Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
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Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires
Under a changing climate, we will have to learn to coexist with wildfires in the U.S. West.
Read more...Supply Chain Crisis; A Brooklyn View
By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Lots of recent sturm und drang regarding the global supply chain crisis.. These problems have yet to hit us, although I suppose it might be prudent to stock up on toilet papa= […]
Read more...In 2021, US on Pace for Most Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Since Records Began
“What we are seeing now with these increasing disasters is with just one degree of warming on our planet,” said one scientist. “We have to choose now between bad or terrible outcomes.”
Read more...Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost Thaws and Crossing River Ice Gets Riskier with Climate Change
In Alaska, bridges face a unique and growing set of problems as the planet warms.
Read more...Microsoft Endorses Right to Repair; Apple Doubles Down on Opposition
Microsoft responds to a shareholder resolution by supporting the right to repair, at least in theory; Apple remains opposed.
Read more...On the Economic Geography of Climate Change
A crucial aspect of human adaptation to climate change is geographic mobility. As a consequence, limitations to mobility will worsen the socioeconomic costs of climate change.
Read more...Waste Watch: U.S. Lags on Plastics Legislation
Despite leading the world in per capita plastics consumption, the U.S. lags in efforts to do anything about disposing of plastics waste.
Read more...Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation
One month after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, infrastructure and “build back better” talk ignores survival needs on climate crisis frontlines
Read more...Harry and Meghan Take a Private Jet – AGAIN! – This Time from a NYC Climate Action Event Back to LA
Harry and Meghan talk a good climate change game, but have hopped on nearly two dozen private jets during the last two years. We’ve noticed.
Read more...Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’
Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies.”
Read more...Avoiding Water Bankruptcy in the Drought-Troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran Can Learn from Each Other
Water woes are becoming part of the new normal. What can be done to alleviate them?
Read more...Jackpot Readiness: The (Literal) Pressure Cooker
A potted history of the pressure cooker, and the values immanent within the technology.
Read more...Rapid Shift to Clean Energy Could Save ‘Trillions.’ But Corporate-Backed Groups Are Fighting the Transition in US Budget Bill
Even as evidence mounts that moving faster to clean energy sources would benefit businesses and the planet, the usual suspects fight back.
Read more...Waste Watch: Ocean Cleanup Yields Meager Results
Ocean Cleanup shows meager results in cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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