Across the country, farmers are taking a chance on a new method: adding crushed volcanic rock to fields to improve soil health (and sequester carbon in the process). This story was originally published in Modern Farmer and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate … Continue reading To reverse a troubling trend, farmers are adding rocks to their fields
Climate champion and former Vice President Al Gore denounced Washington’s assault on climate policy and democratic norms Monday night at the start of San Francisco’s third annual Climate Week. During a keynote address at the city’s Exploratorium museum, Gore ripped into the alleged corruption and greed fueling the Trump administration and called its climate actions … Continue reading Al Gore Slams Washington’s Attack Оn The Distinction Between True And False
When Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement shortly into his first term, concerned states got together and vowed to fight for climate action. These same states awoke last November to a version of Groundhog Day, facing the same President with the same – if not more virulent – climate antipathy. Once again, they swore … Continue reading Can States Pick Up America’s Climate Tab?
The carbon removal community met last week to talk shop in the climate tech and venture capital hub of San Francisco. At a two-day summit hosted by London-based convener Carbon Unbound, over 300 inventors, investors, market analysts, and policy experts dissected the current state of CDR affairs. However, a single theme dominated the meetings and … Continue reading Buyers Wanted: Carbon Unbound SF Targets Low CDR Investment
On a banana plantation in rural Australia, a second-generation farming family spreads crushed volcanic rock between rows of ripening fruit. Eight thousand kilometers away, two young men in central India dust the same type of rock powder onto their dry-season rice paddy, while across the ocean, a farmer in Kenya sprinkles the powder by hand … Continue reading How powdered rock could help slow climate change
San Francisco’s second annual Climate Week ended last Saturday, capping a seven-day extravaganza of more than 300 events across the city. Over 20,000 people – includingcorporate and government officials, investors, innovators, academia, and simply the curious – hiked, biked, ferried, bussed, and hopped the trolley to learn, share, be inspired, make deals, and continue working … Continue reading SF Climate Week Bigger, Better, (Not Yet) Bolder
On the day the skies over San Francisco turned orange from wildfire smoke in 2020, it’s commonly said, a generation of climate activists was born. The city is home to dozens of cleantech startups, environmental organizations, and progressive venture capital groups. While funding for cleantech startups fell overall last year, it fell much less in … Continue reading Wary But Ultimately Bullish Positive Sentiment Prevails At SF Climate Week
The Death and Revival of Lake Merritt Alameda Magazine - August 31st, 2011 On a warm July day in 1949, the shores of Lake Merritt played host to a collision of faith and folly. Down near 12th Street, crowds gathered for a “Freeway Fiesta” to celebrate the opening of the $17 million Frickstad Viaduct. The … Continue reading Undoing the 1950’s
Richmond startup helmet company Brainguard may revolutionize head protection. Oakland Magazine - March 3rd, 2020 If you chanced upon a skull one day, like Hamlet, you might be surprised by what it looks like inside. While the upper half is the smooth inner eggshell that most of us imagine, the lower half starts out smooth … Continue reading Brainguard Guards the Brain That Nature Provided
It’s morning and you wake on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers containing carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions. After a good run, you stop for a cup of joe and guiltlessly toss the plastic cup in the trash, confident it will fully biodegrade into … Continue reading How to make recyclable plastics out of CO2 to slow climate change
