 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Aging Septic Systems are Contaminating Water in Florida with Nitrogen and Pathogens: A Shallow Water Table and Porous Soil Allow it to Spread

Venezuelan Oil Industry Expats Helped to Develop the Canadian Oilsands: A Missing Piece of the Story of Venezuelan Oil (as reported by Reuters). February 5, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Venezuelan Oil Industry Expats Helped to Develop the Canadian Oilsands: A Missing Piece of the Story of Venezuelan Oil (as reported by Reuters)

The Grain Belt Express Transmission Project: Will It Get Built? Maybe: Eminent Domain Cited as an Issue in Defunding Loan Guarantee. February 5, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Grain Belt Express Transmission Project: Will It Get Built? Maybe: Eminent Domain Cited as an Issue in Defunding Loan Guarantee

Soil Salinization Influences Inorganic Carbon Storage and Distribution, According to Study. February 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Soil Salinization Influences Inorganic Carbon Storage and Distribution, According to Study

Norge Mining’s Phosphate Deposit in Norway is Assessed as the World’s Largest with First Mine Expected Online in 2029. February 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Norge Mining’s Phosphate Deposit in Norway is Assessed as the World’s Largest with First Mine Expected Online in 2029 

Meteor Impact Structures in Southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky: Confirmed, Probable, and Possible. February 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Meteor Impact Structures in Southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky: Confirmed, Probable, and Possible

The UN Needs Reforms, But It Also Needs to Be Relevant and Effective. February 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The UN Needs Reforms, But It Also Needs to Be Relevant and Effective

Inducing Heritable Structural Variation in Plants: A New Simple, Affordable, Safe, and Accessible Method Using the Cancer Drug Etoposide Can Replace Irradiation. February 9, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Inducing Heritable Structural Variation in Plants: A New Simple, Affordable, Safe, and Accessible Method Using the Cancer Drug Etoposide Can Replace Irradiation

The Importance of Gas-Electric Coordination for Ensuring Power Adequacy and Reliability: The National Petroleum Council’s Reliability Report and RBN Energy’s Summary and Post-Winter Storm Fern Analysis. February 10, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Importance of Gas-Electric Coordination for Ensuring Power Adequacy and Reliability: The National Petroleum Council’s Reliability Report and RBN Energy’s Summary and Post-Winter Storm Fern Analysis

Lead Pollution is a Vastly Smaller Problem Than It Used to Be: Up to 100-Fold Reduction in 100 Years. February 10, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lead Pollution is a Vastly Smaller Problem Than It Used to Be: Up to 100-Fold Reduction in 100 Years

ISO-New England Relies on Diesel Fuel to Power the Grid During Cold Spell: Wood and Refuse Provide 67% of “Renewable” Power, Each More Than Wind and Solar Combined. February 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ISO-New England Relies on Diesel Fuel to Power the Grid During Cold Spell: Wood and Refuse Provide 67% of “Renewable” Power, Each More Than Wind and Solar Combined

Red Lines: What Should Be Unacceptable in Today’s World. February 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Red Lines: What Should Be Unacceptable in Today’s World

Guterres's Congratulating Iran on the Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is an Insult to Those Oppressed and the UN, As is the Iranian Foreign Minister Addressing the UN Human Rights Council: Existing UN Protocol is Perhaps the Real Issue. February 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Guterres's Congratulating Iran on the Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is an Insult to Those Oppressed and the UN, As is the Iranian Foreign Minister Addressing the UN Human Rights Council: Existing UN Protocol is Perhaps the Real Issue

T5 Smackover Partners is Developing a Geothermal Plus Lithium Extraction Project in Northeast Texas. February 12, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: T5 Smackover Partners is Developing a Geothermal Plus Lithium Extraction Project in Northeast Texas

New Water Filter Made with Layered Copper and Aluminum Hydroxides Can Capture PFAS Chemicals Better and Faster Than Carbon Filters. February 12, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Water Filter Made with Layered Copper and Aluminum Hydroxides Can Capture PFAS Chemicals Better and Faster Than Carbon Filters

Plant-Based Wax Can Cut Pesticide Use By 50%: Biodegradable SafeWax is a Successful Result of Biomimicry. February 13, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Plant-Based Wax Can Cut Pesticide Use By 50%: Biodegradable SafeWax is a Successful Result of Biomimicry

Winter Storm Fern Cold Spell Shut In 18.3 BCF/Day of Natural Gas Production Due to Freeze-Offs. February 13, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Winter Storm Fern Cold Spell Shut In 18.3 BCF/Day of Natural Gas Production Due to Freeze-Offs

Plugging Orphan Wells Can Reduce Methane Emissions, Oil Spills, and Brine Spills: Incentives Can Increase Plugging Rates. February 14, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Plugging Orphan Wells Can Reduce Methane Emissions, Oil Spills, and Brine Spills: Incentives Can Increase Plugging Rates

U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Actually Performed Well During Winter Storm Fern and Atlantic Ocean Winter Wind Capacity Remains Predictably Strong. February 14, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Actually Performed Well During Winter Storm Fern and Atlantic Ocean Winter Wind Capacity Remains Predictably Strong

Yacht-Zee$: The Billionaires Behind the Energy Class War: Summary and Review of Robert Bryce’s New Mini-Documentary. February 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Yacht-Zee$: The Billionaires Behind the Energy Class War: Summary and Review of Robert Bryce’s New Mini-Documentary

California’s Refinery Closures and Regulatory Requirements Lead to Higher Gasoline Prices. February 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: California’s Refinery Closures and Regulatory Requirements Lead to Higher Gasoline Prices

Ghost Fleet Tankers Carrying Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan Oil are A Multi-Pronged Threat: New Developments Suggest the Problem is Beginning to Be Addressed. February 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ghost Fleet Tankers Carrying Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan Oil are A Multi-Pronged Threat: New Developments Suggest the Problem is Beginning to Be Addressed

Is There a Detectable Acceleration of Global Warming? Some Data Suggests That There Is. February 16, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Is There a Detectable Acceleration of Global Warming? Some Data Suggests That There Is

U.S. EPA Updates Finalized Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde That Was Issued Before Trump Assumed Office: Now, Allowable Workplace Levels are Not Likely to Be Lowered. February 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. EPA Updates Finalized Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde That Was Issued Before Trump Assumed Office: Now, Allowable Workplace Levels are Not Likely to Be Lowered

Ecomodernism: Modernity Without Ecology by Art Berman: Summary, Review, Critique, and Commentary. February 19, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ecomodernism: Modernity Without Ecology by Art Berman: Summary, Review, Critique, and Commentary

Food Waste Management is a Key to Better Solid Waste Management: Diverting It from Landfills Requires Funding, Personnel, and Storage Capacity. February 19, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Food Waste Management is a Key to Better Solid Waste Management: Diverting It from Landfills Requires Funding, Personnel, and Storage Capacity

Sewer Overflow Wastewater Spill into the Potomac River Near Washington D.C. May Be Largest in U.S. History. February 20, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sewer Overflow Wastewater Spill into the Potomac River Near Washington D.C. May Be Largest in U.S. History

Farmers in New South Wales, Australia, Use Scrap Wool on Fields to Reduce Evaporation, Increase Soil Moisture, and Provide Slow-Release Nutrients. February 21, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Farmers in New South Wales, Australia, Use Scrap Wool on Fields to Reduce Evaporation, Increase Soil Moisture, and Provide Slow-Release Nutrients

Offshore Wind Farms Can Weaken Ocean Currents, According to New North Sea Simulations. February 21, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Offshore Wind Farms Can Weaken Ocean Currents, According to New North Sea Simulations

Optimizing Wetlands Water Table Depth for GHG Emissions Reduction: Water Level Just Below the Surface with Space for an Oxygen-Rich Zone Above, Limits Methane Emissions and Favors CO2 Emissions, Which Have a Lower Global Warming Potential (GWP). Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Optimizing Wetlands Water Table Depth for GHG Emissions Reduction: Water Level Just Below the Surface with Space for an Oxygen-Rich Zone Above, Limits Methane Emissions and Favors CO2 Emissions, Which Have a Lower Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Guyana is Diversifying Its Economy to Avoid Becoming Overly Dependent on Oil Revenue. February 22, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Guyana is Diversifying Its Economy to Avoid Becoming Overly Dependent on Oil Revenue

EIA: Some Planned Coal and Gas Plant Retirements May Be Delayed in 2026 as They Were in 2025. February 23, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EIA: Some Planned Coal and Gas Plant Retirements May Be Delayed in 2026 as They Were in 2025

Study Links Alzheimer’s Disease Risk to Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution. February 24, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Study Links Alzheimer’s Disease Risk to Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution

The Gas Turbine Crunch May Be Easing, but There Are Still Significant Supply Chain Constraints on Gas Power Projects. February 25, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Gas Turbine Crunch May Be Easing, but There Are Still Significant Supply Chain Constraints on Gas Power Projects

Pressure on Cuba is Needed, but a Siege and Oil Embargo is Not the Best Way. February 25, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pressure on Cuba is Needed, but a Siege and Oil Embargo is Not the Best Way

Druzhba Pipeline in Ukraine Struck by Russian Bombs, but Hungary and Slovakia Blame and Punish Ukraine for not Restoring Service Fast Enough. February 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Druzhba Pipeline in Ukraine Struck by Russian Bombs, but Hungary and Slovakia Blame and Punish Ukraine for not Restoring Service Fast Enough

Energy Corps: EQT CEO Toby Rice, Wife Aileen Rice, and Geologist Scott Tinker Launch Non-Profit to Address Global Energy Poverty, Promote Clean Cooking Fuels, and Support Human Flourishing. February 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Corps: EQT CEO Toby Rice, Wife Aileen Rice, and Geologist Scott Tinker Launch Non-Profit to Address Global Energy Poverty, Promote Clean Cooking Fuels, and Support Human Flourishing

U.S. DOE Gives Out Its Largest Ever Loan, $26.5 Billion to Southern Company for Natural Gas, Nuclear, Hydro, Batteries, and Power Transmission in Georgia and Alabama. February 27, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. DOE Gives Out Its Largest Ever Loan, $26.5 Billion to Southern Company for Natural Gas, Nuclear, Hydro, Batteries, and Power Transmission in Georgia and Alabama

AEP Ohio Plans to Deploy a Fixed-Wing Drone With a 12-Foot Wingspan and LIDAR to Inspect for Potential Power Line Tree Damage. February 27, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: AEP Ohio Plans to Deploy a Fixed-Wing Drone With a 12-Foot Wingspan and LIDAR to Inspect for Potential Power Line Tree Damage

Oil & Gas E&P to Accounting Methods: Full Cost vs. Successful Efforts: Effects on Earnings, Asset Value, Depreciation, and Depletion: RBN Energy Analysis. February 28, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Oil & Gas E&P Accounting Methods: Full Cost vs. Successful Efforts: Effects on Earnings, Asset Value, Depreciation, and Depletion: RBN Energy Analysis

Nurdle Patrols Lead to Nurdle Pollution Containment in Pennsylvania, the Shell Ethane Cracker’s Air Pollution Exceedances and Possible Sale: The Appalachian Petrochemical Hub Has Not Manifested as Predicted. March 2, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Nurdle Patrols Lead to Nurdle Pollution Containment in Pennsylvania, the Shell Ethane Cracker’s Air Pollution Exceedances and Possible Sale: The Appalachian Petrochemical Hub Has Not Manifested as Predicted

The Battle for a Prevailing International Order: Civilizationalism vs. Universalism and Enforcement vs. Tolerance. March 3, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Battle for a Prevailing International Order: Civilizationalism vs. Universalism and Enforcement vs. Tolerance

Road Salt and Mist Spark Pole Fires That Lead to Power Outages in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. March 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Road Salt and Mist Spark Pole Fires That Lead to Power Outages in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Utica Shale Drilling and Dry Gas Production in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Nearing 1TCF of Cumulative Production. March 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utica Shale Drilling and Dry Gas Production in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Nearing 1TCF of Cumulative Production

Putin’s Unwavering Determination Amid His Massive Failure: Is It Enabled by Russia’s Totalitarian Government? So Much Lost and So Little Gained in Ukraine. March 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Putin’s Unwavering Determination Amid His Massive Failure: Is It Enabled by Russia’s Totalitarian Government? So Much Lost and So Little Gained in Ukraine

Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus: Deprioritizing Climate Change in Favor of More Pressing Human Betterment Issues. March 5, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus: Deprioritizing Climate Change in Favor of More Pressing Human Betterment Issues

Forest Soils May Not Store Carbon as Effectively as Thought, but They May Uptake Atmospheric Methane More Than Previously Thought: Forests Also Have Many Ecosystem Service Benefits. March 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Forest Soils May Not Store Carbon as Effectively as Thought, but They May Uptake Atmospheric Methane More Than Previously Thought: Forests Also Have Many Ecosystem Service Benefits

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