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The Firebird Question

philipswenz on April 28, 2017

Will we survive the Anthropocene? If we do, what comes next? At Firebird Journal, we explore the questions and answers…

Environment Our Ecological House

Plastic soup, anyone?

philipswenz on January 24, 2018

The plastic pollution crisis rivals the threat of climate change as it pollutes every natural system… —Hugo Tagholm, Surfers Against Sewage:

Environment Our Ecological House

We Are Still In!(Climate Fix Flop, part 3)

philipswenz on January 4, 2018

…the unofficial, nation-wide U.S. group “We Are Still In” set up camp at the Bonn, Germany, COP23 climate talks in a pavilion it called the “U.S. Climate Action Center” Read More

Environment Our Ecological House

A lump of coal in our Christmas stockings? (Climate Fix Flop, part 2)

philipswenz on December 22, 2017

Well, I guess we’ve all been bad this year, because our government is promising us lumps of coal in our Christmas stockings — and it’s been busy telling the whole world why we deserve them.

Progressive Politics

Why do the Russians care enough about U.S. Internet Neutrality to send the FCC fake “public comments?”

philipswenz on December 12, 2017

Are the Russians colluding with American telecoms to kill Net Neutrality? If so, why? Why does Putin care how your internet content is delivered, or not delivered?

Environment Our Ecological House

Climate Fix Flop (Part 1)

philipswenz on December 6, 2017

How the U.S. delegation laid an egg at the UN’s COP23 climate summit in Bonn, Germany

Environment Our Ecological House

The new economics of climate change (Part 3)

philipswenz on November 20, 2017

Why natural disasters don’t “grow the economy.” Read More

Environment Our Ecological House

The New Economics of Climate Chaos (Part 2)

philipswenz on November 7, 2017

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The Firebird Question

Will we survive the Anthropocene? If we do, what comes next? At Firebird Journal, we explore the questions and answers…

Plastic soup, anyone?

We Are Still In!(Climate Fix Flop, part 3)

…the unofficial, nation-wide U.S. group “We Are Still In” set up camp at the Bonn, Germany, COP23 climate talks in a pavilion it called the “U.S. Climate Action Center” Read More

A lump of coal in our Christmas stockings? (Climate Fix Flop, part 2)

Well, I guess we’ve all been bad this year, because our government is promising us lumps of coal in our Christmas stockings — and it’s been busy telling the whole world why we deserve them.

Why do the Russians care enough about U.S. Internet Neutrality to send the FCC fake “public comments?”

Are the Russians colluding with American telecoms to kill Net Neutrality? If so, why? Why does Putin care how your internet content is delivered, or not delivered?

Climate Fix Flop (Part 1)

How the U.S. delegation laid an egg at the UN’s COP23 climate summit in Bonn, Germany

The new economics of climate change (Part 3)

Why natural disasters don’t “grow the economy.” Read More

The New Economics of Climate Chaos (Part 2)

Will we be bankrupted by climate change?