Environment: We must ban microwave ovens or at least anything with plastic
You just knew this was coming, didn’t you? Our “just pop it in the microwave” mentality is unleashing hordes of tiny plastic particles — more than 2 billion nanoplastics and…
Environment: Ban artificial turf
Artificial turf is made from plastics – as it degrades it releases “toxic chemicals”: Turf war: fake grass is growing in popularity in Australia, despite concerns about its impact |…
Climate: Eliminate parking to fix the climate
To fight climate change, Austin joins other cities in eliminating parking space requirements at housing developments.
Follow up: Oregon’s wild fires very subdued in 2023
By the numbers, the 2023 wildfire season in Oregon was a quiet one — with the smallest number of acres burned since 2019 and well below average for the past…
Climate, Environment: Need to ban tires
Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires – Yale E360
Environment: Ocean plastics may be much less than previously estimated
Plastic particles in the oceans might be 3.2 million tons, considerably less than the 50 to 300 million of other estimates.
Environment: Modern fire management practices said ineffective
Instead, methods from indigenous groups in Australia might be more effective: Indigenous groups say they have a better way to fight wildfires – oregonlive.com In Australia, they do frequent, smaller,…
EVs: Too few charging stations across much of the U.S.
While coastal states are well along in EV charging infrastructure, much of the middle of the country has very few yet.
Food, climate: Americans lose interest in vegetarianism
Interest was never high, surprisingly: https://read.chartr.co/newsletters/2023/9/3/vegging-out 84% of those who were eating vegetarian eventually give up and return to eating meat. The above does not bode well for Beyond Meat…
Environment, Smart phones: Fairphone 5 is a sustainable phone
Fairphone offers a repairable, sustainable, long term usage high end smart phone.