Category Archives: Environment

The Economic Cost of Devastating Hurricanes and Other Extreme Weather Events Is Even Worse Than We Thought

irming up the math on the economic cost of climate change makes a bad picture look worse.

Could Air Travel Become an Early Casualty of Climate Change?

Might air travel take a serious hit from climate change before polic-makers work up the nerve to intervene?

Ecological Importance and Human Rights Be Damned, Trump Admin Says Fossil Fuel Pillaging in Arctic Refuge Coming Soon

Interior administration official promises to offer fossil fuel leases for sale in 2019 to allow drilling in previously pristine Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to commence.

Glyphosate Use Surges in Midwest, Lawsuits Mount: What Will the Supremes Say?

Glyposphate use increases throughout the Midwest, and Bayer loses its third Roundup case. The company appears confident that higher US courts will reverse pro-plaintiff verdicts.

Trump Admin’s Latest Rail Safety Rollback Sets up Industry to Make Its Own Rules

Trump administration continues to follow the self-regulation gospel – this time in the area of rail safety. This case study in corporate capture of American regulation is yet another area where the accidents are just waiting to happen.

How Shortening the Work Week Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

The four-day week as a management technique vs. cutting back working hours to reduce consumption: One, both, or neither?

The Electric Vehicle Revolution Will Come from China — not the US

Chinese electric vehicle sales already amount to more than half of the world’s total – and car makers and battery manufacturers are working hard to grow even faster

Documenting the Train Wreck: Atmospheric CO2 Is Now Higher Than Ever in Human History, and Rising

CO2 levels have crossed a threshold that ought to be causing alarms, yet the finding was just another news story. What can be done to cut through the climage complacency?

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

EPA proposes methodology change to allow states to opt to burn more coal.

Waste Watch: Fashion Stumbles on Sustainability

The fashion industry struggles to be more sustainable – is the answer more regulation, or can the industry reform on its own?

The Battle for Rights of Nature Heats Up in the Great Lakes

Public interest lawyers strive to give legal teeth to a Lake Erie Bill of Rights, a ballot initiative passed by Ohio voters in February.

Plastic and Climate Change: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

New CIEL study documents how plastic proliferation threatens the climate on a global scale.

After Standing Rock, Protesting Pipelines Can Get You a Decade in Prison and $100K in Fines

Five states have enacted draconian laws after protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline generated national attention and inspired a wave of civil disobedience.