Category Archives: Global warming

Who Pays for Stranded Assets? Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For 100-Year Old Oil Wells

Why shuttering oil wells is a physical, economic, and political mess.

We Caught Bacteria from the Most Pristine Air on Earth to Help Solve a Climate Modeling Mystery

Due to how remote the Southern Ocean is, there have been very few actual studies of the clouds there.

Let’s Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right

vid-19 throws a wrench in many of the assumptions underlying existing Green New Deal proposals.

Melting Ice Opens Doors for Wider Spread of Contaminants, Diseases

New pathways and new and more distant places are leading to additional scientific findings on impacts of melting Arctic ice.

U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil

The EPA issued new regulations on pipeline approvals that narrow state authority to intervene. But the fight may not be over.

Climate Change: Hurricanes Getting Stronger; Cyclone Amphan Pummels Bengal

Study: climate change is worsening tropical storms. Cyclone Amphan is battering an India and Bangladesh locked down to slow COVID-19.

Betsy Sweet: “In Maine, We Live the Climate Crisis Everyday”

Betsy Sweet, a Democratic primary candidate for the US Senate, explains why a progressive policy agenda is popular in Maine.

Rubbish Is Piling Up and Recycling Has Stalled – Waste Systems Must Adapt

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted waste management, especially the EU plan to move from virgin resourcs inputs towards a circular economy.

‘No Warming, No War’: Report Details How US Militarism and Climate Crisis Are Deeply Interwoven

“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”

Become a Manufacturing Powerhouse in 2020—An Economic Recipe for Our Times

On bringing manufacturing back home.

Our Extraordinary 50th Earth Day

The Earth Day milestone occurs in the shadow of the coronavirus.

Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds

Problems with the oil, gas, and petrchemical industries predate the COVID-19 pandemic – and now will be even more difficult to rseolve.

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Some Pipeline Projects Push Forward While Others Falter Nationwide

Pipeline projects proceed, sometimes on a stealth basis, under cover of the COVID-19 crisis and despite the collapse of world oil prices.

The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19

A detailed look at the Green Deal: bold goals, with a shortage of money, transition plans, and social democracy.