Tag: Norway

De-Extinction: If We Could Revive a Species, Does It Mean We Should?

If we truly want our relation to nature to be “something other than tragic,” what that will require, most of all, is for us to finally, belatedly get good at behaving like something less than gods.

September 5, 2013
The Global Progress of Composting Food Waste

As municipal food composting programs spread across North America and Europe, no city faces a more daunting task than …

August 13, 2013
North Sea Oil Leaks Expose Industry’s Inability to Safely Drill in Arctic

Greenpeace has warned about new figures showing Britain’s offshore rigs and platforms have leaked oil or other chemicals into the North Sea 55 times over the past month should act as a “reality check” for an industry aiming to drill in the Arctic.

July 10, 2013
Major Fossil Fuel Divestments Strengthen Renewable Energy Movement Worldwide

“As the stated climate goals become reality, these resources are worthless financially, but it is also true that they do not contribute to sustainable development in the extent and the pace we want. Exposure to fossil fuels is …”

July 5, 2013
Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef

As the global demand for animal protein grew more than fivefold over the second half of the twentieth century, humans began to press against the productivity constraints of the world’s rangelands and oceans. Annual beef production climbed …

June 12, 2013