Tag: environment
From carpet to clean air: It’s time for California to stand...
Our representatives should uplift our health and quality of life not in words, but with action.
Sand: The endangered natural resource
Two other huge sand hogs are devouring ever-increasing volumes of this resource: Beach restoration and Big Oil fracking.
Harvey won’t be the last thousand-year storm
We can, and should, do everything we can to support those who need relief in the Texas gulf right now. We should also recognize that the water will keep coming.
Hell hath no fury like Mother Earth scorned
You can’t attribute any given weather event to climate change, but human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events stronger and more frequent, more costly, more deadly.
As hurricanes bear down, tribes act quickly to build resilience plans
After Hurricane Rita, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw and Houma Nation in Louisiana had to be entirely relocated. Now, 24 tribes are building plans to mitigate climate disaster.
1,200 dead, 41 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh and...
Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.
China invests $100B in water clean-up projects
For the people's sake, let’s hope China is able to meet their 2017 goals, and perhaps inspire other countries to follow suit.
7 reasons we face a global water crisis
Along with fresh water, political will and public pressure are critical resources in ensuring a sustainable future for all.
Study shows how wind and solar power help save American lives,...
Moving away from fossil fuels, like coal, can save thousands of lives in the U.S., and save us billions of dollars.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.