Your ‘Recycled’ Grocery Bag Might Not Have Been Recycled
Recent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.
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Energy Transition Advocates Get A Reality Check
Big Oil rollls out new messaging designed to stoke worry about green energy plans.
Read more...Are Oil Stocks Too Good For ESG Investors To Pass Up?
“Environmental, social, and governance” investors ditch the make-believe, but it was fun while it lasted.
Read more...Norfolk Southern CEO Makes Obligatory Congressional Appearance But Doesn’t Commit to Rail Safety Changes
The Norfolk Southern CEO dialled in his Congressional testimony as more and more damning details about the Ohio crash emerge.
Read more...The Case Against Animal Individualism
Environmental stewardship efforts should aim to protect and connect natural systems, not save chosen animal species.
Read more...Coups, Chaos, and the Crumbling of the Francafrique: the Widening War between East and West in Africa’s Sahel
US undersecretary of state Victoria Nuland says to remain calm.
Read more...What If the World Cannot Save the World from Climate Change?
How climate change reveals a crisis of international governance.
Read more...The Widening War: How the Nato-Russia Confrontation Is Playing Out in North Africa
Europe is desperate for North African energy, and yet the West threatens to alienate countries there with its demands they cut ties with Russia.
Read more...Breached Dam, Incineration of Soil Flood East Palestine With Fresh Fears of Toxins
“I’ve had fear and now this just put the anxiety over the top,” said one local resident.
Read more...The Fiscal Side of Europe’s Energy Crisis: The Facts, Problems and Prospects
A deep dive into the costs and impact of the recent, large-scale European energy subsidies.
Read more...Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Why handwringing about population decline is the wrong reaction.
Read more...The EV Revolution Brings Environmental Uncertainty at Every Turn
As demand for electric vehicles ramps up, environmental stumbling blocks have emerged.
Read more...Lever News Silences Workers’ Voices and Gets the Story Wrong in East Palestine Derailment Coverage
A close reading and media critique of Lever News’ East Palestine coverage.
Read more...New Notes on Global Warming
Global warming is accelerating faster than what our best minds are planning for, if indeed they’re planning at all.
Read more...Hope Amid Climate Chaos: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
Solnit sees hope as central to the clmate change fight. Is that belief well founded?
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