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Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies

November 8, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The New York Times 11/08/2022 poking “a big hornets’ nest with a short stick.” Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring. Herman Daly, who for more than 50 years argued that the economic gospel of growth as synonymous with prosperity and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, History, Obituaries, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: ecological, economist, environmental, growth, growth economy, Herman Daly, natural resources, Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen, pollution, steady-state economy

Parts of Hanford nuclear waste site have not been inspected in 50 years

February 22, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Yet again, Parts of Hanford nuclear waste site have not been inspected in 50 years The former defense site in Washington state has a troubled past. The latest lapse involves the Energy Department’s failure to analyze the cause of a tunnel collapse. washingtonpost.com Aaron Gregg

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Dan Brouillette, Energy Department, environmental, Hanford nuclear waste site, Jacobs Engineering, nuclear warheads, plutonium, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Washington State

Only rebellion will prevent an ecological apocalypse

April 16, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

George Monbiot hits all the right words in his article in todays Guardian: rebellion, ecological and apocalypse. He is as usual, dramatic but what he says is right. It makes me think and that is good. As the author Jeremy Lent points out in a recent essay, it is almost certainly too late to save … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: apocalypse, catastrophe, environmental, environmental catastrophe, Extinction Rebellion, George Monbiot, Guardian, protest, rebellion, YouthStrike4Climate

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