The Environment: Increasing Waste
The other disheartening part of the story of the environment concerns the things we put back into it and the impact they have on the ecosystems that support all of life, ours included.
climate change
At Lima Talks, Nations Worst Hit by Global Warming Say Climate Aid Isn’t Charity, But Reparations
Negotiators from 190 nations are working on a global deal to limit climate change, due to be agreed on in Paris next year.
New Report Highlights Fracking’s Global Hazards
A new report, issued the same day the latest round of global climate negotiations opened in Peru, highlights the fracking industry’s slow expansion into nearly every continent, drawing attention not only to the potential harm from toxic pollution, dried-up water supplies and earthquakes, but also to the threat the shale industry poses to the world’s climate.
Six Myths About Climate Change that Liberals Rarely Question
Either you will continue to buy, use, and consume as if there is no tomorrow; or you will make substantial changes to the way you live.
New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People
As cities grow and incomes rise around the world, more and more people are leaving gardens and traditional diets behind and eating refined sugars, refined fats, oils and resource- and land-intense agricultural products like beef.
Introducing “Natural Gas Exports: Washington’s Revolving Door Fuels Climate Threat”
This report not only exposes the lobbying apparatus that has successfully opened the door for LNG exports, but also the PR professionals paid to sell them to the U.S. public.
Animal Welfare: Seeing the Forest for the Denizens
If you’re a Huffington Post reader, your love of animals has been nurtured by “Hedgehogs Being Adorable,” “Baby Hippo Has Won Our Hearts,” and other such gems.
Fast-Warming Gulf of Maine Offers Hint of Future for Oceans
The waters off the coast of New England are warming more rapidly than almost any other ocean region on earth. Scientists are now studying the resulting ecosystem changes, and their findings could provide a glimpse of the future for many of the world’s coastal communities.
The problems of environmental activism in Russia
Climate change is still of little interest to Russians. But why?
Learning from Icarus
What if Icarus’ father—knowing his son would fly too close to the sun—had made the wings he designed more resilient?
Is This All We Get?
To re-cap for those living under rocks the U.S. and China announced this week a surprise breakthrough in negotiating a secret bilateral deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Queue confetti.
Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything
We are all striving to create communities that create more life, rather than destroy it.
