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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year. #Global Warming 2025-11-18T17:57:46-0800 The New York Times Cara Buckley, Annick Sjobakken ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-12-13T17:01:15-0800 |
I Saw a Vision of Chocolate’s Future in an Amsterdam BrownieThe real-life Willy Wonkas of confectionary are racing to cut the use of expensive cocoa. Their creations are delicious, but there's a downside, too. #Africa #Agriculture #City #Climate Change #Cote D'ivoire #Ghana #Science #Sustainability #Weather 2025-11-03T21:05:05-0800 Bloomberg Lara Williams ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-11-12T06:44:05-0800 |
Harnessing America’s Heat Pump MomentThe tech works. The policy’s in place. So why are heat pumps still a hard sell? What's stopping America from going all-in on heat pumps? #Climate Change #Home #Technology 2025-10-10T11:52:00-0700 Heat Pumped Joseph DeNatale 2,000 words Rated 2025-10-25T16:43:59-0700 |
This power source is 15,000 ft below the ground | Bill GatesA company called Fervo Energy is hoping to supercharge geothermal power with an innovative new approach to turning the earth’s heat into power. #Climate Change gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-06T14:43:17-0700 |
Opinion | A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for HelpEcuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa. #Ecuador #Environment #Mining #Politics 2025-08-14T22:00:05-0700 The New York Times César Rodríguez-Garavito, Robert Macfarlane ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-16T14:51:58-0700 |
The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier ReefInside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem. #Environment #Geoengineering 2025-07-25T02:01:32-0700 The New York Times Ferris Jabr ($) 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-29T20:06:02-0700 |
Opinion | I Won’t Feel Good About Flying Until the Airlines Solve ThisThe aviation industry should get serious about direct air capture so that its emissions don’t remain in the atmosphere. #Climate Change #Global Warming 2024-12-28T04:00:05-0800 The New York Times Mark Miodownik ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-30T17:51:58-0800 |
Opinion | My 500-Mile Journey Across Alaska’s Thawing ArcticI had read about how the rapid warming of the Arctic was upending the landscape and its people. Now I’ve seen it. #Climate Change #Global Warming #Weather #Wildfire 2024-12-15T06:00:13-0800 The New York Times Jon Waterman ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-15T07:06:43-0800 |
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 |
Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. #California #Environment 2023-09-01T02:00:24-0700 The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-02T19:14:44-0700 |
Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War IssueAnd it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. #Climate Change #Global Warming #Renewable energy 2023-08-07T16:00:08-0700 The New York Times Paul Krugman ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-08T05:20:06-0700 |
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 |
As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solutionRated 2023-04-11T16:59:57-0700 |
A first-of-its-kind geoengineering experiment is about to take its first stepRated 2023-04-04T23:33:02-0700 |
The US government is developing a solar geoengineering research planRated 2023-04-04T23:26:44-0700 |
Solar Geoengineering: Why Bill Gates Wants It, But These Experts Want To Stop ItRated 2023-04-04T18:18:04-0700 |
Open Letter - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use AgreementRated 2023-04-04T08:59:58-0700 |
About – make-sunsetsRated 2023-04-04T08:57:42-0700 |
Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast | GeoengineeringRated 2023-03-30T15:56:23-0700 |