These are a few stories we found this week that may be of interest to institute regulars. If you have a news tip, please send it to lowtechinstitute@gmail.com.
Low Tech News
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again – LOW-TECH MAGAZINE
Dealing With Our Own Shit – Dark Mountain
Climate Change, Children and Anxiety – The New York Times
Utopianism inspires change
Restoring Mayberry: A different kind of childhood
Restoring Mayberry: Spinach straight from the garden
How do you sell the idea of Passive House? | TreeHugger
What’s wrong with my tomato plant? We have the answer | TreeHugger
Can parks help cities fight crime?
[Episode #98] – Why Building Transmission is So Hard | The Energy Transition Show
Environmental News
Majority of Americans Know Fossil Fuel Companies Drive Climate Change, Should Pay for Damages | DeSmogBlog
Cognitive Dissonance: Canada Declares a National Climate Emergency and Approves a Pipeline | DeSmogBlog
CEO of Major Shale Oil Company “Has Second Thoughts” on Fracking Rush, Wall Street Journal Reports | DeSmogBlog
Labour, climate justice and global solidarity
Government action needed on climate target
Bill Wehrum, an Author of Trump Administration’s Pro-Coal Rules, to Leave E.P.A. – The New York Times
Blue States Roll Out Aggressive Climate Strategies. Red States Keep to the Sidelines. – The New York Times
As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground – The New York Times
We Asked Two Experts to Evaluate Each Party’s Climate Plan | The Tyee
Andrew Scheer’s Real Bad Climate Plan | The Tyee
It’s so hot in Europe, the temperature map is screaming | Grist
Submission on strategic risks facing Ireland – Feasta
Activists Outside the 2020 Debate Are Demanding That Climate Change Take Center Stage – Mother Jones
Mountain Valley Pipeline Fighter Locks Themself to Excavator in Summers County | Earth First! Newswire
Research News
Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species. | Grist
The plastics circular economy
Cement production makes more CO2 than all the trucks in the world | TreeHugger
Analysis: Major update to ocean-heat record could shrink 1.5C carbon budget
Can smartphone apps help solve the world’s food waste problem? | Ensia
Most illustrations of the water cycle are missing an important piece | Ensia
Op-Ed¹
In Climate Matters, What’s the Deference? – CIVIL NOTION
Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Buy clean energy | Grist
Guest post: Planned growth of UK airports not consistent with net-zero climate goal
War, empire and racism in the Anthropocene – INSURGE intelligence – Medium
Is XR selling out?
Life in Plastic? Not Fantastic | The Tyee
Twerps, the Apocalypse, Pipelines and Vonnegut | The Tyee
The Great Change: Riding the Whale’s Tail
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