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Environmental Groups Demand Transparency over Geoengineering Experiments

The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 requires that all activities that attempt to produce “artificial changes in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere” must file public transparency reports. Read More

What is Marine Geoengineering?

What is marine geoengineering? Attempts to manipulate the Earth’s oceans to counteract the effects of climate change. Read More

What is Solar Geoengineering?

What is solar geoengineering? Technologies that would reflect a portion of the sun’s rays back into space. Read More

Is Nuclear Power Bad for the Environment?

Is nuclear power bad for the environment? Is it dangerous, expensive, and a threat to public health? Also yes. Read More

We Can Stop The Fossil-Fueled Disinformation Pipeline

With the rise of extremism, and the manipulation of artificial intelligence, we need action on disinformation now more than ever. Read More

How Plastics Are Produced

How are plastics produced? Petrochemicals are the building blocks of plastics, as well as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Read More

Five Things the Movie Her Got Wrong, and a Bit Right

OpenAI, Google, and others are rapidly trying to outdo each other while making promises about “safety” that they just as quickly throw out the window, trampling the rights of women, minorities, artists, and journalists along the way. Read More

Are Your Internet Habits Killing the Planet?

Individual behavior changes alone won’t solve the problem of a high-polluting internet. Ultimately, what’s needed is systemic change from tech companies and fossil fuel companies. Read More

Artificial Intelligence: The Next Climate Wildfire?

New technology like artificial intelligence (AI) is entering increasingly widespread use with essentially no safety checks at all. Read More

Managing to Fight Disinformation

Disinformation is a threat to the stability of democracy and undermines our ability to tackle nearly every problem we face — from addressing climate change to securing LGBTQ+ rights to ensuring public health. Read More