England's new report on the safety of hydraulic fracturing may say more about the necessity of regulation.
In a report released today, Public Health England concludes that fracking pollution poses little risk to the public health "if the operations…
October 2013
Chinese cities are poised for an environmental revolution like the one that transformed some rusting American industrial cities, like Pittsburgh, into "beautiful, blue skies" cities today, a leading urban economist said in Chicago Thursday.
China is…
Humans have already adopted a technology to adapt to climate change, and while it has already saved lives, it can also make the planet hotter, according to a working paper being developed by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Air conditioning…
by Jeff McMahonRecently a lifelong friend asked me, “How did you stop fighting everything and become spiritual instead?” This friend and I had fought side by side in many great battles over the decades—as activists, as environmentalists, as…
A Self Made of Words
by Carl H. Klaus
Iowa, 2013
Recently a Buddhist acquaintance suggested I read Simone Weil because of her work on attention. She writes, for example, that “Absolute undivided attention is prayer,” which lends a Buddhist flavor to…
by Jeff McMahonFirst you notice the nests. We’re used to seeing yogis rolling out their mats, collecting blocks and straps, perhaps a bolster or blanket. But at a Gong Lab event, they build nests. Some bring pillows from home—head pillows, eye…
