June 2020 – Our Fragile Earth

A BRIDGE TO OBLIVION

CHAPTER NINE GREEN BUILDING MIT 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CAMBRIDGE NEXT DAY THEY WEREN’T ABOUT TO BE ARRESTED, BUT THERE WERE[…]

General anesthesia uses volatile halogenated gases and nitrous oxide to knock patients out. Very little is metabolized, so when patients[…]

The Trump administration has proposed opening up most of Alaska’s Western Arctic reserve for fossil fuel drilling. The plan would[…]

Simply labelling a product as ‘eco-friendly’ isn’t enough. Encouraging shoppers to view themselves as ‘green’ and ‘eco-friendly’ makes them more[…]

With U.S. markets slaughtered by COVID-19, Congress authorized the Federal Reserve to lend directly to many companies by buying up[…]

Climate experts used to project it wouldn’t be possible to decarbonize the electric grid until 2050—and that moving to fully[…]

The Siberian town of Verkhoyansk (typically one of the coldest spots on Earth) has apparently reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, 32[…]

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) has issued a new final rule saying that an approved natural gas project can’t proceed[…]

Home buyers are increasingly turning away from traditional 30 year mortgages, instead using ones that make it easier to stop[…]

Solar, wind and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the U.S, for the first time in[…]