Call me Ishmael, for I’m about to tell a tale of p*ssed-off animals and the lesson we humans should take away — or at least consider — from events I’m about to describe. …

In 2015 21 youths between the ages of eight and 17 asked a federal court to find that they have a constitutionally protected right to a healthy and su-stainable environment. In the interim, more than a few of the 21 youths are now 20-somethings. …

Today’s culture wars seem to spare nothing and no one. So, it is hardly shocking that some red state legislatures and blue city councils have been locked into battles over natural gas hookups. Blue city councils, e.g., Austin, Texas, have taken to prohibiting the use of natural gas in new…

The Two Joes and What They Mean for US Climate Policy At least one-half of last year’s Washington power couple — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) — has taken to holding hostage the other Joe’s climate plans and promises. Manchin has vowed to stonewall President Biden’s nominees…

The budget battle brewing in Congress could see the US become a dead-beat debtor if the warring factions can’t come to some arrangement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling. In a proposed tit-for-tat deal, House Speaker McCarthy (R-CA) and members of the Freedom Caucus are looking to claw back the…

For economic and environmental reasons, the reign of Old King Coal is coming to an end. The royal’s reign has crossed centuries. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), coal was first used to generate elec-tricity for homes and factories in the 1880s. …

View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, approximately one mile from the retention pond. Courtesy of Wikimedia. It appears that the reign of Old King Coal is finally ending because of its impact on the environment and its inability to compete economically with cleaner energy sources, including…

Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic. You just woke up and realized the nation is running late in putting needed climate protections in place. Discuss. You’d have to have been hiding in a cave over the last 12 months not to have heard about the rapid rise of…

It’s been a year since Russian President Putin declared an unprovoked war on Ukraine. Much has changed since then — not just in Russia and Ukraine but worldwide. The war’s true cost will prove incalculable. How do you cost account the scourge of a sovereign nation of 41 million people…