Collectively, we are using far, far too much of everything: land, water, metals and minerals, lumber, living creatures, and more. We must decrease our use of all of it. It’s way past time to power down, and not just find another way to keep the machine running full speed ahead.
Blind Spots in the Climate Movement
In the media and in activist circles, Climate Change is generally presented as a problem with one cause—carbon emissions—and one solution: a “green energy transition.” But this narrative is far too na...
www.resilience.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Collectively, we are using far, far too much of everything: land, water, metals and minerals, lumber, living creatures, and more. We must decrease our use of all of it. It’s way past time to power down, and not just find another way to keep the machine running full speed ahead.
Vuntut Gwitchin elder Lorraine Netro said ANWR contains six months' worth of oil reserves and she questioned the value of extracting oil in the coastal plain.
“Imagine that, six months of oil in this sacred area. And the United States wants to drill and destroy our very livelihood," she said.
“Imagine that, six months of oil in this sacred area. And the United States wants to drill and destroy our very livelihood," she said.
Gwich’in want Carney to advocate for protecting caribou, oppose Trump’s Alaska oil plans | CBC News
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed a resolution from Gwich'in leaders, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to work to protect the Porcupine caribou herd and advocate against development ...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Vuntut Gwitchin elder Lorraine Netro said ANWR contains six months' worth of oil reserves and she questioned the value of extracting oil in the coastal plain.
“Imagine that, six months of oil in this sacred area. And the United States wants to drill and destroy our very livelihood," she said.
“Imagine that, six months of oil in this sacred area. And the United States wants to drill and destroy our very livelihood," she said.
Overpopulation is not merely a policy failure; it is a failure of consciousness. A species that cannot see where its hunger comes from will consume its own home. A civilisation that defines success through accumulation will accumulate until nothing remains.
Excellent essay, and I especially appreciate how it gets into the deeper psychological roots of why denial continues to persist: sundayguardianlive.com/feature/one-... #overpopulation
One greed six earths: The inner emptiness behind global consumption
New analysis warns humanity exceeds earth’s limits while inner emptiness fuels unchecked consumption.
sundayguardianlive.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Overpopulation is not merely a policy failure; it is a failure of consciousness. A species that cannot see where its hunger comes from will consume its own home. A civilisation that defines success through accumulation will accumulate until nothing remains.
Canadians use more than four times as much energy per capita as the world average, and 17 times as much as the average person in 1800 before the fossil fuel blowout got started. Half of the world’s population presently lives at, or below, levels of per capita energy consumption circa 1800.
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit | The Tyee
An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Canadians use more than four times as much energy per capita as the world average, and 17 times as much as the average person in 1800 before the fossil fuel blowout got started. Half of the world’s population presently lives at, or below, levels of per capita energy consumption circa 1800.
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Farmed pigs weigh as much as all of the world’s whales, orcas, sea otters, seals, and dolphins combined. All the dogs in the world, including pets and feral dogs, weigh as much as all wild mammals on land.
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Farmed pigs weigh as much as all of the world’s whales, orcas, sea otters, seals, and dolphins combined. All the dogs in the world, including pets and feral dogs, weigh as much as all wild mammals on land.
Why the so-called "abundance agenda" and its proposed weakening of environmental laws creates an abundance of concrete and a scarcity of nature;
How the renewable energy abundance of solar and wind farms, and AI data centers, spells even greater destruction of wildlife habitat;
How the renewable energy abundance of solar and wind farms, and AI data centers, spells even greater destruction of wildlife habitat;
We need an “abundance agenda” for nature. Ben Goldfarb challenges the techno-fix growth agenda that delivers an abundance of concrete and condos and a scarcity of wildness and wildlife.
Listen to this conversation on your favorite streaming platform!
www.populationbalance.org/podcast/ben-...
Listen to this conversation on your favorite streaming platform!
www.populationbalance.org/podcast/ben-...
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why the so-called "abundance agenda" and its proposed weakening of environmental laws creates an abundance of concrete and a scarcity of nature;
How the renewable energy abundance of solar and wind farms, and AI data centers, spells even greater destruction of wildlife habitat;
How the renewable energy abundance of solar and wind farms, and AI data centers, spells even greater destruction of wildlife habitat;
The modern villain doesn’t clear-cut a forest; they approve a permit. They don’t burn wetlands, they subsidize the companies that do. They don’t deny the consequences outright. They deny them by minimizing them, recasting them as overblown, or insisting technology will solve them “later.”
Every era celebrates its conservation heroes. Far fewer remember the destroyers.
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The modern villain doesn’t clear-cut a forest; they approve a permit. They don’t burn wetlands, they subsidize the companies that do. They don’t deny the consequences outright. They deny them by minimizing them, recasting them as overblown, or insisting technology will solve them “later.”
Kemp also argues that a “deep collapse” would level the playing field, equalize wealth and discredit Goliath’s institutions and leaders. “A deep collapse,” he says, “could provide fertile soil for democracy to take root.”
@crof.bsky.social: The value of a book like “Goliath’s Curse” is in [its] power to make us question what we’ve been told from childhood about the greatness of our society.
The Cost of Greatness | The Tyee
Luke Kemp studies the end of the world, over and over again.
thetyee.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Kemp also argues that a “deep collapse” would level the playing field, equalize wealth and discredit Goliath’s institutions and leaders. “A deep collapse,” he says, “could provide fertile soil for democracy to take root.”
"The new types of societies that arrived with the first empires,” writes McDonald, “were extracting and expanding rapidly, to the detriment both of the ecological diversity in their region and certain members of these societies.” These “parasitic societies” …
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"The new types of societies that arrived with the first empires,” writes McDonald, “were extracting and expanding rapidly, to the detriment both of the ecological diversity in their region and certain members of these societies.” These “parasitic societies” …
The number of people living in cities has more than doubled since 1950, when urban dwellers accounted for 20% of the world’s 2.5 billion people, according to the report. Now they comprise nearly half of the planet’s 8.2 billion people.
Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world’s most populous city, according to UN
The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The number of people living in cities has more than doubled since 1950, when urban dwellers accounted for 20% of the world’s 2.5 billion people, according to the report. Now they comprise nearly half of the planet’s 8.2 billion people.
Life in the woods, north of 60.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Life in the woods, north of 60.
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We are witnessing how a technological elite wants to turn us into humachines. Humans at the service of technology, favoring those who hoard power. We let it happen, we even promote, but what are the consequences? How can we confront this new form of dehumanization?
www.instagram.com/p/DRatnrxgQY...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We are witnessing how a technological elite wants to turn us into humachines. Humans at the service of technology, favoring those who hoard power. We let it happen, we even promote, but what are the consequences? How can we confront this new form of dehumanization?
www.instagram.com/p/DRatnrxgQY...
www.instagram.com/p/DRatnrxgQY...
The rapid pace of change to our habitat, combined with mounting evidence of compromised function in industrialised environments, leads to the hypothesis that industrialisation has created an environmental mismatch.
Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis
For the vast majority of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a range of natural environments defined the parameters within which selection shaped human biology. Although human-induced alteratio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The rapid pace of change to our habitat, combined with mounting evidence of compromised function in industrialised environments, leads to the hypothesis that industrialisation has created an environmental mismatch.
Loblaw said this grid tie is really about powering the mines — among them, the colossal Casino project, which, as it stands, would be off-grid, meaning fossil fuels would be needed to power it. Loblaw said the grid tie would fuel further harm to the land.
Yukon First Nation refutes claim there’s no opposition to grid tie project | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced the grid connection as part of his list of “nation-building” projects. While Ottawa has put up $40 million for a pre-feasibility study, the only new mon...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Loblaw said this grid tie is really about powering the mines — among them, the colossal Casino project, which, as it stands, would be off-grid, meaning fossil fuels would be needed to power it. Loblaw said the grid tie would fuel further harm to the land.
Of all herds, only the Porcupine herd in Yukon, Alaska and parts of the northwestern NWT is thought to be at or near an all-time high – but the United States’ move to open up drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could fundamentally alter the herd’s calving grounds.
Chart shows precipitous decline of the Bathurst #caribou herd. New in our news section, www.northerncaribou.ca/news
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Of all herds, only the Porcupine herd in Yukon, Alaska and parts of the northwestern NWT is thought to be at or near an all-time high – but the United States’ move to open up drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could fundamentally alter the herd’s calving grounds.
Land-use change stemmed from rapid population growth and economic development, with population density rising from 30 to 430 people per square kilometer between 1913 and 2022.
In Tanzania, human land use caused 76% of Kilimanjaro natural plant species loss, finds study
->Down To Earth | #plant species #biodiversity #land | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Down To Earth | #plant species #biodiversity #land | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
In Tanzania, human land use caused 76% of Kilimanjaro natural plant species loss, finds study
A new study reveals that land-use change caused by rapid population growth, not climate change, was the primary direct cause of the loss of 76 per cent of natural plant species on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro between 1911...
www.downtoearth.org.in
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Land-use change stemmed from rapid population growth and economic development, with population density rising from 30 to 430 people per square kilometer between 1913 and 2022.
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It should go without saying that the first step in #rewilding is to keep what's left untouched. There's so little that hasn't been marred by humans left that there should be not one more inch of development on the relatively pristine wildands left. Not one more inch.
The Trump administration has launched fresh attacks on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Izembek Wilderness, and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/04/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/04/t...
Trump Administration Attacks Iconic Wildlands in Alaska: Placing ANWR, the Izembek Wilderness, and Gates of the Arctic in Peril
On October 23, the Trump administration launched fresh attacks on three iconic wildlands in Alaska, places that Wilderness Watch, our members and supporters, and our conservation allies have fought to...
www.counterpunch.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It should go without saying that the first step in #rewilding is to keep what's left untouched. There's so little that hasn't been marred by humans left that there should be not one more inch of development on the relatively pristine wildands left. Not one more inch.
Africa has the highest fertility rates in the world — the continent’s human population has more than tripled since 1979, to around 1.5 billion today, and is projected to more than double again by 2070. This is bad news for elephants, very large-bodied mammals that require vast tracts of wilderness.
Elephants are highly intelligent, and emotionally complex creatures — their disappearance would be devastating. Their slide towards extinction must be halted, but only if we address the figurative elephant in the room: our growing human population.
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Crowded out with nowhere to go: Why slowing human population growth is key to saving elephants
The extinction of elephants would be a devastating tragedy. We cannot save them without addressing the figurative elephant in the room: our growing human population.
populationconnection.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Africa has the highest fertility rates in the world — the continent’s human population has more than tripled since 1979, to around 1.5 billion today, and is projected to more than double again by 2070. This is bad news for elephants, very large-bodied mammals that require vast tracts of wilderness.
The proposed Casino gold mine, for example, would use more power (200 megawatts) than the territory produces (148 megawatts). A steady supply of hydroelectricity from the national grid would allow the company to adjust its plans to power the project with LNG.
ANALYSIS | Ottawa names Yukon grid project in new major projects list. What does that mean? | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney may have put the Yukon-B.C. grid connection on the latest list of nation-building projects, but Yukoners are no closer to knowing when they can tap into B.C. hydro.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The proposed Casino gold mine, for example, would use more power (200 megawatts) than the territory produces (148 megawatts). A steady supply of hydroelectricity from the national grid would allow the company to adjust its plans to power the project with LNG.
Reducing the climate impact of air travel is a key goal, as the sector continues to expand globally. Aviation contributes 2.5% of global carbon dioxide emissions, but the industry is responsible for 5% of global warming
Aircraft contrails are contributing to global warming, but the balance between their solar and infrared effects is uncertain. EarthCARE's combination of instruments, particularly its high resolution 3-view broadband radiometer, is perfectly placed to measure them! earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
Contrail climate effects under EarthCARE’s spotlight - Earth Online
Reducing the climate impact of air travel is a key goal, as the sector continues to expand globally. Aviation contributes 2.5% of global carbon dioxide emissions, but the industry is responsible for 5...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reducing the climate impact of air travel is a key goal, as the sector continues to expand globally. Aviation contributes 2.5% of global carbon dioxide emissions, but the industry is responsible for 5% of global warming
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Acceleration
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Acceleration
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
“In 2015 our projected deadline for reaching 1.5°C was 27 years away. Now that threshold is only 4 years away – 23 years closer. This striking change suggests that global warming has accelerated quickly in recent years.”
Source: climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
#ClimateCrisis
Despite the critical role that forests play, deforestation continues at an alarming rate primarily driven by the expansion of agricultural land.
We can map the world's existing forests with incredible accuracy now, but clearly we cannot (or will not) stop them from disappearing at rapid rates almost everywhere. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌎
Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring
www.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Despite the critical role that forests play, deforestation continues at an alarming rate primarily driven by the expansion of agricultural land.
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We've been hearing plenty recently about how Canada will save the world's climate through electrifying and exporting LNG.
Here is the plan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Here is the plan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada (Ksi Lisims LNG)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We've been hearing plenty recently about how Canada will save the world's climate through electrifying and exporting LNG.
Here is the plan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Here is the plan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
The newest data show an estimated 28,759 adult Bluenose-East caribou. That’s down from the 39,525 counted in 2023. In 2021, officials counted only 23,202.
Newest data shows decline in Bathurst and Bluenose-East barren-ground caribou herds | CBC News
The latest data shows an overall decline of both herds compared to previous estimates but in the case of the Bluenose-East herd, the 2025 estimate is better than the territory’s survey results in 2021...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The newest data show an estimated 28,759 adult Bluenose-East caribou. That’s down from the 39,525 counted in 2023. In 2021, officials counted only 23,202.
But the forest, the world's largest wild walnut grove, has for years been slowly fading—hit by the overgrazing of livestock, illegal logging and rising temperatures.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
But the forest, the world's largest wild walnut grove, has for years been slowly fading—hit by the overgrazing of livestock, illegal logging and rising temperatures.