Link to an article by Ian Angus:
Tag: Environment
Cathy Cowan Becker – Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way
Link to an interview of Cathy Cowan Becker by Janine Jackson:
“Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way”
Julian Cribb – Military Experts Warn of Climate Wars
Link to an article by Julian Cribb:
Hamish van der Ven – AI is Bad for the Environment, and the Problem is Bigger Than Energy Consumption
Link to an article by Hamish van der Ven:
“AI is Bad for the Environment, and the Problem is Bigger Than Energy Consumption”
Bonus links: “What DeepSeek Says About Nuland’s Role in Ukraine War” and “MSM Bias on Russian Tanker & US Sanctions” and “Inescapable AI” and “Microsoft Won’t Save the Planet” and “Tech Giants Are Trying to Cover Up the Environmental Impacts of Their Data Centers” and “Want an AI Data Center in Your City? Sure, But First Sign this Non-disclosure Agreement.” and “The High-Tech Poorhouse” and Mathwashing
Andy Higginbottom – On Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism
Link to a book review by Andy Higginbottom:
“On Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism“
Bonus links: The Closing Circle and “The Lesson We Should Have Learned from ‘Silent Spring’”
Kai Heron – Forget Eco-Modernism
Marion Nestle – Genetic Modification of Basic Food-and-Fuel Crops
Link to an article by Marion Nestle:
“Genetic Modification of Basic Food-and-Fuel Crops: Basically All”
Colin Todhunter – Sickening Profits: The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth
Link to an article by Colin Todhunter:
“Sickening Profits: The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth”
Bonus links: “Weekend Reading: UK Report on Industry’s Role in Poor Health” and “The Stanford Twin Study: Now on Netflix!”
Sandee LaMotte – Plastic Chemicals Linked To $249 Billion In U.S. Health Care Costs In 2018 Alone, Study Finds
Link to an article by Sandee LaMotte:
“Plastic Chemicals Linked To $249 Billion In U.S. Health Care Costs In 2018 Alone, Study Finds”
Bonus links: “Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health — Pesticides, Plastics, Forever Chemicals, and Beyond” and “Twenty Years of Microplastics Pollution Research—What Have We Learned?” and “I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their Dangers” (“only the government can regulate chemicals that make their way into our water, food and products we wear and put on our bodies.” “The burden can’t be on consumers to navigate all of this.”) and “U.S. and Oil Producers Block a Treaty to Clean the World of Plastic Pollution” and “Plastic Plague” and A Poison Like No Other and “Nanoplastics are Entering Our Bodies”
Vijay Prashad – Beneath the Polycrisis is the Singular Dilemma of Humanity Called Capitalism
Link to an article by Vijay Prashad:
“Beneath the Polycrisis is the Singular Dilemma of Humanity Called Capitalism”
Bonus links: “The Apocalypse is (Still) Disappointing” and “Beating Around the Bush”