April 2020 – Our Fragile Earth

CROP LOSS

April 30, 2020 Gail McCormick BUMMER

Farmers in parts of the western U.S. who rely on snowmelt for crop irrigation will be among the world’s hardest[…]

HALLELUJAH!

April 28, 2020 Gail McCormick HELPFUL

The Church of England’s investment arm has urged ExxonMobil shareholders to vote against re-electing the oil company’s entire board for[…]

COVID-19 AND ADAPTATION

April 26, 2020 Gail McCormick BUMMER

The coronavirus cost is forcing cities and states to redirect money away from climate resiliency projects, a shift that threatens[…]

CHEERS!

April 24, 2020 Gail McCormick HELPFUL

The agave plant used to make tequila could be a sustainable source for making biofuels. It’s a hardy plant that[…]

BRAIN DEAD?

April 23, 2020 Gail McCormick BUMMER

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will increase urban and indoor levels of the gas. That may significantly reduce our basic[…]

COVID-19 AND SHALE OIL

April 21, 2020 Gail McCormick HELPFUL

Natural gas flared emitting methane as oil is pumped The US shale industry is expected to shrink by more than[…]

HERE COMES THE SUN

April 20, 2020 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the[…]

DIRE DROUGHT

April 18, 2020 Gail McCormick BUMMER

The western U.S. and northern Mexico face a progressing megadrought worse than anything known from recorded history. A warming climate[…]

MOVING FORWARD

April 16, 2020 Gail McCormick HELPFUL

COVID-19 has led to working at home online. Since transportation is now the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions,[…]

KILLER AIR

April 14, 2020 Gail McCormick BUMMER

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to retain, without changes, standards for particulate matter pollution, refuting its own scientists. The EPA[…]