By Richard Heinberg I’ve written repeatedly about community resilience over the years; for example, I penned an article in 2017 for Bloomberg on rebuilding for resilience after the devastating wildfires in Sonoma County, California, where I live. In this piece, I want to tackle an even tougher case. The city of New Orleans dramatically…
Environment
Global Ocean Faces ‘Deepening Crisis,’ but Governance Is Improving: UN Report
Those warnings are detailed in the third U.N. World Ocean Assessment, released June 8 and authored by approximately 600 experts from 86 countries.
Those warnings are detailed in the third U.N. World Ocean Assessment, released June 8 and authored by approximately 600 experts from 86 countries.
Polyester Clothing & Microplastics in Our Bloodstreams
We see it in food packaging and water bottles, but it is also present in cosmetics and clothing.
We see it in food packaging and water bottles, but it is also present in cosmetics and clothing.
This Unfathomably Huge Fungal Network Keeps Earth Cool and Green
Spanning 110 quadrillion kilometers, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are critical allies of plants. They also transport an enormous amount of planet-warming carbon.
Spanning 110 quadrillion kilometers, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are critical allies of plants. They also transport an enormous amount of planet-warming carbon.
Are Agrivoltaics the Future of Sustainable Agriculture?
Agriovoltaics allows for more efficient land use while also protecting agricultural yields.
Agriovoltaics allows for more efficient land use while also protecting agricultural yields.
We Must Prevent the Next Pandemic, Not Build Perfect Conditions for It (Commentary)
Beside the lopsided coverage of affected populations, both outbreaks point to the fact that these events are not isolated biological accidents, but predictable consequences of the ecological, economic, and political systems we have built.
Beside the lopsided coverage of affected populations, both outbreaks point to the fact that these events are not isolated biological accidents, but predictable consequences of the ecological, economic, and political systems we have built.
Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Spares Animal Welfare Law, for Now
The controversial Save Our Bacon Act has been omitted from the text of the latest Farm Bill proposal.
The controversial Save Our Bacon Act has been omitted from the text of the latest Farm Bill proposal.
Garden Friend or Foe? Putting Common ‘Pests’ to the Test
Biodiversity is the complex web that supports life as we know it, including all the plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms we share the planet with, and the (often interconnected) roles they play in our ecosystems.
Biodiversity is the complex web that supports life as we know it, including all the plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms we share the planet with, and the (often interconnected) roles they play in our ecosystems.
The Exhibition That Radicalized Me: Why I Wrote a Solarpunk Nightmare Instead of a Utopia
Whatever remains of the “human” when the “humanity” is gone.
Whatever remains of the “human” when the “humanity” is gone.
When the Butterflies Come Home Again
A philosopher tells an environmental success story that speaks to the moral necessity of ongoing work for wild beings.
A philosopher tells an environmental success story that speaks to the moral necessity of ongoing work for wild beings.
The Long and Winding Road to Safe Highways: Inside the Global Movement to Reconnect Habitat
Across the globe, roads pose a deadly physical threat to wildlife and fragment the landscapes animals need to move through to survive.
Across the globe, roads pose a deadly physical threat to wildlife and fragment the landscapes animals need to move through to survive.
Sovereignty and Rising Sea Levels: Climate Change Is Reshaping the Meaning of Nationhood
The people of these nations will be among the first to wrestle with the loss of national identity implied by the loss of territory.
The people of these nations will be among the first to wrestle with the loss of national identity implied by the loss of territory.
Dozens of New Hampshire Lakes Are at War With Invasive Plants. For Most, It’s a Losing Battle.
Kayakers and paddleboarders help, too, heading out in the early morning when the surface is calm to peer into the depths.
Kayakers and paddleboarders help, too, heading out in the early morning when the surface is calm to peer into the depths.
A Simple — Yet Expensive — Way to Climate-Proof the Grid: Bury the Power Lines
Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn't come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.
Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn’t come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.
Plastic Food Packaging Blankets the World’s Coastlines, Study Finds
Plastic pollution harms marine life and disrupts ecological services provided by coastal ecosystems like mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass.
Plastic pollution harms marine life and disrupts ecological services provided by coastal ecosystems like mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass.
Feeding the World as if People Mattered: How Small Farms Produce Value Beyond Yields
Strawberries recruited village kids to fix the cracking sidewalk; strawberry jam paid a metalworker to fix her stove;
Strawberries recruited village kids to fix the cracking sidewalk; strawberry jam paid a metalworker to fix her stove;