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A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the SeaWhen a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative. #Agriculture #Birds #Britain #Climate Change #England #Environment #Global Warming 2024-10-21T21:01:25-0700 The New York Times Rory Smith, Andrew Testa ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-10-22T07:50:25-0700 |
Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building ThemThe state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. #Climate Change #Colorado #Global Warming #Transportation 2024-05-31T02:00:29-0700 The New York Times Megan Kimble 3,000 words Rated 2024-06-01T17:50:32-0700 |
Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 |
America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No TomorrowUnchecked overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a data investigation by the New York Times revealed, threatening millions of people and America’s status as a food superpower. #Agriculture #Climate Change #Global Warming #Water 2023-08-28T14:19:48-0700 The New York Times Mira Rojanasakul, Christopher Flavelle, Blacki Migliozzi, ... ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-09-26T07:16:33-0700 |
Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War IssueAnd it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. #Climate Change #Global Warming #Renewable energy 2023-08-07T16:00:08-0700 The New York Times Paul Krugman ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-08T05:20:06-0700 |
The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year GrudgeIn 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him. #Artificial Intelligence #Britain #Celebrity #Israel #Magic 2023-07-08T02:00:42-0700 The New York Times David Segal ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-21T10:37:17-0700 |
Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire 2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-12T09:00:10-0700 |
The Last Days of Berlin's Gas StreetlampsLooking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics 2023-06-01T07:00:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-01T23:45:18-0700 |
Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear wasteSmall modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia. #Climate Change #Infrastructure 2022-05-30T12:00:11-0700 Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words Rated 2023-04-30T08:05:21-0700 |