Environment

Tromelin Island seabirds

Tromelin Island’s Impressive Comeback

But small as it is, Tromelin Island shows that seabirds are resilient. If people can get rid of invasive predators, island restoration can work—sometimes stunningly.

May 15, 2024

Coal plant closure party

Climate activists in New England can finally celebrate ‘the end of coal’

When we fight, we really do win. And what we win is the ultimate bulwark against climate grief and despair. We find each other.

May 15, 2024

bookcover

Barefoot Biodynamics: Excerpt

An immediate halt to chemical fertilizing and returning to the use of compost instead would turn degeneration into regeneration.

May 15, 2024

Episode 88

Crazy Town 88. Escaping Imperialism: Where Does Darth Vader Get His Lithium?

Perhaps no community has undergone more versions of imperialism than the tiny island nation of Nauru, which has morphed from being “Pleasant Island” to the mined-out home of offshore banks, discarded refugees, and deep sea mining interests. Jason, Rob, and Asher take a bad trip to wrap their heads around Nauru, the topic of “psychedelic imperialism,” and imperialism’s new frontier – the clean energy transition.

May 15, 2024

VLCC Esso Wilhelmshaven at Fawley Refinery oil terminal.

UK professor condemns own university over collaboration with oil giant

A senior professor has accused his own university of betraying its values by working with ExxonMobil on a project that has been condemned as greenwash.

May 14, 2024

grazing animals

The methane ruminations

Methane belching by grazing ruminants should not be seen as “emissions” that have to be mitigated.

May 14, 2024

sunrise

Science Conference Sunrise

This knowledge, about Earth’s capacity for regulation and renewal, is still just cresting the horizon of human understanding, but as with a sunrise, the Earth is rolling us towards it. It feels inevitable.

May 14, 2024

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