Category Archives: Environment

Right to Repair: Saves Consumers Money, Promotes Local Jobs Rather than Global Supply Chains

U.S. PIRG resport says adopting broad right to repair provisions would save U.S. housholds money and promote local employment.

Flint Water Crisis: Michigan AG Poised to Indict Ex-Gov Snyder, Other Officials, Later This Week, But on What Charges?

The Michigan AG reportedly will soon bring criminal charges against ex-governor Rick Snyder and others for actions in the Flint water crisis.

‘Transparency’ and the New EPA Pollution Rule: Ripe for CRA Overturn by the New Congress

The EPA enacted a contested rule on data disclosure and rulemaking. The new Congress willl likely invoke CRA procedures and overturn it.

Pikas Are Adapting to Climate Change Remarkably Well, Contrary to Many Predictions

Pikas may be resilient to cope with climate change than has previously been thought. Other environmental factorsalso diminish populations.

Net-Zero Emissions Might Not Be Possible Without Nuclear Power

UC Berkeley study: “The U.S. grid will need nuclear power and hydropower to be stable with such a large share of solar and wind.”

Coming Attraction: IPCC’s Upcoming Major Climate Assessment

Another set of blockbuster IPCC reports are in the works. What to expect?

You Don’t Want to Imagine an Ocean Without Coral Reefs—But You Might Have To

The latest reading on the slow-motions deaths of coral reefs.

The Clams of Poland’s Municipal Water Plants (and Other Biosensors)

Biosensors can be defined as systems that detect chemicals using living organisms, or as machines. Whole-animal biosensors can detect Covid.

The Top 10 Weather and Climate Events of a Record-Setting Year

In an all-around bizarre and largely unpleasant calendar year, extreme weather and climate-related changes contributed to the woes of 2020.

Alaska Tribes, Conservation Groups, and Businesses Sue to Save the Tongass National Forest

Environmentalists, tribes, and small businesses has sued to roll back the Trump rescission of the roadless rule in the Tongass National Forest. Will the Biden administration do so if the courts won’t?

How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry

The latest installment in Mikulka’s excellent series, linking the fracking bust to the decimation of the U.S. oil and gas industry.

New Hope for Coral Restoration with “Electric Reefs”?

Can we mobilize to restore coral reefs using “mineral accretion technology” to mobilize, now that patents no longer restrict its use?

Why We Need to Adopt Friedrich Engels’ Thinking on Science in These Times

Friedrich Engels work on working class included describing how capitalists would not contrain their environmental damage.

More CO2 in the Atmosphere Hurts Key Plants and Crops More Than It Helps

A primer on CO2 and crops.