January 2024 – Our Fragile Earth

TOXIC TAR SANDS

Toxic emissions from the Canadian tar sands, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels, have been dramatically underestimated. Air pollution from[…]

Voters’ concerns about climate change may have delivered the 2020 U.S. presidential election for Joe Biden. Climate concern is increasing[…]

In 2023 Dengue swept across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began over four decades ago. Rising[…]

Alberta’s idled electric trucks are being used as mobile generators to help power overworked and aging electricity grids. Power is[…]

As climate change fuels sea level rise, younger people will migrate inland, leaving aging coastal populations. Cities will work to[…]

For food shopping make a list around a loose meal plan; check fridge and pantry; note what you need. Check[…]

Insurers are coming off some of their worst years in history with the past decade of global natural catastrophes the[…]

A new relatively simple device removes between 50 and 100% of ambient methane, and is now being scaled up for[…]

Led by a record-costly swarm of severe weather episodes, the contiguous U.S. suffered 28 billion- dollar weather disasters in 2023,[…]

Cement production causes around eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. While CO2 is emitted when plants are burned, it[…]