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‘Degradable Plastic Bag’ Manufacturer Makes False Claims About Product
Recently, our dog chewed up our 10-years-old family compost bin. The new, metal bin we purchased came with “degradable” (e.g., not “BIOdegradable”) bags by a company called Norpro. The Norpro bags claim to be safe to throw into your compost pile, where they degrade. But degrade into what exactly? Won’t the bag simply break down into […]
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Why climate change is not an environmental problem: The video
Watch this cool new video about the threat of climate change and why it doesn't fit in the "environmental" box.
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We have known about climate change for 75 years
Global warming was originally known as the Callendar Effect, in honor of an engineer who discovered it in 1938.
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What Sandy Looks Like Six Months Later
Two weeks ago, I visited Keansburg, NJ, one of the many Jersey Shore communities devastated by the fossil-fueled Superstorm Sandy. My ostensible purpose was to deliver a check from members of my organization, Forecast the Facts, who had graciously donated to support the rebuilding effort. But I also wanted to see first hand what a […]
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The limits of climate adaptation are social, not physical or economic
We badly need a better understanding of the social limits of climate adaption. To that end, a new framework.
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Restoring a community garden in the Sandy-torn Rockaways
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden. Now, a group of volunteers is working hard to rebuild this important green fixture.
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Hunger Strike on 27th Day
As I write this Brian Eister is on the 27th day of a water-only climate hunger strike outside the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C. The only thing he has consumed since April 1st is water, sodium and potassium. Brian’s latest posts on his website, http://www.1future.net, report on both his continuing resolve but also the […]
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New Solar Farm Shows Clean Energy Can Be Compatible with Conservation Values
Today the Sierra Club welcomes the Antelope Valley Solar Projects in California, one of the largest planned solar projects in the U.S., as developer SunPower and owner MidAmerican Solar marked the start of major construction. The Sierra Club endorsed the project early on because it was planned and sited in a way that protected local […]
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San Francisco and 10 other cities move toward dumping stocks in fossil-fuel companies
A divestment campaign pushed by 350.org is spreading from colleges to cities. Boulder, Colo., Eugene, Ore., and Ithaca, N.Y. are also on board.
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The death of ‘sustainability’
Can destroying a tropical rainforest be “sustainable”? Well, according to a decision taken yesterday by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the major industry-NGO body, this greatest of environmental crimes is now officially “green.” Palm oil plantations have driven the destruction of more than 30,000 square miles of tropical forest in Indonesia and Malaysia […]
