Category Archives: Environment

Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author

The latest IPCC report shows we are climate-cooking our goose more quickly than even most pessimists had thought.

Here’s What Makes a New Amazon Carbon Study So Unnerving

Walking through yet more troubling information about the state of the Amazon.

“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”

Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.

Report: Fashion Kills Africa’s Rivers

Water Waste report discusses how textile production pollutes Africa’s rivers – and what must be done to correct this fashion problem.

Is Western U.S. Experiencing a ‘Megadrought’?

The U.S. West may be in a climate-fueled megadrought, but willingness to admit that, let alone address it, is awfully slow in coming.

Don’t Plant Trees, Grow Forests!

Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.

Climate Activists Target Banks’ Greenwashing in Nationwide #DefundLine3 Protests

Banks fund new oil pipelines that will generate climate pollution for decades. They are greenswahing their loans as ‘sustainability’ measures

How a National Infrastructure Program Would Protect Americans From Hurricanes

Biden’s infrastructure plan includes defending flood and hurricane vulnerable areas, when saving all of them may not be the right answer.

The Oil & Gas Inflation Trap That No One Wants To Talk About

So much for concerns about climate change. The Biden Administration is doing what it can to lower oil and gas prices.

Key Takeaways From the New IPCC Report

A data-oriented overview of the IPCC report.

Pessimism, Cynicism & Realism, or the Edge of the Volcano

Accusations of pessimism (and why is pessimism bad anyhow?) is a cheap shot at well-founded criticism of Team Dem.

Florida Red Tide: Who Will Fix This Mess?

Environmentalists decry the role of corporate polluters and the state of Florida in the state’s red tide mess.

IPCC Climate Report: Profound Changes Are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice – A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings Mean

The latest IPCC report gives a Defcon 1 climate emergency alarm. But are any of the right people paying attention?

African Faith Leaders to Gates Foundation: Drop ‘African Green Revolution’

“When it comes to the climate, African faith communities are urging the world to think twice before pushing a technical and corporate farming approach.”

Call to Ban Pesticides in UK Gardens to Protect Insects, Bees, Other Wildlife, and Human Health

UK biology professor Dave Goulson launches petition to ban spraying of chemical pesticides in public spaces and home gardens.