Category Archives: Global warming

Woodlands and Wetlands Could be Worth More When Left to Nature Than When Farmed

Study suggests that the assumption that greater economic benefits follow from developing resources, rather than conservation, is false.

Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste

Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.

New Report: U.S. Dams, Levees Get D Grades, Need $115 Billion in Upgrades

Heavier precipitation caused by climate change is straining aging flood-control systems throughout the U.S.

Waste Watch: Europeans Get Right to Repair for Some Consumer Electrical Goods, While John Deere Reneges on Promise to U.S. Farmers to Make Diagnostic Software Freely Available

On March 1, the EU implemented a right to repair for some consumer electrical goods; which U.S. state will wake up and do the same?

The Oil Industry Is Ready To Fight President Biden In Court

The oil industry is ready to brawl to keep the Biden Administration from halting new Federal energy and mineral leases.

America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive, But Will Biden Deliver?

What will come of Biden’s grand infrastructure plans? And will they be as green as he promised?

The Climate Crisis, Rationing and Conscription

Has the time come for the brute force approach to combatting climate change of rationing.

This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of

The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It must be stopped.

Ilargi: But….Then There’s the [Lithium] Math

EV fans ignores the lack of enough lithium to meet projected sales with current technology. Will the next big thing arrive soon enough?

Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?

Single-family home-ownership—elusive for many today—is an aspiration we ought to abandon.

The Internet’s Big Carbon Footprint Need Not Doom the Climate

Efficiency and renewable energy can help make the internet more sustainable.

Waste Watch: News from the U.S. and the Maldives

The Maldives and the U.S. are each grappling with managing their packaging waste; beware those who tout the EPR panacea.

Myanmar Coup and Fast Fashion: Sanctions Would Harm Poor Textile Workers

Last week’s military coup has reduced Myanmar’s attractiveness as a source of supply for the fast fashion industry.

Will 2021 Be the Year for the Right to Repair?

Will 2021 be the year that sees many states adopt a right to repair? Farmers may be the first to benefit, with digital consumers next.