The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 6)
What the Federal Reserve has been up to lately, such as bailing out the shale gas industry.
Read more...Category Archives: Environment
Rubbish Is Piling Up and Recycling Has Stalled – Waste Systems Must Adapt
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted waste management, especially the EU plan to move from virgin resourcs inputs towards a circular economy.
Read more...COVID-19 Lockdowns: Birds Singing, Flamingoes Flocking, Dolphins Dancing, Cleaner Air and Water
COVID-19 lockdowns have cratered the economy; meanwhile, we can hear birds sing, and air and water are cleaner, from Venice to Kolkata.
Read more...Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
Important pipeline legal ruling, plus some context: the Trump administration didn’t pioneer US policy of greenlighting oil pipelines.
Read more...No Alternative to Sustainable Agriculture: How Community-Supported Farms Show the Way to Food Security in an Uncertain World
One of the areas in which we are least prepared for the many complex challenges surrounding us is in our relationship to food.
Read more...‘No Warming, No War’: Report Details How US Militarism and Climate Crisis Are Deeply Interwoven
“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”
Read more...Our Extraordinary 50th Earth Day
The Earth Day milestone occurs in the shadow of the coronavirus.
Read more...Great! If COVID-19 Doesn’t Get Me, Perhaps the Mercury Will: Trump EPA Rejects Justification for Pollution Rule
EPA rejects previous cost benefit analysis of mercury rule; meanwhile power industry has spent to comply with rule and opposes backsliding.
Read more...Tend Your Own Garden: Personal Food Security During the Age of COVID-19
Worries about food security have led me to send vegetable plants to Mom and a sister; this is a good year to plant a victory garden.
Read more...Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds
Problems with the oil, gas, and petrchemical industries predate the COVID-19 pandemic – and now will be even more difficult to rseolve.
Read more...CSA: How to Support Local Farmers as Restaurants and Farmers Markets Close
As the virus has small, local farms scrambling for income streams, community-supported agriculture (CSA) is one way to support them.
Read more...Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Some Pipeline Projects Push Forward While Others Falter Nationwide
Pipeline projects proceed, sometimes on a stealth basis, under cover of the COVID-19 crisis and despite the collapse of world oil prices.
Read more...Right to Repair and Ventilators: Saving COVID-19 Patients
The coronavirus crisis highlights the importance of ensuring wide access to repair information for lifesaving machines, such as ventilators.
Read more...The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19
A detailed look at the Green Deal: bold goals, with a shortage of money, transition plans, and social democracy.
Read more...Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation
A tribute to Alejandro Nadal, who fought for elephants and against wildlife trafficking and environmenal degredation.
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