Category Archives: Global warming

Right to Repair: Saves Consumers Money, Promotes Local Jobs Rather than Global Supply Chains

U.S. PIRG resport says adopting broad right to repair provisions would save U.S. housholds money and promote local employment.

‘Transparency’ and the New EPA Pollution Rule: Ripe for CRA Overturn by the New Congress

The EPA enacted a contested rule on data disclosure and rulemaking. The new Congress willl likely invoke CRA procedures and overturn it.

Pikas Are Adapting to Climate Change Remarkably Well, Contrary to Many Predictions

Pikas may be resilient to cope with climate change than has previously been thought. Other environmental factorsalso diminish populations.

Net-Zero Emissions Might Not Be Possible Without Nuclear Power

UC Berkeley study: “The U.S. grid will need nuclear power and hydropower to be stable with such a large share of solar and wind.”

Coming Attraction: IPCC’s Upcoming Major Climate Assessment

Another set of blockbuster IPCC reports are in the works. What to expect?

You Don’t Want to Imagine an Ocean Without Coral Reefs—But You Might Have To

The latest reading on the slow-motions deaths of coral reefs.

Alaska Tribes, Conservation Groups, and Businesses Sue to Save the Tongass National Forest

Environmentalists, tribes, and small businesses has sued to roll back the Trump rescission of the roadless rule in the Tongass National Forest. Will the Biden administration do so if the courts won’t?

How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry

The latest installment in Mikulka’s excellent series, linking the fracking bust to the decimation of the U.S. oil and gas industry.

New Hope for Coral Restoration with “Electric Reefs”?

Can we mobilize to restore coral reefs using “mineral accretion technology” to mobilize, now that patents no longer restrict its use?

More CO2 in the Atmosphere Hurts Key Plants and Crops More Than It Helps

A primer on CO2 and crops.

Clouds, Cloud Formation, Climate, and the Precautionary Principle

We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?

It’s Time to Break Up Britain

The Tories’ shambolic, self-serving rule has stoked interest in Britain breakaways by Scotland and even Wales and the North. But are they viable?

Green Growth vs Degrowth: Are We Missing the Point?

A broad discussion of the climate change growth versus degrowth debate and how to move forward despite those differences.

Much of the U.S. Could Be Uninhabitable by 2050

A new report confirms earlier studies that found that climate change will render a lot of the US uninhabitable in a few decades.