Author: Marianne Barisonek

The imperative to stop burning fossil fuels and a proliferation of new tech gadgets like cell phones and smart everything has businesses and governments scrambling to procure the metals that make the magic happen. Mining, refining and even recycling these components comes with a heavy environmental cost. Can we realistically switch from fossil fuels to […]

It’s dawning on a growing number of people that the lack of response to the climate crisis is bringing us toward a Thelma and Louise ending for industrial civilization.

As we scramble to create a more sustainable version of our civilization much of the focus has been on technology. But electric cars and reusable containers will only take us so far. From mountaintop removal to factory farms our relationship with the non-human world has been one of unabashed exploitation. If we’re to regain some […]

Donald Trump was surrounded by billionaires during his inauguration. It became glaringly obvious who bought the election. But the influence of the uber wealthy goes far beyond that one election.

In the spirit of upcoming Halloween, the new interview is about a horror graphic novel trilogy Witchland. Tim Mulligan adds supernatural forces to the most radioactive site in the United States, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. In this interview, we talk about the real horrors of radioactive releases and the fictional horrors of […]

Charlie Kirk’s organization, Turning Point, started out as secular, promoting capitalism, free markets and the separation of church and state. All of that changed in 2020 when he embraced the “Seven Mountains Mandate”.

As political events in the United States wobble towards an authoritarian takeover it’s easy to lose sight of the larger picture. The price of food is going nowhere but up as climate disruption, soil depletion and water scarcity take hold. Scientists warn that changes to the earth’s life support systems could trigger irreversible changes to […]

PFAS is a group of chemicals that didn’t exist in the world until humans created them in the 1940’s. They’re highly toxic endocrine disruptors that affect the thyroid, liver, kidney and reproductive organs. Now they are everywhere.