Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.
Analysis
Small Modular Reactors Remain Unlikely, Unnecessary ‘Hail Mary’ Pass
The diminutive reactors are likely to be just as prone to delays and cost overruns as their behemoth predecessors.
‘New Normal’? This Is Deepening Circles of Hell on Earth
If accumulating disasters have convinced you that there is no hope, it’s OK to tap out for a time. But consider first how the grief of the moment may be a pathway through ‘climate paralysis.’
Don’t Like People Dying from Extreme Heat? Join a Union.
Deceleration speaks with Texas AFL-CIO Deputy Policy Director Ana Gonzalez about extreme heat, worker deaths, and fighting forward in the midst of a climate emergency.
Puerto Rico’s First Community-Owned Solar Microgrid Grows from Climate Disaster
Residents in Adjuntas are creating a solar power and battery backup system that can ‘island’ in a blackout. ‘It’s not an opportunity to move away from the centralized system. In Puerto Rico, it’s a necessity.’
Carbon Sequestration Pipelines Poised to Dominate US Landscape
Exploring what the anticipated (and massive) CO2 sequestration pipeline network will look like in the United States. It all starts in Texas.
Sargassum Explosion on Mexican Beaches Forcing Creative Responses Like Biogas, Vegan Leather
Once cleaned of heavy metals, microplastics, and sand, sargassum is finding many potential uses in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, particularly as biogas, but also biofertilizer, cellulose packaging, and even artificial vegan leather. But regulatory hurdles are delaying range of responses.
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’? Do More Than Just Watch
A more accurate title for the book would have been “This Is Why I Think You Should Blow Up a Pipeline,” but it wouldn’t have sold nearly as many copies.