The Bees’ Needs
Burkle and many other ecologists have hypothesized that wild pollinators are key to speeding up the process by which burned forests bounce back from barrenness to fecundity.
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Boulder forms its own municipal utility
Since our last posting on Boulder’s municipalization efforts, the city has…succeeded in creating its own power and light utility.
Thailand militarisation is symptom of accelerating global system failure
Thailand’s latest authoritarian turn is a warning to us all.
The sower’s strategy: how to speed up the sustainable energy transition
In order to survive the double threat of resource depletion and climate change we need to move as quickly as possible to a sustainable society based on renewable resources.
Weather From Another Planet: Wildfires and Climate Change
TV news, as we pointed out recently in a FAIR study…, is intensely interested in extreme weather. But coverage that links weather events to climate is extremely rare.
The Play’s the Thing
Politically, America may still have a long way to go before everybody’s on the same page with regard to anthropogenic climate change and the imperative to take immediate action.
Behind the rise of Boko Haram – ecological disaster, oil crisis, spy games
Condemnations have rightly been forthcoming from a whole range of senior figures from celebrities to government officials, less attention has been paid to the roots of the crisis.
Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants…”
UK Nurse takes on climate change
I hope that more people realise a little bit more about the impacts it might have on people’s health, go away, read a bit more, have more conversations and let’s try and change something.
House of Lords shale gas report chooses eloquence over analysis when addressing issues of climate change
When it comes to climate change, the latest House of Lords report is yet another in a long line of eloquent obfuscations rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic rather than grasping the wheel and urgently steering a different course.
What to Do While Waiting (for the Crash)
Author Richard Heinberg on geopolitics, finance, and environment of the slow crash. Global Crossing and Green Festivals President Kevin Danaher on transition to green economy. Unicyclist for climate Joseph Boutelier.
Taxing the sun: The Koch brothers find a tax they like
The Koch brothers, the much-maligned fossil fuel titans, were in the news last week after their legislative stalking horse, the innocuously named American Legislative Exchange Council, was discovered pushing legislation in the states that would establish new fees on solar energy.
