About 50 years ago, the Clean Water Act was passed to protect natural waterways in the U.S. But sadly, the U.S. hasn't come close to achieving its goals. A recent report conducted by the Environmental Integrity Project estimates that half of rivers, streams, and lakes are simply too dirty to drink from, fish, or even... Continue Reading →
The unincorporated community of Naukati Bay is home to less than 150 people. But for those who live here, it’s one of the last places in the nation where residents are able to hunt and fish to fill their freezers and sustain their families. The town has no post office and almost no cell phone... Continue Reading →
The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
On a winter night in early 2016, Jeremy Kitson gathered in his buddy's large shed with some neighbors to plan their fight against a proposed wind farm in rural Van Wert County, Ohio. The project would be about a mile from his home. From the beginning, Kitson — who teaches physics and chemistry at the... Continue Reading →
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Joe Manchin and the Biden Administration's Painful Turn from Climate Action Just as the Oscars were getting underway last night, the New York Times published a truly remarkable exposé that helps us understand the end of our planet’s climate system in helpful detail. Receipt-laden, it shows that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has devoted his... Continue Reading →
The Man Who Gobbed Up Earth
If you've got millions to spare and want to make space travel history, then now is your chance to book a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) - and perhaps even a spacewalk, too. That's something no private individual has ever done before, according to Tom Shelley, who heads the US company Space Adventures,... Continue Reading →
Battle of the planet: Space tourism versus the climate
It’s tempting to draw lines on a map, but we can’t forget that cities should be designed for the people who live there (This is definitely something you'll want to see. Please visit this link (The Guardian) and go through the comic strips. A must read!
Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?
At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business. Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action. GRANT TOWN, W.Va. — On a hilltop overlooking Paw Paw Creek, 15 miles south of the Pennsylvania border, looms a fortresslike structure... Continue Reading →
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions
US will Soon Face Mass Internal Migration
Persistent extreme drought, drying reservoirs and eventual lack of water will create a crisis of internal migration within the US in the near future as people are driven out of California and the southwest. Source...
Since the start of the 2020s, humanity has faced worldwide calamity after worldwide calamity, all of them raising questions about our survival as a species. The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed millions of lives and not yet finished its rampage. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised the specter of nuclear holocaust, which many assumed has subsided... Continue Reading →
Plastic pollution could make much of humanity infertile, experts fear
Apollo Beach, Florida, is a maze of canals lined with hundreds of houses perched right near the water’s edge. The whole community, just south of Tampa, is only about 3 feet above sea level, meaning it’s at risk from storm surge as sea levels rise. Homebuyers along the U.S. coasts can check each property’s flood... Continue Reading →
Coastal home buyers are ignoring rising flood risks, despite clear warnings and rising insurance premiums
Satellite imagery showing the recent "complete collapse" of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica sparked fresh alarm over the climate emergency on Friday. "While humans are killing humans, and governments are spending on weaponry as if there is no tomorrow, the environment is collapsing—so that there will be no tomorrow," said former Greek finance... Continue Reading →
