Category Archives: Environment

AI Boom Could Slow U.S. Clean Grid Ambitions

AI is projected to consume lots of power. And no one seems to care much that that’s going to increase climate change damage.

Our Coming Insecure Energy Future: The Network Conundrum

A key issue for the vaunted energy transition seems not to have gotten the attention it warrants. Reader input appreciated!

Will Climate Engineering Really Save Us? Do Me a Favour

Tech-utopian hero worship, here in the form of geo-engineering hopium, is one of the social scourges of our time.

The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment

Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend Big Oil and silence the industry’s critics.

Doctors Raise Alarm on Dropping Global Fertility Rate, Environmental Pollutants Cited

A new paper on dropping fertility rates urges policies to increase them, ignoring resource constraints and environment degradation.

Fixing the Panama Canal

The impact of the reduction in Panama Canal capacity illustrates choices we will have to make. Some are more pro-survival than others

Monsanto’s ‘Cancer Index’, an Alleged Conspiracy, and New PCB-Related Complaints

Monsanto is targeted for cancer liability via an alleged collusion with GE over indemnification for PCBs, including the use of a cancer index

Smoke and Mirrors in Serbia?

Protests since December elections have the government and some observers claiming the West is attempting another color revolution, but behind the scenes Serbian elites and the West enjoy an increasingly intertwined and beneficial relationship

Unhappy New Year: How Austerity is Making a Comeback in Berlin and Brussels

How EU states are still trapped in their self-devised austerity hairshirt.

Permafrost, Methane and Climate Change

Yet another climate change accelerant not getting remotely the attention warranted: permafrost melt.

Huge Capital Investment Required for U.S. Electric Industry’s Decarbonization

Electric utilities face massive costs to end their use of fossil fuels in power generation. What does that mean for consumers and the public?

Five Christmas Fashion Trends We Should Bring Back – And May Be Found in Your Wardrobe Already

A lecturer in design and cultural theory provides environmentally friendly fashion advice for the holidays.

How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change

Chemists are manipulating carbon dioxide to make plastics for clothing, mattresses, shoes, and more.

This Generation’s Problem: Climate Chaos

Climate-change-induced extreme events look more and more imminent.

Is It Time To Embrace Geoengineering?

A long and useful recap of geoengineering methods.