Category Archives: Environment

Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California

California energy tsuris are set to get worse.

Can The Fate Of Dolphins and Louisiana’s Fishing Industry Stop A $50 Billion Mississippi River Diversion Plan?

Questions about Louisiana’s plans to reroute the mighty Mississppi to save its eroding coast rattle the agency spearheading them

How Energy Transition Models Go Wrong

Gail Tvergberg explains why oil prices are likely to remain be lower than full costs, and how that undermines the move to cleaner energy.

Insurance Giants Under Fire from First Nations for Backing Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline

Dozens of events on four continents hope to turn up the pressure on the insurance industry that underwrites Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.

Store Drop-Off: Another Recycling Fail

WalMart’s misleading claims about recycling set back efforts to shift away from unnecessary plastic packaging and single-use plastics.

Rocky Mountain Forests Burning More Now Than Any Time in the Past 2,000 Years

Reducing the threats of increasing wildfires requires both combating climate change and learning to live in ways that help make our communities more resilient to our fire-prone future.

Sharks: The Ultimate Keystone Species?

Sharks, in a zeitgeist of top predator-worship and science triumphalism.

Book Review: America’s Long Struggle to Tame Its Greatest Rivers

Rivers are live entities. Alter its flow, and a river will respond — though it might take humans time to notice.

Starbucks Launches Reusable Cup Program

Starbucks rolls out a reusable cups initiative in some markets and restarts programs suspended during the pandemic- much more is needed.

New York State Senate Passes Right to Repair Bill

The New York State Senate passed a comprehensive electronics right to repair measure, but the legislative session ended without State Assembly Action, so the legislation remains stalled.

Parking Reform Could Reenergize Downtowns – Here’s What Happened When Buffalo Changed its Zoning Rule

Rezoning cities to prioritize people instead of parking would free more space for affordable housing and encourage use of public transportation.

Keystone XL Developer Abandons Pipeline Project

In an apparent victory for environmentalists, the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline has pulled the plug on the project.

U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad

As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.

The Front Lines of Climate Change: Cyclone Yaas and the Sundarbans

Cyclone Yaas smacked India and Bangladesh in late May. Its most severe impact was on the Sundarbans, the vast delta the two countries share.