Category Archives: Environment

New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts

The rail industry has been able to hide behind the skirts of Big Oil in climate denialism.

Climate Change Fueled the Rise and Demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Superpower of the Ancient World

The Neo-Assyrian empire illustrates how fortunes rise and fall with climate.

The One Metric That Matters For Electric Cars

Looking at the hurdles electric cars have to surmount.

Ilargi: Energy vs Waste

Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.

Carbon Taxes and Carbon Pricing Are Not Solutions to the Climate Crisis

A short-form debunking of a popular but unsound idea for addressing carbon emissions.

Monsanto Wins $7.7 Billion Lawsuit in Brazil – but Farmers’ Fight to Stop its ‘Amoral’ Royalty System Will Continue

Monsanto wins $7.7 billion Brazil lawsuit – thus preventing farmers from saving seeds for replanting if the seeds are harvested from Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready soybeans,.

Flip Flop: UK Halts Fracking in England, Effective Immediately, Over Earthquake Fears

UK halts all fracking in England with immediate effect. On its face, a big win, but will the Tories make the moratorium permanent?

PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership

PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the company. Democracy Collaborative researcher Johanna Bozuwa explains.

‘Is This About the Oil Industry?’ House Oversight Hearing Explores Big Oil’s Role in Weakening Clean Car Standards

Oil industry lobbies to weaken emissions standards, deploying “public interest groups” that are mere mouthpieces for fossil fuel companies.

Waste Watch: Single Use Plastics, Please Ban Them, Now

Why we need single-use plastics bans: to save us from our worst selves; plus a positive development on the recycling front.

Climate Change: Massachusetts Finally Moves on Climate Change

Massachusetts follows New York in bringing climate change lawsuit against Exxon; litigation is wielded as an alternate form of regulation.

Our Response to the Next Crisis Must Tackle Consumerism

Ideas for taking on consumerism.

Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations

Even the US military is not well prepared for Jackpot-level climage-change-induced disasters that look all too probable in the next 20 years.