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Overpopulation of the earth is a major problem on its own, but it also leads directly to other serious environmental impacts. One of those issues is overconsumption, especially of single-use products that damage the environment, slow the ability of the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 11:58 AM PDT
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April is Earth Month, at least, unofficially. And, what with Earth Month and Earth Day 2024 both coming up, it might not be a bad idea to start getting prepared today on ways to cut down on the different types of waste we create. Having said that, I...
by Alan Kandel
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
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I first noticed comments from Gardening Toad calling for us to join them in I think reducing our carbon emissions maybe a year ago. I thought, OK, sounds good, why not? A few more times and then I thought, why don’t you join with us? I said as much in...
by greenandblue
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Two new studies about the fossil fuel industry were published this past week. The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) found that the G20 nations pumped $1.4 trillion into explicit subsidies for the industry in 2022. In its study...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about waste and excess in solar power as part of a larger diary. We mentioned why people get solar, what they are being sold, and gaps between them. It is worth talking about more for clarity and those who could not join the...
by greenandblue
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on Sun Jul 23, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Junk food always will exist, regardless of our attempts to educate and perhaps even regulate taste/consumption: “critical theory lets you think and act at the same time… while knowing the limits of your action” “The bourgeois mode of production is the...
by annieli
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Here’s a musing for my own purposes, as a way to better clarify my thinking. Perhaps some others might find it useful or amusing. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal, my liberal friends think I’m kind of conservative. For the most part, I’m...
by dlsamson
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on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 11:57 AM PDT
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House Oversight Committee chairman and Republican big dog James Comer attempted to prove on CNN last week that President Joe Biden and his children (including his late son, Beau) were a corrupt crime family. (Like the Trump family.) He did this by...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Apr 25, 2023 at 01:14 PM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com . To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here .
Recently, New York Times reporter Eric Lipton produced a remarkable ...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Feb 14, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
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Take a walk around your local home improvement outlet and see how do-it-yourselfers are upgrading the environment. What a difference it would make if most of them made one more trip outside the store and picked up a piece or two of waste instead of...
by greenandblue
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on Sun Feb 05, 2023 at 03:00 PM PST
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An Ecology Florida Feature December 2022 Monica Starr Did you enjoy this article? Please consider supporting and donating at EcologyFlorida.org Americans produce considerably more waste during the holiday season. Specifically, from Thanksgiving to New...
by jtietz
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on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 11:25 AM PST
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Quick link to the free read at wastedive.com — opening pars: While a legally binding agreement isn’t expected until 2024, the details being negotiated by diplomatic stakeholders are already expected to have implications for the recycling sector....
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 03:08 AM PST
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Money is too often not just a part of the conversation, but is the center and deciding factor of the conversation. Too soon these discussions will be moot, as the runaway climate disaster becomes a ...
by NeverEverAgain
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on Sun Sep 04, 2022 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Downloadable from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Facilitating a Circular Economy for Textiles —their three-day workshop report of bringing together clothing and textiles fashion brands, manufacturers, industry associations,...
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu May 12, 2022 at 04:45 PM PDT
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Trouble in paradise? Trucker convoy leader argues with fellow truckers: 'I don't think it's a waste' The “People’s Convoy” held a Wednesday morning meeting that began with the normal logistics: a birthday shout out, some mentions of God, and a tribute to lost loved ones who mysteriously died not because of COVID-19, but because of being “vaccine...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Mar 23, 2022 at 02:29 PM PDT
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Tribes hope for a 'reboot' as Yellowstone marks 150 years March 1 marked the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park. It’s a magical place with spectacular natural beauty, from jagged peaks, boiling mud pots and geysers to roaming bison, elk,...
by Meteor Blades
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on Thu Mar 03, 2022 at 03:19 AM PST
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��� From tropical beaches to Arctic sea ice to fish-insides (including fish we ...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sun Dec 05, 2021 at 11:16 AM PST
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Part 2 first. Maybe put up no xmas lights at all, if you always have put at least some up. Just this one year, this once, don’t put them up. See if you can summon up whatever it takes just this one time, and instead maybe explore more environmental...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed Oct 27, 2021 at 07:11 AM PDT
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The federal government in Australia led by prime minister Scott Morrison passed its third anniversary last week. An Australian online journal is now documenting with colourful charts the multiple “all-time worst” records in economic management and...
by Alan Austin
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on Mon Aug 30, 2021 at 05:02 AM PDT
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Maya Angelou said:”Open your eyes to the beauty around you and do what you can to preserve it.” Well, we we’ve been given this earth but it certainly looks like all of us don’t really deserve it. Because of human activity glaciers are melting and...
by Joyce Siegel
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on Wed Jun 30, 2021 at 07:34 PM PDT
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