Category Archives: Environment

Why the UK (and US) Left Is Wrong To Be So Dismissive of Non-Violent Struggle

Some voices on the left advocate violent tactics. Is this recommendation well informed or desperate?

Apple Reverses Course on Right to Repair iPhones: More Concessions to Follow?

Apple announces a Self Service Repair program for iPhones 12 and 13, with broader company right to repair concessions expected to follow.

COP26: Climate Pledges Don’t Match Up With Policies—or Consumer Behavior

The ink is barely dry on COP26 pledges, and it’s not hard to see that they are largely for show.

Waste Watch: Fast Fashion Discards Pile Up in the Global South

The Glasgow COP26 talks have wound down with little to show, and scant progress in areas such as food, plastics, and fashion that also contribute to our global problems.

We Need Far More Radical Thinking Than Any COP26 Deal To Save the Planet

Recognizing that COP26 is not remotely ambitious enough is a step in the right direction. But it is still only a small step.

On the Duty to Obstruct

A recap of the progressive punt on the Build Back Better bill and the contention that duty demands much more radical action.

The Climate Fight Over Line 5, or the Upper Peninsula and Canada Versus Greenhouse Gas Absolutism

The fight over shutting down Line 5, a major oil pipeline, could set an important precedent.

‘This Must Not Happen’: If Unhalted, Permian Basin Fracking Will Unleash 40 Billion Tons of CO2 by 2050

Climate change activists have new oil and gas wells in their crosshairs, starting with the potential carbon bomb of the Permian Basin.

Carbon Tax Over-Rated

A carbon tax is an idea that has been around yet never deployed despite potential benefits because reasons, such as hurting the poor.

Metals May Become the New Oil in Net-Zero Emissions Scenario

Economists project that prices for energy-transition metals will soar and their combined value could match that of crude oil

COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?

COP26 revealed climate activists have a very long way to go, and not necessarily in the way they think.

Why Everyone Should Support Cutting Methane Emissions

Why a US measure to reduce methane emissions, while a step forward, is still in “less than meets the eye” terrain.

The New Coal: Pushing Plastics Worsens Climate Change

Climate change campaigners will be locked in a whack-a-mole contest with fossil fuel interests, as they seek to address upcoming challenges, including increasing plastics production.

‘The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Planet’: Review of EPA Power Triggers Alarm

“This is the equivalent of an earthquake around the country for those who care deeply about the climate issue.”