More Than 9 Million People Use Freecycle Instead of Buying New
A bona fide sharing “economy”: Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors.
Read more...Category Archives: Environment
Informative Transgressions
Is it just me, or are more people engaging in social transgressions so they can be heard?
Read more...Plastic Watch: Sack the Sachet, Campaign to Ban More Low-Hanging Fruit in UK and EU; NY Plastic Bag Ban Begins 1 March
A Plastic Planet seeks to include sachets in UK and EU single-use plastic bans; meanwhile, NY plastic shopping bag ban begins 1 March.
Read more...Alaska’s Marine Ecosystem Is Changing ‘Decades Too Early’ Due to Climate Crisis
More sad news for wildlife in Alaska.
Read more...Freedom from Fossil Fuels is Good for Your Health
Ending our reliance on fossil fuels is not only good for the planet and future generations. It also saves lives here and now, not just in the far future.
Read more...How To Roast the Planet with Good Intentions: The Climate Equity Act
A new bill illustrates how not to tackle climate change.
Read more...The Potential Climate Consequences of China’s Belt and Roads Initiative
The anticipated heavy use of coal in building out China’s Belt and Road effort is a climate change train wreck.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Congress Considers Bill to Impose Extended Producer Responsibility, AKA ‘You Break It, You Buy It’
The Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act would impose extended producer responsibility.
Read more...On February 6 Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, But Mainstream Democrats Fiddle as the Planet Burns
Democrats ex Sanders are punting on climate change.
Read more...A Plague of Locusts, Failed States, and Climate Change
How locusts swarm, create food insecurity, and how climate change means more swarms, absent state intervention.
Read more...Breakdown or Breakthrough? Degrowth and the Great Transition
We have already surpassed the known limits to growth, so degrowth is our only option.
Read more...Believe It or Not, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was Even Worse Than Previously Thought
he legacy of Deepwater Horizon lives on, and not in a good way.
Read more...Trump Drops Antitrust Probe of Four Automakers Which Adopted Tougher Cal Tailpipe Emissions Standards
Trump drops antitrust investigation of emissions agreeemt between four automakers and state California.
Read more...EU Plans to Measure True Climate Impacts of LNG Imports From US Fracked Gas
With climate impacts comparable to coal, the European Commission is planning to study methane reductions emission, with implications for fracked gas US producers.
Read more...Yet More Finance Profiteering: Green Bonds
Count on Wall Street to find a profit angle in actual or pending disaster. Green bonds are becoming a hot idea.
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