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Where the wild things were | Books | The Guardian

Source: Where the wild things were | Books | The Guardian

Over the past century, “parochial” has soured as a word. The adjectival form of “parish”, it has come to connote sectarianism, in-sularity, boundedness. A mind or a community turned inward upon itself. A pejorative finitude.

It has not always been this way. Patrick Kavanagh […]

May 14th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away – Inside Climate News

Source: In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away – Inside Climate News

May 14th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years – Inside Climate News

Source: The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years – Inside Climate News

May 14th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

Earth Has a 50-50 Chance of Hitting a Grim Global Warming Milestone in the Next Five Years – Inside Climate News

Source: Earth Has a 50-50 Chance of Hitting a Grim Global Warming Milestone in the Next Five Years – Inside Climate News

May 14th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States | The New Yorker

Source: The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States | The New Yorker

Illustration by Alëna Skarina

The Sacramento is California’s largest river. It arises near the lower slopes of Mt. Shasta, in the northernmost part of the state, and runs some four hundred miles south, draining the upper corridor of the Central Valley, bending […]

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

CC BY-ND Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include making biofuels; converting crops into processing ingredients, such as livestock meal, hydrogenated oils and starches; and selling them on global markets to countries that can afford to pay for […]

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

Source: A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

Debunking Demand (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 1)

Source: Debunking Demand (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 1)

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

On Demand and Services, with Economist Joyashree Roy (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 5)

Source: On Demand and Services, with Economist Joyashree Roy (IPCC Mitigation Report, Part 5)

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment

Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022 | Oil | The Guardian

Source: Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022 | Oil | The Guardian

May 13th, 2022 | Category: Issues | Leave a comment
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