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To Take Climate Change Seriously, the U.S. Military Needs to Shrink
The Pentagon says it's going green. But some scholars say the only sustainable military is a smaller one
U.S. Could See a Century’s Worth of Sea Level Rise in Just 30 Years
New NOAA study warns states along the Gulf and East Coasts will be hardest hit by sea level rise
The World’s Farmers Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption
Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow
Paris Buried a River 100 Years Ago. Now The City Needs To Resurface It to Combat Climate Change
In 1899, a writer for French newspaper Le Figaro surveyed the damage Parisians had done to the Bièvre, a river that for hundreds of years had snaked up through southern Paris, joining the Seine near the Jardin des Plantes. “It flows slowly, oily and black, streaked with acids, dotted with soapy and putrid pustules,” the…
At CES 2022, Tech Companies Tried to Pitch Climate Sustainability as Fun and Exciting
Between presentations launching new PC processors and candy-colored refrigerators at last week’s CES, companies at the annual tech industry jamboree made a lot of big, flashy proclamations about climate change, some more serious than others, and most seeming to include at least one stock video clip of trees, solar panels and children frolicking in grassy…
My Kids Want Plastic Toys. I Want to Go Green. Here’s the Middle Ground
Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found myself saying, “Maybe for Christmas.” Alas, it’s that time of year again when I cave because I want my kids’ faces to…