We are al alumni of Zoom University it seems at this point.
Seriously, why do some trolls feel the need to “zoombomb” the meetings were are conducting online?
That’s right, because even in the middle of a national crisis racist trolls are going to do the things that racist trolls will do.
Stay safe out there.
On to the links…
If The Virus Can Decimate Global Economies So Can Climate Change—All of the bad impacts of coronavirus are strikingly similar to the bad impacts of climate change except we cannot create a vaccine or therapeutic treatments for climate change.
Coyotes are Being Seen on the Empty Streets of San Francisco—It did not take long for the animals to decide to start taking over.
Oceans Can be Restored to Former Glory within 30 Years, Say Scientists—If the past few weeks have shown us anything it is that one of the most powerful things we can do as a species is to get out of the way of nature. It will find a way to heal and rebalance.
Wildlife Charity Plans to Buy UK Land to Give it Back to Nature—Take this idea and spread it across the globe. Pockets of rewilded nature everywhere. Start to link those pockets and stitch them together with existing “wilderness.” That sounds like a plan.
The EPA Appears to be Using Coronavirus to Make Huge Concessions to Polluters—Remember, Republicans used to be all about “law and order.” Now, this usually means locking up people who cannot fight back with lawyers and lobbyists. So, in the current world if you are a big company or a white collar criminal the laws do not actually apply to you. Let the crime spree begin.
Federal Judge Tosses Dakota Access Pipeline Permits, Orders Full Environmental Review—I am almost certain that the Trump administration will try and ignore this ruling because they truly are the best administration that money can buy when it come to fossil fuels.
The Closure of Colorado Coal-Fired Powerplants is Freeing up Water for Thirsty Cities—The dirty little secret of fossil fuels is just how much water it takes to produce and use fossil fuels. Now your calculus of closing down a power plant could include the financial benefit of selling water rights to a municipality. Solar power never looked so good in Colorado.
Last Coal-Fired Generating Plants Closing In UK & New York—The end is near for coal in the UK and New York.
The Inevitable Collapse Of Global Oil Production—Global oil demand is expected to crash by more than 20% in April/May. Can we find a way through where none of that production comes back online?
Fossil Fuel Industry Looks to Profit With Plastics—The oil and gas industry are finding it increasingly hard to make money selling fossil fuels for transportation and energy. The key to their long term profitability and, thus, survivability is to pivot into making more plastic and chemicals. If there was ever a reason to go plastic free this is it.
Solar Fuel: Yep, It’s A Genuine Artificial Leaf—The scary thing for oil and gas companies looking to make plastics and chemicals is that there are renewable ways to do the exact same thing. Feedstock is feedstock whether it comes from a well in the ground or the sunshine hitting the Earth.
Scientists Find Bug that Feasts on Toxic Plastic—Imagine bio-reactors filled with this bacterium munching away on our generations worth of waste plastic.
Report Reveals ‘Massive Plastic Pollution Footprint’ of Drinks Firms—How about we just stop buying beverages in disposable plastic containers?
GCL Plans To Invest $2.5 Billion In World’s Largest Solar Panel Factory—60 gigawatts of annual solar panel production is monstrous. Like half of the world’s annual demand monstrous. If you ware a fossil fuel player, watch out.
This Company Wants to Turn Your Windows into Solar Panels—I have seen these kinds of announcements before and nothing ever seems to come of it. Maybe this time is different.
Revealed: Monsanto Predicted Crop System Would Damage US Farms—The companies that produce these chemicals knew that their products would cause harm and they did not care because they stood to make billions of dollars. If you think politicians care about farmers ask them to stop taking money from companies like Bayer.
Designing an End to a Toxic American Obsession: The Lawn—Let 2020 be the year that we kill the American lawn as we know it. No more bags of fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides spread indiscriminately in the pursuit of an unnatural monoculture.
For Skiers, There’s a Contaminant Underfoot—The pursuit of the gnar does not mean that we have to pollute the food web of alpine environments. One time base coats are an option. So are more environmentally ski wax products like mountainFLOW eco-wax.
The Secret to Curbing Farm Emissions is Buried in the Stone Age—It seems like every solution that is proposed to help alleviate carbon emissions is about rediscovering a gentler way of conducting the business of being human.
Is Fake Meat Getting too Much like the Real Thing?—This is kind of the point. No one wants to go back to the dark days of veggie burgers that tasted like stale quinoa and dry black beans.
My Green Misadventure 