Sand Mining: Why is Asia begging for another environmental crisis?
The world currently uses nearly 50 billion tons of sand and gravel a year. That is almost twice as much as a decade ago. Will the environment survive our addiction to the stuff?
Here’s Why Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Won’t Hold Water
Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan could make the formation of a feasible Palestinian state less likely. Here’s why.
Why We Should Start Building Our Skyscrapers Out of Wood
When you think of cities, you immediately start thinking of highrise buildings made of steel, glass, and concrete. Such buildings have become icons of urban development and economic progress but two decades into this century, is it finally time to reconsider our construction methods? Our Love Affair with Concrete People have been building with concrete […]
Top Climate Scientists Back Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal
WHEN Bernie Sanders last ran for President, he sounded like a grating seventy-year-old record. He tried to persuade America – sometimes with strident severity – that a defeated ideology and a dour, disheveled old man could represent its future. No one – perhaps not even his most avid supporter – was surprised that he lost. […]
Unbuilding Cities for a Greener Purpose
The rattling of backhoes, jackhammers, and pile drivers has become the aria of civilization recreating itself. But what price have we paid for the greener renewal?
Mysterious Blob Kills a Million Seabirds in North America
Scientists are calling it the largest die-off in recorded history, and the killer is something named after a B-movie monster.
Can a Man-made Volcanic Winter Help Combat Climate Change?
Residents and tourists visiting the famous Taal Volcano in the Philippines were taken by surprise when the country’s second most active volcano started to emit smoke, resulting in a phreatic explosion. What began as a normal Sunday morning in the holiday towns surrounding the tourist spot ended in a mass evacuation and ashfall reaching as […]
The Peculiar Immortality of the Tasmanian Tiger
In extinction, the Tasmanian tiger seems to have undertaken the fantastic journey from oblivion into the unlikely world of immortality. What’s behind persistent rumors of its continued survival?
Climate, Energy and the Will to Change!
Only a fool – or those politicians sitting on the religious right or in the pocket of big business – can continue to deny the link between our carbon emissions and global warming. We are the problem. We have to be the solution. Your children and their children are counting on our success. As I […]
Here’s Why You Should Rip Up that Lawn
How much does the straw in your soda or the plastic cup you’re holding contribute to a problem as colossal as climate change? You want a cleaner, safer world. You care about the environment and you know the decisions you make each day can make a difference. But where does one start? The answer just might be […]
