Environmentalism
In defense of AI data centers
Sen. Bernie Sanders has a problem with data centers. They're just too good. In a video posted to social media in December 2025, the Vermont independent complained that billionaire tech moguls are reaping huge profits…
These climate change charts are scary. They’re also wrong.
Bloomberg columnist Mark Gongloff says this scary-looking chart is something "climate denialists can't ignore" because it shows how much hotter the world has been getting since 1930. Adani Samat The chart…
House advances SPEED Act to overhaul NEPA and speed up project approvals
Real estate developers, energy companies, and federal agencies could soon see project construction times shrink, thanks to a bill that was just passed by the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the House advanced the…
New discovery could curb plastic pollution by turning waste into fuel
A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction that uses hydrogen gas…
‘Catch kits’ for fetal remains are Republicans’ latest dystopian plan to punish abortions
Are abortions poisoning us all? That's the latest line of attack from Republicans in Wisconsin and elsewhere, with lawmakers arguing that women who take abortion pills must prevent their blood and fetal tissue from…
30 years of U.N. COP climate meetings haven’t slowed carbon emissions
United Nations' climate change conferences are exercises in futility. That is becoming ever clearer as the 30th conference of the parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
The Sierra Club Went Woke, and Now Is Going Broke
The Sierra Club is one of the oldest and most well-known environmental organizations in the country. It was founded in 1892 and became a powerful political force contemporary environmental politics. In recent years, however,…
In Search of a New Environmentalism — Hayward Replies
Last month, over at Law & Liberty, Steven Hayward initiated a conversation on the need for a "new environmentalism" and what it should look like. To close out the conversation, Hayward has responded to comments…
In Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Bugonia’, elites are alien creatures
As movies that diagnose the modern condition go, you can't do much better than Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia. Lanthimos has always been cold and caustic, proffering oddball metaphors for the absurd state of existence.…
Paul Kingsnorth’s ‘Against the Machine’ is wrong. Progress is good, actually.
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity, by Paul Kingsnorth, Thesis, 368 pages, $32 Since about 1970, infant mortality in the United States has decreased by roughly 75 percent. The United Kingdom has seen a similarly…
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