Category Archives: Environment

Wildfires Are Getting Worse, and So Is the Deadly Smoke They Bring With Them

udies of wildfire smoke give even more cause for pause.

Climate Change: US Denounced as ‘Threat to Humanity’ as COP25 Ends Without Deal on Big Polluters’ Responsibility to Frontline Nations

What will it take or political leaders to take serious action to combat climate change? UN COP25 Summit a complete failure.

Argentina Wants a Fracking Boom. The US Offers a Cautionary Tale

Argentina attempts to push fracking, despite its poor economic prospects – even worse than the industry’s lossmaking record in the US.

Climate Migration Frightens… Climate Poverty Is Frightening!

Taking a stab at how climate change pressures will increase poverty and migration.

To Resolve the Economic & Environmental Crisis, Do Not Bank On the Private Sector

More political leaders are coming around to the idea of using government economic muscle to combat climate change. But will they act?

No End for Drought as Sydney Disappears Into Smoke

Is toxic haze the new normal for Sydney?

Estuaries, Climate Change, and “Blue Carbon”

Estuaries defined, whether they are carbon sources or carbon sinks, and an excursion into the world of climate NGOs through “blue carbon.”

‘Dark Waters’ Tells the Origin Story of a Public Health Nightmare. We’re Still Living It.

On a docu-drama that recounts the first major suit against toxic “forever chemicals” and what’s being done about them now.

Wealthy Countries’ Approach to Climate Change Condemns Hundreds of Millions of People to Suffer

Emerging economies want large scale subsidies from their richer brethren to pay for them to move to green energy sources.

J.D Alt: The People’s Money (Part 4)

Why a Green New Deal looks like it will create a money, as in spending, as in inflation problem. Rest assured, there is an answer….

An Introduction to the State of Energy Storage in the U.S.

A look at energy storage options in connection with wind and solar power is not entirely reassuring.

Waste Watch: Fashion Rental Services Expand, NYC Tackles Commercial Textile Waste

More retailers join the clothing rental party, but that won’t seriously dent the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

Decrying ‘Utterly Inadequate’ Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares ‘Our War Against Nature Must Stop’

Climate change: “The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” António Guterres warned ahead of COP 25. “It is in sight and hurtling toward us.”

America’s War Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet

War is America’s new normal, and it’s deadly.