Category: Climate change
Michigan officials to release tiny mile-a-minute weevils in fight against invasive weed
Officials are planning to release mile-a-minute weevils in four sites in Calhoun County in mid June, in an attempt to target an invasive vine species.
China’s First Build Is Ending, And The World Won’t Repeat It
One of the easiest ways to get long-range energy and materials demand wrong is to treat first-build infrastructure demand as a permanent condition. Countries build their first stock of housing, highways, ports, rail, power systems, water systems, industrial parks, and concrete-and-steel cities once. After that, the demand structure changes. The … [continued]
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Want To Create A Viable And Sustainable Community Garden? These Folks Can Show You How
He wears a straw floppy hat, gray tee shirt, black shorts, and topsiders. His round face and easy smile belie his tenacity and vision. Bernie McBee has led an incredible mission to create a sustainable community garden in an economically disadvantaged area of Fort Pierce, Florida. With the support of … [continued]
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2100 Transition Scenarios Need A Better Population Denominator
One of the easiest ways to get 2100 wrong is to carry the 20th-century population curve forward as if it still defines the future. The world went from about 2.5 billion people in 1950 to more than 8 billion today, and that expansion shaped modern assumptions about food, energy, cities, … [continued]
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Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Deal Is Strategy, Not A Funded Pipeline
The new Alberta pipeline deal should be read as political strategy first and infrastructure second, if second at all. Prime Minister Mark Carney gets something real from it: a “Canada is open for business” signal, a trade-diversification pathway to point at, and a way to undercut opponents who want to … [continued]
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