Population and the Environment
Today we are pressing against the absolute limits of the earth’s carrying capacity.
France: Non-recycled plastic will cost 10 percent more
"Recycling is necessary but not sufficient. We absolutely must cut off the flow and have more stringent measures against over-packaging and disposable objects."
Interior Sec. Zinke blames ‘radical environmentalists,’ not climate change, as 100+ wildfires rage
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wrote an op-ed last week in USA Today about forest management on public lands that blamed “radical environmentalists” for the fires.
Want to create jobs? Reduce fossil fuel use
Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels – and at a faster rate and lower cost.
Bureau of Land Management proposes fracking on 1.6 million acres of federal land in...
"...there's really no question that more fracking would be terrible for California."
The fracking industry is cannibalizing its own production, increasing spill risks
How will this turn out? Don’t ask the industry experts because they admit they have no idea.
Prison inmates fighting California’s deadly fires
More than 2,000 inmates are working as firefighters, prompting new debate over this aspect of prison labor.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 9, 2018
The first ever Muslim Congresswoman, Zinke blames wildfires on environmentalists, Trump wants to open California's public lands to fracking, and more.
Experts: If we don’t stop climate change, CA fires ‘will seem mild in comparison...
This year’s fires have already burned nearly three times as many acres as the same time last year. Experts say climate change has increased the length of fire season.
Sempra Energy plans to export fracked gas on the West Coast – via Mexico
“It has everything to do with corporations degrading the environmental quality of communities and the communities themselves."