Category Archives: Environment

Amid Steep Global Bird Declines, Farmers Create Refuges

While this post confirms the sightings by many readers, of a fall in bird populations, it also describes a program to help rebuild their numbers.

I Posed as a Private Jet Customer. This Is What I Was Told About Emissions

Private jet companies want us to believe in “guilt-free” and “carbon-neutral” flights despite their sky-high emissions

BMW: Gasoline Car Ban Poses “Imminent Risk” To European Automakers

BMW warns that the 2035 EU mandate to end sales of new fossil fuel vehicles will be a mass death event for most EU car makers

Global Biodiversity Panel Warns Humans’ Introduction of Invasive Species Threatens Nature, Food Security

With major drivers of change set to worsen. increases of invasive alien species and their negative impacts are likely to intensify.

As Hydrogen Projects Accelerate, Fears Mount About Environmental Impacts

The fossil fuel industry’s latest greenwashing effort is proving a difficult sell in the American Midwest.

Imperialism: How the Struggle of Both Classes and Nations Creates Our World

How imperailasm has determined much of the structure of the international economy and that in turn affects domestic interests.

US Weaponizes Environmental Rhetoric to Seek Water Hegemony

An update on jockeying over critical water resources and how the US is positioning itself.

Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Skyrocket To $7 Trillion

The IMF made a comprehensive tally of fossil fuels subsidies. Both the level and the trajectory are sobering.

Technotage on the Rise? More Efforts to Stymie Job-Threatening, Sometimes Hazardous “Innovations”

Ant-technology action, or technotage, seems to be increasing. Is this a trend or just coincidence?

Jonesing on Carbon

A reminder that the rich are grossly dispropirtionate carbon fuel users.

Ann Pettifor Explains Why Neoclassical Economists Are the Last People To Listen to on Climate Change

A well-warranted takedown of the irresponsible and destructive record of mainstream economists on climate change.

As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine ecosystems?

Even Plutocrats Can’t Escape the Coming Heat

There’s no refuge from material facts.

How German Foreign Minister’s Cancelled Trip Due to Plane Problems Is Symbolic of Country’s Decline

The fact FM Baerbock had to cancel trip and fly home commercial is a useful metaphor for Berlin’s recent rash of self-inflicted wounds.

Memes About Animal Resistance Are Everywhere — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Laugh off Rebellious Orcas and Sea Otters Too Quickly

Are human and nonhuman animals’ struggles against oppression intertwined?