“Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
Read more...Finally the message may be getting through. The recycling fairy alone won’t save us from the plastics crisis. We must confront the pushers.
Read more...By Sharon Kelly, an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications.Originally published at DeSmogBlog. Off Africa’s eastern coast, north of Madagascar, lies Aldabra Atoll, a cluster of coral islands that surround a […]
Read more...Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is burning, joining other rworld egions afflicted with climate change-fueled wildfires.
Read more...How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?
Read more...Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.
Read more...Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.
Read more...West coast wildfire crisis extends beyond California to include parts of Oregon and Washington states, caused by rare windstorms..
Read more...A geological paradigm shift?
Read more...New Jersey has now filed lawsuits to pin liability on fossil fuel interests for climate change, with the city of Hoboken being the latest.
Read more...The effect of permafrost thaw on disease, the built environment, and the release of carbon, with a surprising possible solution!
Read more...The Russian version of America’s flyover has it pretty bad: declining industries and environmental stress.
Read more...Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.
Read more...The prisons that house some inamets lie in the path of wildfires, and California hasn’t yet furloughed them or moved them to safety.
Read more...Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.
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