Gaius Publius: Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest
The megadrought is coming….and it is not pretty.
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Just How Hard Is It To Cut US Greenhouse Gases?
The US is not surprisingly, going to miss 2020 greenhouse gas targets by a big margin. What will policymakers do?
Read more...Michael Hoexter: A Pocket Handbook of Soft Climate Denial
More on soft climate denial: acknowledging that climate change is a serious threat but being unwilling to take sufficient steps to combat it.
Read more...We’re Past the Point of No Return for Climate Change
On why the case for combatting climate change is more urgent than ever, and what can be done about it.
Read more...7 Signs That China Is Serious About Combating Climate Change
China has plenty of reason to curb its emissions and has shown that it is serious about doing it.
Read more...The New Extreme Reality of Floods
Floods are an under-recognized economic and political risk….
Read more...The High Hidden Costs of Fast Fashion
Fast fashion imposes high hidden costs, especially to the environmental. Waste, pollution, and a high carbon footprint are the most serious. Consumers can make choices that mitigate some of these deleterious effects.
Read more...Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues To Support Fossil Fuel Industry
Obama talks the climate change talk, but his policies continue to support increased US fossil fuel production, especially via fracking.
Read more...Dakota Pipeline Will Proceed As Feds Undertake Smoke and Mirrors Policy Reconsideration
Following a federal court decision to deny an injunction blocking the Dakota Access pipeline, three federal agencies impose a limited, “voluntary” temporary halt on construction of one small section.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Living in the Web of Soft Climate Denial
A long road is ahead for humanity in adjusting to our new circumstances but we must now act at times before we are comfortable doing so. Such is the nature of our climate emergency.
Read more...BLM Moves Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions Online To Stymie ‘Keep It In The Ground’ Protests
Jerri-Lynn here. This short post highlights an important problem that we’ve seen arise over and over again with the administration which pledged to be the most transparent ever: the disconnect between public rhetoric and behind-the-scenes practice. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presides over the allocation of oil and gas […]
Read more...Emergy (with an “m”) and Environmental Accounting for Maine’s Landfill
Policy implementing the Maine Solid Waste hierarchy should be justified using emergy as the unit of account, and not dollars.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Democratic Party Platform 7/1/16 Draft Would Lock In Catastrophic Climate Change
Why the Democratic party plans for taking on climate change are grossly inadequate.
Read more...Debate: Is “Degrowth” the Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gases?
A debate on sustainable growth versus degrowth.
Read more...Portland Is a Sustainable Utopia—How It Happened
How Portland is working to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and reduce its environmental load on other fronts.
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