How Clean is Natural Gas?
So back to my original question—how clean is natural gas, really? It does burn cleaner than coal and oil. But if the methane life cycle from extraction to burning is considered, it’s not clean at all.
Sue Inches
Live Free
So the immediate need is for people to come together as citizens to defeat authoritarianism and secure protection for people and the planet while laying the foundation for the ecological civilization.
Anthropological Summer
As was the case through most of human history, we must—in my view—just live and experience the world as it is in its staggering complexity, rather than thinking our way into how to live.
A Localism Manifesto
With this manifesto, we are putting national governments everywhere on notice. We are not going away. We will become bolder in our local experiments and in our challenges to your authority.
The impact of sea level rise on the world’s cities
The wider point here is that we’ve now reached a point where climate change has become a fact of life. One of the problems with this is that people in different silos are used to thinking of their climate change problems as being different from other people’s, rather than connected.
All About Tomatoes (And Asking The Right Questions)
We are not powerless. Every time we make a purchase, especially with our food, there are consequences to our health and the health of our environment.
How to break the hold of MAGA
Before launching Your Money or Your Life, I took an adult education course in marketing from a brassy red head who gave me clues. Will any of these success strategies work now? Let’s see. Warning. You may not like these seat of the pants lessons. They may not scratch the itch of fury. But I feel called to distill that lived wisdom… as a writer.
Offering Testimony on the Decline of the EPA
To undermine the Endangerment Finding is a breach of government responsibility, one that will not lead to an improved future for even special interests like energy producers and car companies.
Hurricane Katrina Revealed Why Climate Justice Must Include the Right to Free Movement
Among a long list of lessons, Katrina taught us that climate migration is not a distant possibility, it’s already here. We were among the first in recent history to be displaced by a storm of its magnitude, but we absolutely will not be the last.
Carbon and Canada’s Cars: “Business As Usual, Electrified”
Electrification is an important and necessary step for a sustainable, healthy future, but growth-driven Business As Usual—even Electrified—is killing us.
Where will humanity move when the earth gets too hot?
In this episode, Nate is joined by environmental and migration historian, Sunil Amrith, to explore the complex history of human movement – and what it reveals about the looming wave of climate-driven migration.
Restoring Appalachia’s ex-coalfields: How native trees are reviving the region
Renew Appalachia is working to be a beacon of hope for the region. With native tree restoration, community involvement, and sustainable practices, they’re showing that even the most damaged landscapes can heal.
