Category Archives: Environment

Waste Watch: US Dumps Plastic Rubbish in Southeast Asia

Now that China has banned imports of plastic waste for recycling, US plastic waste exports to southeast Asia surge.

With the World on the Line, Scientists Outline the Paths to Survival

Scientists will deliver an urgent warning with the issuance of the latest IPCC reports, starting next week. But will politicians and the public respond?

Death by Fertilizer

Why nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster and whether there is a way to get over modern dependence on it.

Weathering the Next Florence

How should we prepare for a future filled with many Florences? Grist talked to experts for ideas on building resilient communities.

Q & A: Why Switching to Renewable Energy Sources is No Longer a Matter of Morality, But of Economics

Interview with Dr. Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute, discussing the implications of renewable energies now costing less than fossil fuels.

The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare: Injection Wells Damage Production Wells, Rising Disposal Costs Will Increase Industry Losses

The fracking industry’s wastewater disposal is an unrecognized production and economic problem that is going from bad to worse.

Hard-Brexit Lobbyists Demand UK Roll-Back Environmental Standards to Strike Free Trade Deals with India, China and US

Another ugly but far-from-secret element of what was in store with a Glorious Brexit.

IPCC Manipulating Climate Report Summary to Favor Wealthy Nations

The upcoming IPCC report overview is being airbrushed so as to cut unwarranted slack to developed economies.

First Set of High Seas Treaty Negotiations Concludes in New York

The first set of of four negotiating sessions to produce a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020 concluded last week in New York; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.

Why the “Green New Deal” Is a Headfake

How “Green New Deal” proponents repeat the intellectual errors made by the critics of the 1970s Limits to Growth studies.

How Climate Change Is Increasing Global Hunger

New bad facts on world hunger.

Florence is the Worst Flood in East Coast History. Here’s How Locals Describe It.

Eyewitness accounts of Florence and its aftermath.

Chevron Arbitration Ruling Against Ecuador ‘Completely Off Base’

A secret corporate arbitration panel in the Hague ruled that Ecuadorean courts’ $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron for environmental damages is illegal and should not be enforced. An expert argues that the decision is a travesty.

Gaius Publius: Big Oil Seeks Billions from U.S. Government to Protect It From…Climate Change

Big oil seeks yet another handout.

UK Consumers Sour on Plastic Packaging

Surveys indicate that consumers are souring on the ubiquitous use of plastic packaging– at least in the UK. Yet these shifts alone won’t be sufficient to address the problem. Governments must up their regulatory game, and global action is necessary.