Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Why handwringing about population decline is the wrong reaction.
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The EV Revolution Brings Environmental Uncertainty at Every Turn
As demand for electric vehicles ramps up, environmental stumbling blocks have emerged.
Read more...Lever News Silences Workers’ Voices and Gets the Story Wrong in East Palestine Derailment Coverage
A close reading and media critique of Lever News’ East Palestine coverage.
Read more...New Notes on Global Warming
Global warming is accelerating faster than what our best minds are planning for, if indeed they’re planning at all.
Read more...Hope Amid Climate Chaos: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
Solnit sees hope as central to the clmate change fight. Is that belief well founded?
Read more...Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization
Rather than settle for narrow reforms, rail workers are pushing for public ownership of the US railroad system, which is commonplace throughout much of the world.
Read more...An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Authors Jackson and Jensen argue that we need an acopalypse, as in a full recognition of conditions, to make radical envirnmental changes.
Read more...The Gas Stove Panic
The recent Biden campaign to restrict gas stove in homes is decidely inorganic. What might be behind it?
Read more...Auckland Just Had Its Wettest Month in Over 170 Years, and More Rain Is on the Way
Just days after its worst flood disaster on record, New Zealand braces for Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle
Read more...Hit With Extreme Weather, Texas Cities Debate Cost of Adaptation
Experts say local governments should prioritize extreme weather preparedness. But building resilience is expensive, and the wealthy can afford to do it for themselves.
Read more...Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated
Previous efforts to regulate offshore methane emissions stalled, despite role in helicopter crashes.
Read more...Carbon Capture Project Is ‘Band-Aid’ to Greenwash $10 Billion LNG Plant, Locals Say
Texas community fights to save its coastline as the developers of Rio Grande LNG reassure investors over climate impact.
Read more...Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow: Life in a Destabilized California
Climate change and California are not getting on very well.
Read more...How Evangelicals Moved from Supporting Environmental Stewardship to Climate Skepticism
The religious right largely opposes government regulation to protect the environment, but this hasn’t always been the case.
Read more...New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection
New assessment by Pesticides Action Network North America examines the “vicious cycle” linking these fossil fuel–derived chemicals and climate change.
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