Corporate Criminality – Climate Crisis in 2022
Shell Oil just recorded record profits with inflationary price increases.
Science
We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
Beyond what our natural or prosthetic senses can observe and understand, there exist physical realities we don’t even know we don’t know.
New Plastic Treaty May Curb Eco Scourge
Last week nearly 200 countries agreed in principle to an international plastic treaty that aims to tackle global plastic pollution, but the devil is in the details.
Minimizing Environmental Risks at Construction Sites
Avoid areas where key habitats would suffer impacts.
“Criminal” Climate Crisis – Earth Day 2022
Perhaps by Earth Day 2022, we may know how this Supreme Court rules on the criminality of future abdication of leadership in protecting us all.
Net Zero Promises May Be Worth Zero Too
Net zero pledges make for good marketing, but even the promises that have been backed with real action haven’t measured up.
Which is Safer for Transporting Gas in Alaska: Trucks or Pipelines?
Gas is obviously flammable, and semi-truck accidents can result in considerable explosions and fires when they crash.
Climate Change is Tied to Poor Mental Health
Extreme heatwaves can have an impact on mental health
Legal Issues That Might Arise with Machine Learning and AI
While AI-enabled decision-making seems to take out the subjective human areas of bias and prejudice, many observers worry that machine analytics have the same or different biases embedded in the systems.
Regional Differences, Local Resilience
Could rediscovering and embracing our regional differences lead to big payoffs in increased resilience, even conflict avoidance, down the road?