Tag: environment
California becomes first state to require solar on new homes
"With extreme weather events becoming more frequent, there is even greater need for homes that are efficient, reliable and resilient."
US coal consumption to reach an all-time low in decades
"The trend lines showing the demise of coal shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, including those in the Trump administration and coal industry executives."
Microplastics accumulate in bodies of shellfish within hours, new study reveals
“Understanding whether plastic particles are absorbed across biological membranes and accumulate within internal organs is critical for assessing the risk these particles pose to both organism and human health."
World Bank ramps up investments to fight climate crisis
"Climate change is an existential threat to the world's poorest and most vulnerable. These new targets demonstrate how seriously we are taking this issue, investing and mobilizing $200 billion over five years to combat climate change."
Climate crisis made worse by presidential mis-leadership throughout this century
This dereliction of consistent misleadership has put the planet on a dangerous path of climate crisis.
Peace activists’ best hope? The Sunrise Climate Movement
The Sunrise Movement, now mainly a climate movement, is a potentially an enormous Trojan horse for smuggling the climate-justice-and-peace agenda inside the halls of power.
Yet another benefit of renewable energy: It uses practically no water...
As solar and wind become increasingly cost competitive with natural gas for electric power generation – especially in water-constrained areas of the country – they have the added advantage of being a water smart choice.
Human delusion and our destruction of the biosphere: We aren’t even...
Extinction beckons. The choice is yours.
How white colonizers set us up for uncontrollable wildfires
"I want us to go humbly to the very people our culture tried to exterminate to listen to what they can teach us. "
Using Trump tax cut for good: Patagonia donates $10 million to...
"Instead of putting the money back into our business, we're responding by putting $10 million back into the planet. Our home planet needs it more than we do."














