New report: Transportation “is climate enemy #1.” Banks’ divesting from fossil fuels will worsen world poverty. Cities want plastic companies to pay for recycling.
Category: The Environmental Blog
‘The Perverse Panic over Plastic’
John Tierney in the City Journal: The plastic panic has never made any sense, and it’s intensifying even as evidence mounts that it’s not only a waste of money but also harmful to the environment, not to mention humans. It’s been a movement in search of a rationale for half a century. During…
Tuesday’s Links
Now there’s an anti-Greta. HT Benny Peiser. Compost this takeout box; it’s lined with seaweed and “fully recyclable.” HT Waste Dive. Renewable energy costs more than we think.
It Will Cost You $15 If You Don’t Return This Coffee Cup
From E. A. Crunden at “Waste Dive”: The NextGen Cup Consortium, an effort driven by McDonald’s and Starbucks, is debuting reusable cup pilot programs at independent coffee shops around San Francisco and Palo Alto, California. The pilot programs will see reusable cups outfitted with tracking codes and chips introduced in place of traditional disposable…
Monday’s Links
Banks and investment funds “go green,” signaling their virtue. The terrifying effects of groupthink. HT Matt Ridley. Proposal in Takoma Park, Maryland, would ban all gas stations by 2045. And that’s just part of it.