Category Archives: Global warming

Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks

A new carbon reduction target: Researchers in Boston find buildings’ indoor sources emit much more methane than most experts thought.

Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions

The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.

French Oil Company Total ‘Knew About Global Warming Impact in 1971’, Study Finds

A new study has found Total knew about the links between climate change and fossil fuels 50 years ago.

Joe Biden Is in No Position to Lecture the World on Climate Change

The US president’s administration has lots of rousing climate change rhetoric but has taken little action.

Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives

Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.

Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires

Under a changing climate, we will have to learn to coexist with wildfires in the U.S. West.

In 2021, US on Pace for Most Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Since Records Began

“What we are seeing now with these increasing disasters is with just one degree of warming on our planet,” said one scientist. “We have to choose now between bad or terrible outcomes.”

Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost Thaws and Crossing River Ice Gets Riskier with Climate Change

In Alaska, bridges face a unique and growing set of problems as the planet warms.

Microsoft Endorses Right to Repair; Apple Doubles Down on Opposition

Microsoft responds to a shareholder resolution by supporting the right to repair, at least in theory; Apple remains opposed.

On the Economic Geography of Climate Change

A crucial aspect of human adaptation to climate change is geographic mobility. As a consequence, limitations to mobility will worsen the socioeconomic costs of climate change.

The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years

Clean energy and green growth proponents greatly underestimate the amount of change needed to migrate off fossil fuel sources.

Waste Watch: U.S. Lags on Plastics Legislation

Despite leading the world in per capita plastics consumption, the U.S. lags in efforts to do anything about disposing of plastics waste.

Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation

One month after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, infrastructure and “build back better” talk ignores survival needs on climate crisis frontlines

Harry and Meghan Take a Private Jet – AGAIN! – This Time from a NYC Climate Action Event Back to LA

Harry and Meghan talk a good climate change game, but have hopped on nearly two dozen private jets during the last two years. We’ve noticed.