Proposed East Texas water pipeline and the growing thirst for distant water
East Texas farmers and ranchers are finding out to their dismay that water has become a commodity like so many of our daily needs.
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Space Case
It’s not news that many in our culture are violently allergic to the notion of limits (and then we all die of limitations). Maybe fear of death is another key driver for space fantasy, but let’s not get into that just now.
From Shanghai with energy
Can China face the challenges awaiting humankind in the near future?
U.S.-China trade dispute resolution leaves China with huge leverage over global electronics industry
Even with the seeming resolution of the China-US trade war, China is still capable of denying key resources to the world’s electronics manufacturers at any time.
Fracking wastewater now endangers both drinking water and the wells that regurgitate the wastewater
There’s an old saying that I won’t spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: “Don’t sh– where you eat.”
Can authoritarians solve our environmental problems?
Frustrated environmental advocates sometimes in frustration think that only a dictator can solve our environmental problems. They should think again.
Saving Okefenokee
There’s a lot to be determined about the fate of wild places in Georgia… We’re going to continue to stay on [the Okefenokee story] and see what happens next, because I don’t think this is the end of potential mining proposals near the swamp.
Two presidents, dementia and the 25th amendment
Two presidents in a row now have stories swirling about regarding dementia. Not a good prospect for the US dealing with climate issues.
The Worst Inventions
The real question is whether all future modes of human living are fundamentally incompatible with ecological sustainability, and I very much doubt we can make such a strongly definitive statement.
Living through the second Gilded Age
For some time we Americans have been living through the country’s second Gilded Age, one that will not likely end the way the first one did.
Death as a Nothing-Burger
Fear of death pervades our culture: many among us cringe at its mention, and indeed structure whole lives around elaborate stories of denial: we can’t really ever be dead, surely!
Sinal do Vale: Building a regional restoration hub for the Atlantic Forest
While the challenges of restoring the Atlantic Forest are immense, Sinal do Vale continues to see success tree by tree and acre by acre, with more and more communities engaged, both locally and internationally every year.