Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem
Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.
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The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal
The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.
Read more...Catastrophic Breach of Nova Kakhovka Dam Floods Lower Dnieper, Cuts Crimea Water Supplies; Ukraine Attacks in Bakhmut, South Donetsk [Updated]
Those unhappy about the lack of drama in the Ukraine war of late have gotten what they wanted with the breach of the Kakhovka dam
Read more...Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine
The ranks of Ukraine and US hegemony believers are starting to thin. But not soon enough.
Read more...“Lessons for a Pandemic”
Lessons learned, and not, from a pandemic that isn’t over.
Read more...The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition
Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.
Read more...Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short
The war on plastics has put recycling in its crosshairs.
Read more...The Loss of Executive Function in the West
On the decay of executive function, or why just about no one seems able to manage his way out of a paper bag.
Read more...Our Disappearing Shoreline
A brief look at the process of shoreline erosion.
Read more...The Wars We Are Discouraged From Seeing
How the media anesthetizes the American pulblic to our role in wars and their costs.
Read more...How Declining Population Growth Might Portend a Future of Increasing Resource Scarcity
Slowing and stallling population growth could actually increase resource demands.
Read more...Ukraine: Bleeding Out
A plea to analysts and commentators with access to information: when Ukraine runs out of materiel will be decisive.
Read more...Capturing Carbon With Machines Is a Failure—So Why Are We Subsidizing It?
licymakers are funding techno-fixes like carbon capture, when studies indicate nature-based solutions are all-around more effective.
Read more...Ice Melt In the Pipeline
The IPCC has been soft-pedaling realistic, as in alarming, prospects for rapid ice melt and near-term ocean rises.
Read more...As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Poisoning Rises
Dangerous levels of arsenic in well water is another symptom of falling water tables and depleted aquifers.
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