The U.N. Says 1 Million Species Could Disappear. Pacific islands Have a Solution
A proposal to stem species loss.
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Happy Earth Day 2019
Today is Earth Day, the theme: Protect Our Species. Much has changed since the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. Individual action alone won’t save the planet, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing one can do.
Read more...EU Plastics Ban: “Doesn’t Go Far Enough”
Jerry-Lynn on TRNN!
Read more...Where Are All the Bugs Going and What Can I Do About It?
Insects are the waste management contractors of ecosystems.
Read more...Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Why agribusiness isn’t well positioned to address hunger.
Read more...New Review of Dozens of Studies of Insect Population Decline, the Causes, and Things You Can Do
A review of the massive new study on insect population decline and its drivers.
Read more...UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
The anti-GMO UN declaration was written by and for peasants from every continent.
Read more...New Study Highlights Collapse of Insect Populations
Very sobering news on the insect front. Species die-off is progressing faster than you probably thought.
Read more...Why the “Green New Deal” Is a Headfake
How “Green New Deal” proponents repeat the intellectual errors made by the critics of the 1970s Limits to Growth studies.
Read more...Humanity’s Meat and Dairy Intake Must Be Cut in Half by 2050 to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
An update on meat consumption as an environmental hazard.
Read more...Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Migratory Birds, Drawing Bipartisan Condemnation
Team Trump cuts environmental protections yet again, this time at the expense of migratory birds.
Read more...Scientists: Population Growth “Primary Driver Behind Ecological and Societal Threats”
A bit late in the game, experts are finally depicting population growth as the driver of threats like climate change.
Read more...Casting Away Despair
Some advice for activists on how to stay motivated in the face of despair.
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: The Future According to Trump
Gaming out some likely Trump scenarios.
Read more...Emergy (with an “m”) and Environmental Accounting for Maine’s Landfill
Policy implementing the Maine Solid Waste hierarchy should be justified using emergy as the unit of account, and not dollars.
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