Category Archives: Environment

Recycling Woes: Indonesia Sends Waste Shipment Back to Australia

Developing countries are refusing to accept shipments of waste for recycling; China’s new rules on scrap metal may disrupt the worldwide market for such recycling.

‘Completely Terrifying’: Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event

Carbon levels could be approaching a threshold that could trigger ocean acidification similar to that which contributed to previous mass extinction events.

Mining and Electric Vehicles: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt

Electric vehicle production at scale requires materials we don’t have enough of.

Reforestation as a Solution for Carbon Capture: Hype and Reality

Advocates for reforestation must consider who owns the land to be reforested, and how the reforestation is to be done.

Philadelphia Explosion One in String of ‘Near Miss’ Accidents at Refineries Using Deadly Chemical

Accounts emerging from workers and others on site paint a troubling picture of how close to disaster Philadelphia may have come.

U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis

Not surprisingly, the poor, particularly in developing countries, will be devastated by climate change.

Plastic Watch: G20 Issues Pathetic Declaration

G20 issues Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, a voluntary plastic management plan so inadequate the plastic industry endorsed it immediately.

Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages

Climate disasters in India are fueled by its resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption policies, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty.

Design Genius Jony Ive Leaves Apple, Leaving Behind Crapified Products That Cannot Be Repaired

The departure of Jony Ive gives Apple the chance to reboot its design philosophy to embrace reliability and repairability.

Are Economists Blocking Progress on Climate Change?

As they so often do, by promoting unrealisitc models, economists have become part of problem rather than the solution.

Former Shale Gas CEO Says Fracking Revolution Has Been ‘A Disaster’ For Drillers, Investors

“Excluding capital, the big eight basin producers have destroyed on average 80 percent of the value of their companies since the beginning of the shale revolution,”

What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?

Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.

California’s Solar Energy Problem

California is overdoing on solar power, and that isn’t as good an idea as you might think.

Adani is Cleared to Start Digging its Coal Mine – Six Key Questions Answered

Queensland gives Indian mining giant Adani go-ahead for massive coal mine, ignoring environmental and climate change concerns.

Climate Change: Saving Coral Reefs

Scientists produce report outlining interventions to improve persistence and resilience of coral reefs as ocean temperatures rise.