How to win in climate action
recent climate wins
Limits to Growth was right about collapse
The point is that we’re going to get degrowth whether we think it’s a good idea or not. The data here is, in effect, about the tipping point at the…
Utility Companies, capitalism, and climate change
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How Corals Fight Back against Warming Seas
Most corals can’t relocate, but they’re finding ways to beat the heat
Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?
Farmers have long drained peatlands for agriculture, but the dried-out soils release vast quantities of CO2. To halt this process, new initiatives in Germany are not only rewetting peatlands but…
what happens to native wildlife
when seasons change due to climate change.
Little Ice Age
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discusses the impact of the Little Ice Age, a period of significant cooling from the 15th to early 19th centuries that caused widespread famine, drought, and socio-economic…
Chicago kept its New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean power
It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings every year. As of January 1, every single one of them—including 98 fire stations,…
Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?
In this episode, I chat with author Cory Doctorow about "enshittification," his viral term for how digital platforms and smart technologies inevitably get worse over time. We explore how monopoly…
Tires and Microplastics
and fossil fuel waste