New Report Finds Costs of Climate Change Impacts Often Underestimated
Why most economists considerably underestimate the cost of climate change.
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Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish
Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.
Read more...New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts
The rail industry has been able to hide behind the skirts of Big Oil in climate denialism.
Read more...Climate Change Fueled the Rise and Demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Superpower of the Ancient World
The Neo-Assyrian empire illustrates how fortunes rise and fall with climate.
Read more...The One Metric That Matters For Electric Cars
Looking at the hurdles electric cars have to surmount.
Read more...Ilargi: Energy vs Waste
Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.
Read more...Carbon Taxes and Carbon Pricing Are Not Solutions to the Climate Crisis
A short-form debunking of a popular but unsound idea for addressing carbon emissions.
Read more...Monsanto Wins $7.7 Billion Lawsuit in Brazil – but Farmers’ Fight to Stop its ‘Amoral’ Royalty System Will Continue
Monsanto wins $7.7 billion Brazil lawsuit – thus preventing farmers from saving seeds for replanting if the seeds are harvested from Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready soybeans,.
Read more...Flip Flop: UK Halts Fracking in England, Effective Immediately, Over Earthquake Fears
UK halts all fracking in England with immediate effect. On its face, a big win, but will the Tories make the moratorium permanent?
Read more...PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership
PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the company. Democracy Collaborative researcher Johanna Bozuwa explains.
Read more...‘Is This About the Oil Industry?’ House Oversight Hearing Explores Big Oil’s Role in Weakening Clean Car Standards
Oil industry lobbies to weaken emissions standards, deploying “public interest groups” that are mere mouthpieces for fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Grab Your Apocalypse Bag — It’s Fire Season in California
Increased fire risk is creating new behaviors in California. May be coming to your area soon….
Read more...Waste Watch: Single Use Plastics, Please Ban Them, Now
Why we need single-use plastics bans: to save us from our worst selves; plus a positive development on the recycling front.
Read more...Climate Change: Massachusetts Finally Moves on Climate Change
Massachusetts follows New York in bringing climate change lawsuit against Exxon; litigation is wielded as an alternate form of regulation.
Read more...Our Response to the Next Crisis Must Tackle Consumerism
Ideas for taking on consumerism.
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