Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’?
A true living wage would take into account the needs not just of workers but of society as a whole.
Could we turn chicken waste into power? » Yale Climate Connections
They say burning bird poop could reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Creatures raft across Pacific, thanks to tsunami | Earth | EarthSky
Hundreds of species hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami for a 4,400-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
Crowdfunding Platform GridShare Focuses on Climate-Friendly Investments
A new crowdfunding platform called GridShare is the first, and so far only, Regulation Crowdfunding portal to focus on clean-tech and renewable-energy projects.
Cryptocurrency Has a Huge Negative Impact on Climate Change
Critics warn that cryptocurrency networks, whose computers use enormous amounts of electricity to verify transactions, could be a factor in warming the planet. The industry is working to change that.
Cut Your Carbon at Home
Energy efficiency refers to ways of improving products or systems so that they require less energy to do the same amount of work. Increasing energy efficiency is one of the fastest, easiest, and most cost-effective technological solutions for cutting carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change.
Cutting out the middleman in renewable energy
Co-ops and crowdfunding bring projects directly to people.
Dallas cops learn to ‘think smarter, not harder’ using meditation, mindfulness
Several times a day, Assistant Dallas Police Chief Tammie Hughes gives herself a five-minute brain break at work: no phone, no computer, no…
Damage, design flaws in Oroville Dam spillway point to lengthy repairs, consultants say
The main spillway at Oroville Dam is riddled with design flaws and so badly damaged that an independent panel of experts hired by the state has concluded it’s probably impossible to repair the structure completely before the next rainy season begins in November. The panel of four engineering consultants, in a recent memo to the…
Dan Rather launches gutsy newsgroup to counter fake news & alternative facts
American journalist and esteemed news anchor Dan Rather announced a new social media page in the midst of January’s flying fake news and alternative facts.
