One expert says he gets versions of this question almost daily — usually from “people at big institutional real estate funds, rich people who want to buy land or already own land, or survivalist types.”
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Read more...The story of how oil refiners group marshalled the support of Republican governors behind the Trump administration’s rollback of CAFE auto emissions standards.
Read more...Why EVs are way overhyped as a way to reduce oil use.
Read more...If you’re trying to get someone to open their mind, you might consider the idea of a having tough, nuanced conversation … and actually hearing them out.
Read more...Why the Green New Deal can’t deliver on its promises.
Read more...A close reading of Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal for a Green New Deal.
Read more...Sound is a powerful indicator of environmental degradation and an effective tool for developing more sustainable ecosystems.
Read more...The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent series on the fracking beat. The industry lacks even the excuse of profit to justify the environmental costs it inflicts – yet this is a story too little told in the rest of the media, which instead promotes further investments in this sector.
Read more...UK announces long awaited waste plan, which crucially, embraces the ‘polluter pays’ principle. It’s a step forward, despite at least three major flaws.
Read more...After “the worst-on-record unbelievably bad” November, even e-commerce gets hit, not just brick & mortar, on fears Christmas sales could be terrible. Can we make out any a silver lining in this retail meltdown, signs of a shift necessary away from fast fashion toward a more sustainable future?
Read more...Summary of the depressing lack of progress at the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland, where the participants punted on agreeing to take significant action to confront climate change.
Read more...Some short notes on recent efforts to improve the sustainability of the notoriously wasteful fashion industry – by reusing trash as treasure, embracing the circular economy, and reusing plastic harvested from the sea.
Read more...A Harvard team intends to shoot particles into the air to slow or halt global warming. The unknown risks of geoengineering could be catastrophic, and some scientist support an outright ban.
Read more...The medical journal The Lancet published a new report on the association between human health and climate change.
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