New U.S. fossil fuel projects are ticking carbon bombs
Proposed or approved oil and gas wells, gas pipelines and LNG terminals could significantly increase climate emissions at a time when rapid cuts are needed.
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In 2020, America produced almost four times as much clean energy from the wind and sun as it did in 2011.
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The highways had to go somewhere. Fixing the deficit in our political imagination.
If we are ever going to address a problem as big as, for example, climate change, we need to relentlessly question the absurdity of the status quo, to go beyond considering ways to make our current systems and modes of development incrementally less bad or less unjust, and imagine how those systems can be transformed into something qualitatively better.
Big yellow batteries? How electric school buses can help clean up the grid
Electric school buses aren’t just good for our environment and our children’s health. When paired with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, they could also play a key role in the nation’s transition to renewable energy.
Businesses, it’s time to think on top of the box
Superstores can help the environment and their bottom lines by installing solar panels
When is enough enough? The “abundance agenda” America needs
Abundance of good things is a good thing. And a political agenda designed to get more good things to more people is a worthwhile aspiration. But achieving abundance alone won’t “solve all of America’s problems.” Not hardly.
Edward Abbey and the robber baron mindset
Decades after he first issued them, Edward Abbey’s calls for the defense of America’s wilderness still feel uncomfortably relevant. As much as Abbey's work emphasizes the importance of legal protections against those who would plunder America’s natural lands, however, it also – more importantly – invites us to consider the value system that underlies, excuses and legitimizes this vandalism.