Unsustainable California: No Easy Remedy for PG&E Blackouts, Fire Risks
California prototypically lead the US. It’s PG&E infrastructure failure and lack of good remedies to escalating wildfire risks are the latest example.
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Gene Editing Could Help Save the Planet — If Scientists Can Avoid the Typos
Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
Read more...Greenpeace Report: How Companies Still Have it Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions”
Greenpeace publishes report on woeful state of plastic pollution “solutions”.
Read more...Will the Fracking Revolution Peak Before Ever Making Money?
Latest installment in Justin Mikulka’s excellent DeSmogBlog series on fracking follies.
Read more...Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
A sanity check on the Green New Deal.
Read more...Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mobilization
Coral reefs can be saved. So let’s mobilize to do it.
Read more...To Save Our Oceans, We Have to Change What We Do on Land
The IPCC issues a new, grim report about the health of oceans.
Read more...Could Climate Change Fuel the Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism?
How climate change is bad not just for health but also politics.
Read more...After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners’ Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington
Governor Jay Inslee exposed as a climate change hypocrite.
Read more...Take Your Pick of Left Wing Climate Change Narratives: Green Abundance or Righteous Austerity
Is there climate change orthodoxy?
Read more...India to Ban Single-Use Plastics; Global Recycling Market Still Chaotic
India will soon announce details of its single-use plastics ban; will it be seduced to courting the recycling fairy to address the waste management problems of other countries who don’t understand recycling isn’t a long-term sustainable option.
Read more...North American Bird Populations Plunge 30% Since 1970
Study reports 30% drop in North American bird populations since 1970 – a loss of 3 billion birds.
Read more...Why Degrowth Is the Only Responsible Way Forward
Why degrowth is necessary and potentially attractive.
Read more...Urgent Culture For A Foot-Dragging Congress
A climate change museum tour for Congress.
Read more...Coal, and the Harlan County Coal Miners Who Blocked a Train Over Bankrupt Blackjewel’s Wage Theft
Perspectives on the Harlan County train block protest as direct action, issues with the protest camp, Kentucky politics, and a “just transition” from coal.
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