The population of kelp forests, which help clean the air, has fallen dramatically. That has environmentalists worried. ANACAPA ISLAND, Calif. — Frank Hurd gently parted the curtains of giant kelp that reached upward through the cold waters of the North Pacific, looking for signs of life. Kelp forests cover a quarter of the world’s coastlines,... Continue Reading →
If the province’s oil is dug up and burned, it will be calculably harder to limit the damage from climate change. Some weeks ago, the government of Alberta wrote to me—and apparently to a number of other environmentalists and environmental groups. We are all subjects of an “anti-Alberta energy inquiry,” and have the right to... Continue Reading →
We Love You, Alberta—Just Not Your Tar Sands
A four-year-old startup says it has built an inexpensive battery that can discharge power for days using one of the most common elements on Earth: iron. Form Energy Inc.’s batteries are far too heavy for electric cars. But it says they will be capable of solving one of the most elusive problems facing renewable energy:... Continue Reading →
Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries
This blog is part of a series on extreme weather. Click here to read about extreme heat and how public lands offer solutions. A 20-year-old living in the southwestern United States has essentially lived their entire life in a megadrought. A dry spell that's especially harsh in the summer has afflicted the region for two decades—and is... Continue Reading →
The climate crisis here & now: drought
Climate inaction was never really about denial. Rich countries just thought poorer countries would bear the brunt of the crisis. MANY PEOPLE HERE think they are safe from climate change, the journalist from a German newspaper explained to me. They don’t see it as an immediate threat, like Covid-19. They see the Greens as scolds who... Continue Reading →
STUCK IN THE SMOKE AS BILLIONAIRES BLAST OFF
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat. Stu Smith got an email from his insurance company last summer with some bad news: His premium was more than quadrupling. Smith is the co-owner of Smith Madrone, a wine operation in the mountains of California’s Sonoma Valley, and he had... Continue Reading →
As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
How net zero pledges can lead to false solutions for Amazon rainforest and climate protection Trading forest protection for continued greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) presents a false and dangerous "solution" to the climate crisis. Instead, emissions must be drastically reduced, forests must be protected for their own sake, Indigenous forest stewardship must be recognized and... Continue Reading →
The Amazon Rainforest-Sized Loophole in Net Zero
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat. If America wants to fight climate change—or enjoy the benefits of a modern economy—it must get much better at building electricity transmission. Yikes. A terrible thing happened to me recently. I started to care about electricity-transmission policy. In energy circles, the... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately, I Care About Power Lines Now
When it comes to eating meat, it is never purely about protein. Some carnivores are so committed, they recognise vegetables only as side dishes, while those who abstain from animal products will almost certainly refuse a steak from an ethical, organic supplier – but might do so in favour of an intensely processed vegan proxy.... Continue Reading →
Meat Me Halfway review: A thoughtful case for the reducetarian diet
We won’t mince words: We are in a climate emergency. Our planet is experiencing more frequent and intense wildfires, rising sea temperatures, melting sea ice, ocean acidification, habitat loss, drought, extreme flooding and natural disasters. Just this year, we’ve seen extreme climate-related disasters and record-breaking temperatures that we could have never thought possible just a... Continue Reading →
7 Shocking Climate Change Facts from 2021 (and what you can do to help)
FAST FORWARD FIVE ARTISTS SHARE THEIR DREAMS FOR A REGENERATIVE WORLD Little Sun started as a simple idea to create a small, portable, solar lamp for people living without electricity in Ethiopia. We began as a social enterprise, selling solar devices around the world with the aim of raising funds to make solar lights and... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 