...So think "resistance" with all your aching heart, a word that must become our promise to what is left of this planet. Gather the others: you already know them. The brave, smart, militant, and, most of all, serious, and together take aim. Do it carefully, but do it.
Then fire for all you're worth.
“We have spent too much time in thinking, supposing that if we weigh in advance the possibilities of any action, it will happen automatically. But action comes not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
Tue, Apr 01 2025
The Ball Comes to Rest
By Tom Murphy / Do the Math Surfing YouTube, I came across an interview of Ezra Klein by Stephen Colbert. He was promoting a new book called Abundance, basically arguing that scarcity is politically-manufactured by “both sides,” and that if we get our [...]
Sat, Mar 29 2025
Butterflies Declined by 22% in Just 2 Decades Across the US
Editor’s note: “A study published in 2024 found that a change in insecticide use was a major factor in driving butterfly declines in the Midwest over 17 years. The authors, many of whom were also part of the current study, noted that the drop [...]
Thu, Mar 27 2025
Mitsubishi Cancels Plans for a $1.3B Chemical Plant
Editor’s note: “MMA is methyl methacrylate, a chemical compound that was banned by the FDA in the 1970s for use in nail enhancements due to its potential health hazards,” Hanna says. Celebrity manicurist Julie Kandalec adds, [...]
Fri, Mar 21 2025
Microplastics are Blotting Out Photosynthesis
Editor’s note: A new report that microplastics pollution is hampering photosynthesis in plants, and that the result is the loss of some 10% of the world’s primary productivity, including food crops. We are now risking to blot out the planetary [...]
Mon, Mar 17 2025
Birdsong Rings Out Once Again in Togo’s Sacred Forest of Titiyo
Editor’s note: “A new study in Science indicates that reforestation projects, which restore degraded or destroyed forests, are the most effective land-based method for carbon removal and biodiversity protection. Meanwhile, the authors found that [...]
Wed, Mar 12 2025
Controversial Sri Lanka Wind Power Project Withdrawn
Editor’s note: “In recent years, the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam experienced a boom in renewable energy investments driven by generous feed-in tariffs, under which the state committed to buying electricity for 20 years at above-market [...]
Sat, Mar 08 2025
The Difference Between Hope and Courage
Editor’s note: “I think hope is really harmful for several reasons. False hopes bind us to unlivable situations, and they blind us to real possibilities. Does anybody really think that Weyerhaeuser is going to stop deforesting because we ask [...]
Mon, Mar 03 2025
Earth’s Water Cycle Off Balance for ‘First Time in Human History’
Editor’s note: Water, as well as forests, do not need to be managed. They just need to be left alone. By Petro Kotzé / Mangabay Water seems deceptively simple and is easy to take for granted. It has no color, taste or smell and is one of the most [...]
Thu, Feb 27 2025
Community Backlash to Renewables
Editor’s note: A big backlash to new “renewables” is mounting across the country. With states, corporations, utilities and the federal government setting aggressive “renewable” energy goals, as well as big tax incentives such as [...]
Sun, Feb 23 2025
Energy Transition: Never Was and Never Will Be One
Editor’s note: “Energy is, of course, fundamental to both human existence and the functioning of capitalism. It is central to production, as well as the heating and lighting systems that most people take for granted, and the energy sector is by [...]
