Peter Dykstra: Are you ready for some good news?

After years of promise and halting progress, wind and solar energy have simply, undeniably, irrefutably arrived.  https://www.dailyclimate.org/peter-dykstra-are-you-ready-for-some-good-news-2640364591.html
Article courtesy of The Daily Climate  by Peter Dykstra

MAN VS. MOSQUITO: AT THE FRONT LINES OF A PUBLIC HEALTH WAR

Mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise, and climate change will worsen the threat. Little-known local agencies are the main line of defense.  https://publicintegrity.org/environment/man-vs-mosquito-public-health-war/
Article courtesy of The Center for Public Integrity by Jie Jenny Zou

Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns

What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries decided to move away from fossil fuels? https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/money-is-the-oxygen-on-which-the-fire-of-global-warming-burns
Article courtesy of The New Yorker by Bill McKibben

Why the Planet Needs You to Repair Your Broken Stuff

Overproduction and planned obsolescence are the new normal. But fixing your broken things is a way to resist—and build community.https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/death/repair-broken-things-climate-change-capitalism-20190917
Article courtesy of YES! by Sarah Lazarovic

Climate change: Could ‘climigration’ help reverse Vermont’s population trends?

But the EPA has ranked Vermont fourth in a nation-wide assessment of how resilient states are to more extreme weather events brought on by climate change. And authors of the 2014 state climate assessment wrote that Vermont might be a “receiving state” for residents of Northeast cities dealing with sea level rise.  https://vtdigger.org/2019/09/17/climate-change-will-vermonts-population-increase-from-climigration/
Article courtesy of VTDIGGER by Elizabeth Gribkoff

This new HP laptop is the first computer to use ocean-bound plastic

Inside a new notebook computer from HP, one component uses a new material: a blend of ABS, a standard type of plastic in computers, and PET recycled from plastic bottles that could have otherwise ended up in the ocean.  https://www.fastcompany.com/90405131/this-new-hp-latpop-is-the-first-computer-to-use-ocean-bound-plastic
Article courtesy of Fast Company by Adele Peters

Food, Glorious - and Sustainable

A recent survey of 6 European countries at the turn of the year surveyed their opinions on sustainable food. 64% declared that they believed sustainable products tasted better, which shows that good taste still exists.

Knorr (the soup people), part of the giant Unilever, commissioned the survey of 12,000 respondents. The country least likely to believe in the taste difference was the UK. Intriguingly, the British did buy the most sustainable food, despite their lack of taste as far as it is concerned

Read more at http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/food-sustainable-WED/2943/#EfjpS3S33jjsCeyR.99
Article courtesy of Earth Times by JW Dowey

This gadget scans your trash to tell you if it’s recyclable

One of the challenges in the broken recycling system is basic confusion: It often isn’t obvious what a particular package is made from or whether it should go in a recycling bin or the trash. Items that could be recycled end up in the landfill, and recycling companies have to expend a lot of time and effort removing unrecyclable items from their facilities.  fastcompany.com/90397801/this-gadget-scans-your-trash-to-tell-you-if-its-recyclable
Article courtesy of Fast Company by Adele Peters