Summary This document contains some news highlights for current environmental news. More information will be added over time as it becomes available. For additional context and background, read the Eco News 2023 report. News Fox 26 Houston (23 Jul 2024) “Survey: Houstonians eyeing relocation” — Recent polling by the US Hobby Center reveals 57% of… Continue reading Eco News 2024
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Recycling Report 2024
Summary This document provides information about recycling benefits, options, and challenges. Some recent investigative news reports about recycling reveal some inefficiencies and failures of our current recycling efforts. Most of those news stories focus on plastics. A person could get discouraged by these reports and stop recycling completely. Despite some discouraging news about recycling, we… Continue reading Recycling Report 2024
EV Eco Impact Report 2024
Summary This document highlights some of the concerns about the environmental and human impact of electric vehicle production. Closed Loop Lifecycle As much as possible, a closed loop lifecycle should be the goal for EV manufacturing. While materials will be brought into the manufacturing process, reuse and recycling of those materials going forward would reduce… Continue reading EV Eco Impact Report 2024
Water Scarcity News 2022
This page provides a few video reports about water scarcity and what people in different regions are doing to address the problem. Videos are posted in chronological order with the most recent at the top. Descriptions provided are from the source page on YouTube. Some of the reports describe the drought which is a driving… Continue reading Water Scarcity News 2022
DOCUMENTARY: Planet of the Humans (2019)
About Planet of the Humans dares to say what no one will-that we are losing the battle to stop climate change because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road-selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY: Planet of the Humans (2019)
“Inside the Firestorm” — Australia Black Saturday Bushfires Documentary (7 Feb 2009)
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were among Australia’s all-time worst bushfire disasters. The documentary “Inside the Firestorm” examines why the event was so extreme and catastrophic. Written and directed by Jacob Hickey, the documentary was released… Continue reading “Inside the Firestorm” — Australia Black Saturday Bushfires Documentary (7 Feb 2009)