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Indian Point shut down its last reactor today, taking an annual amount of clean electricity generation offline similar to that of all wind + solar in the state of New

Video gaming has been criticized for its energy demand and carbon emissions, but this criticism is misplaced. Gaming's enviro impact is actually tiny compared to leaving the house and driving

I will respectfully disagree with @TricksyRaccoon on the usefulness of this kind of degrowth too.I do appreciate Meg (and Kendra) spotlighting this aspect of the conversation though since the back

Alas, I remain really pessimistic about the collective impact of individual actions to cut carbon, partly for reasons @themadstone already touches on in this piece.But the main reason is that

A sentiment I’ve seen from some is: “Why correct people who overexaggerate climate impacts? It’s an emergency. The message should be extreme to motivate more action.”Unfortunately, I feel doomism can

This is not remotely what the climate science literature says. Misinformation like that article is becoming extreme and prevalent enough that there's a rapidly growing need for earth scientists to

The even bigger questions imo are steel and concrete, both of which we need in massive quantities to support a clean energy buildout.One 2.4 MW wind turbine requires in the

Whew. *takes deep breath*I am going to respectfully disagree with @amywestervelt that armed revolution would be productive for reforming American society on climate change or anything else.It'd be a reckless