With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Monday, September 11, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Chinese team grows humanised kidneys in pigs for first time, raising transplant hopes – and ethical concerns
Idaho Wants to Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion
Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act effectively strips professors of their First Amendment right to academic speech. We’re suing.
'A silent killer’: How saltwater intrusion is overtaking coastal farmland in the US
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
The frequency, intensity and severity of large-scale wildfires is increasing, but there's an element to it that is under-acknowledged, says Curtis Abraham, a science writer currently studying in Uganda: the declining populations of large herbivores which naturally regulate nature's fire systems.
Architects are cutting big holes in the middle of skyscrapers and adding more floors to turn empty NYC offices into apartments
Revelations of Chinese espionage rock British Parliament
Fran Drescher is easily reelected as SAG-AFTRA president
Up to 2,000 feared drowned after Libyan city hit by ‘catastrophic’ storm floods
The Russian and North Korean leaders are set to meet. Why, and why now?
She survived 9/11. Then she survived cancer four times.
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