It’s easy to underestimate the significance of what’s been happening this year. That’s just the way mainstream media pundits and politicians want it. Thousands of children in Europe and Great Britain walked out of school to protest climate change inaction. In rallies and interviews with contentious and cynical reporters, they articulated the science, economics, and […]

The ocean is heating up, acidifying, and rising. Should we spend our energy on that and not straws—or does any attention on the ocean help spread awareness? When Seattle became the first major American city to ban plastic straws last summer, the anti-plastic straw movement was well underway. Alaska Airlines announced a plan to ditch […]

By Laura Desmond In this series we look past 2020 to what the future holds for cryptocurrency beyond speculation to the original ethos of crypto and the cypherpunk movement — to redesign our economic, social and political structures . We also explore how we could finally decouple the dual role of store of value from medium of exchange […]

Over recent years, consumers have become more concerned about the environmental impact of the products they buy, especially food. The simultaneous rise of the zero waste movement has meant a lot of focus on the packaging of our food, arguing that we need to be eliminating our household waste and opting for the option with […]

Trump’s environmental policies are putting the health of American children at risk Monterey County, in Northern California, is one of those places that appear to tell a tale of two Americas. The part that runs along the Pacific coastline, from Pebble Beach and Carmel in the north down to Big Sur, is breathtaking and breathtakingly affluent. […]

It doesn’t stop at massive droughts and flooded cities One of the difficulties that many climate models face is predicting the future. Environmental scientists collect tons of data, and in some instances can foretell the level of certain gases in the future. Yet, understanding how the world will respond is tricky. Wind patterns, ocean currents, and […]

Finally, there is a long overdue sense of urgency that something must be done about plastic bags. They have choked our planet, and killed our wildlife/marine life for years. Plastic never, ever, goes away. Here in Cumberland County, we have a very serious litter, dumping and plastic bag issue. I would consider it urgent. There […]

OnMarch 21, 1995, biologists hired by the U.S. National Park Service released 14 grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. It was an attempt at addressing a problem that had steadily deteriorated the park’s ecosystem since the 1920s: the overpopulation of elks. The scientists predicted that by reintroducing an apex predator they could trigger a trophic […]

The public’s message to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at its February 13th public hearing in Washington, DC, was clear: DON’T DRILL THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. Gwich’in leaders and other Indigenous voices, faith leaders, veterans, scientists, students, and community members gathered en masse at the only public hearing outside of Alaska on the […]

California lawmakers introduced legislation this week to phase out single-use plastic food containers and other packaging that can’t demonstrate it’s recyclable or compostable. Proponents of the legislation say it could help reduce the problem of plastic littering beaches and oceans. Last year the Golden State became the first in the nation to restrict the use […]