Google Earth 3D timelapse of Lake Mead shows just how screwed the American west is from megadrought.
The stress test is coming for states like Arizona as water levels likely to dip below 1075 feet in June. The mega-drought in the American...
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday – comparing Butte Montana and Chuqui Chile
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who...
The Daily Bucket–Monkeywrenching with Paper
Edward Abbey memorialized environmental resistance to mindless development in his tome The Monkey Wrench Gang. It essentially endorsed sabotage to thwart degrading of the natural...
The Daily Bucket–Even a Boring Volcano can surprise you.
But there are 40-odd cinder cones of once-active volcanos clustered near the bucolic town of Boring, just east of Portland Oregon. These, and the related lava...
The Daily Bucket–Forgive My Trespasses
For starters, this “No Trespassing” sign isn’t on private property. It’s on Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation Lands that are open to the public as the Rock...
Save the Redwoods, Part II: When Billy Heron helped unite a community
It’s especially hard to organize folks these days. You can’t call a meeting. It’s tough to talk and listen with masks on. Yet suburban folks...
After Maria passed in 2017, Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico during its greatest moment of need.
“Quit being so emotional, Elaine, it’s not about the people, it’s about the money.” Mick Mulvaney to Elaine Duke, acting director of Homeland security in...
Forests to go the way of coral reefs, unable to keep pace in a warming world.
“We have to be aware that climate change and biodiversity loss are stress factors for ecosystems, for humans, for animals, and for the microbiome. Our...
Previously unknown source of carbon found in groundwater melt flow in Alaskan permafrost.
“The Arctic is heating up twice as much as the rest of the planet. With that comes permafrost thawing and the birth of aquifers, it...
Waves washing over a Pacific Atoll spells catastrophe for 'premier' ballistic missile defense site.
If you're asking when climate change is going to "happen," you're really asking when's it going to happen to "me," because it's already happened to...
Climate models suggest global food system crisis at hand; dust bowl scenarios now locked in.
We know from the National Climate Assessment that climate disruptions to agriculture over the past 40 years has increased and, will only worsen as the...
As flames burn Australia, Indonesians face a climate crisis of their own, billionaire class shrugs.
Indonesia is one of the most vulnerable nations on earth to climate change. Indonesians will face more intense floods, droughts and sea level rise in...
Dorian destroyed oil storage facility on Grand Bahama resulting in catastrophic environmental damage
As if the misery of the Bahamian people was not horrifying enough, the apocalyptic winds of Hurricane Dorian have been found to have ripped the...
The Daily Bucket–Hidden Treasures
You are out for a walk in an area that had volcanic or tectonic activity millions of years ago. Now, it’s really pretty. the soil’s...
The Daily Bucket–Flooded!!
This week of dire weather forecasts for the Pacific Northwest saw a year’s worth of snow fall on Seattle in a few remarkable days. Yet the...
Democratic Congressional Candidates Callis, Gollin, Green Talk Climate Change, Fracking (IL-13)
The three Democrats running in Illinois' 13th Congressional district primary recently answered my questions about climate change and energy issues. It's one of the hottest...
Favorite Comments from the Petition to Ban Fracking in Illinois
The MoveOn.org Fracking Fighter petition to ban fracking in Illinois got off to a fast start! It's just shy of the first 500 signatures. The...
Will Illinois Ban Fracking After Disaster Strikes Or Before?
An Illinois ban on fracking is inevitable. The question is whether it will happen before or after a major fracking disaster. The public comment period...
