Hacker News with Generative AI: Environmentalism

Proforestation: The case for leaving trees alone (mongabay.com)
In a quiet corner of northern New York state, the white pines of the Adirondack Forest Preserve rise like sentinels, untouched for more than 125 years. Their silence speaks volumes.
Environmentalism, Conservation, Forestry, New York
15 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 0 comments
What to Read to Wrap Your Head Around the Climate Crisis (theatlantic.com)
These visceral reported accounts will help readers better understand the new ecological status quo.
Climate Change, Journalism, Environmentalism, Science
10 points by pmags 3 days ago | 1 comments
The Population Bomb (1968) (wikipedia.org)
The Population Bomb is a 1968 book co-authored by former Stanford University professor Paul R. Ehrlich and former Stanford senior researcher in conservation biology Anne H. Ehrlich.[1][2] From the opening page, it predicted worldwide famines due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth.
Overpopulation, Environmentalism, Social Impact, Books, History
12 points by simonebrunozzi 4 days ago | 0 comments
Last Gasp of the Landfill Economy (blogspot.com)
It seems we're supposed to mourn the last gasp of The Landfill Economy. Perhaps we should celebrate its demise.
Waste Management, Environmentalism, Sustainability
7 points by spking 14 days ago | 0 comments
A wild 'freakosystem' has been born in Hawaii (bbc.com)
Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the nature of tomorrow.
Ecosystems, Hawaii, Environmentalism, Climate Change
86 points by pseudolus 22 days ago | 105 comments
World's largest wildlife crossing reaches critical milestone. Now what? (yahoo.com)
Monday was momentous for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing although it still looked like a bridge to nowhere from the 101 Freeway, where more than 300,000 vehicles stream endlessly every day.
Wildlife Conservation, Infrastructure, California, Environmentalism
80 points by Stratoscope 24 days ago | 82 comments
'All the birds returned': How China led the way in water and soil conservation (theguardian.com)
It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.
Environmentalism, China, Conservation, Water, Soil
6 points by PaulHoule 32 days ago | 0 comments
Please stop planting only corn (virtualize.sh)
If you’ve ever watched a nature documentary (one of those where David Attenborough quietly whispers the doom of an entire species) you know monocultures are bad.
Agriculture, Environmentalism, Sustainability
12 points by plam503711 32 days ago | 0 comments
Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell (visdeurbel.nl)
Every spring, thousands of fish swim through the Oudegracht in Utrecht, searching for a place upstream to lay their eggs. But the Weerdsluis is often closed. You can help the fish continue their journey! If you see a fish, press the doorbell. This alerts the lock operator to open the lock.
Environmentalism, Technology, Netherlands
88 points by rguiscard 33 days ago | 29 comments
The Shitthropocene (patagonia.com)
Environmentalism, Climate Change, Humor
59 points by uptown 37 days ago | 23 comments
The Asbestos Times (2023) (worksinprogress.co)
Asbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides.
History, Environmentalism, Materials Science
4 points by Tomte 41 days ago | 0 comments
The long flight to teach an endangered ibis species to migrate (newyorker.com)
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.
Conservation, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Environmentalism, Nature
74 points by FinnLobsien 44 days ago | 19 comments
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer's (theguardian.com)
Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife.
Environmentalism, Science, Wildlife, Pollution, Health
6 points by pseudolus 44 days ago | 0 comments
'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest (theguardian.com)
Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy
Climate Change, Activism, Environmentalism, Protest, Sabotage
13 points by edward 45 days ago | 0 comments
The shrouded sinister history of the bulldozer (noemamag.com)
From India to the Amazon to Israel, bulldozers have left a path of destruction that offers a cautionary tale for how technology without safeguards can be misused.
History, Technology, Environmentalism, Social Impact
78 points by g8oz 46 days ago | 64 comments
Magpies and crows are using “anti-bird spikes” to make nests (2023) (audubon.org)
Humans have made the world less hospitable for birds in many ways. One obvious and intentional example of this can be found in towns and cities worldwide: anti-bird spikes. The pointy wires you might see attached to roofs, ledges, and light poles are meant to deter urban species like pigeons from landing, pooping, and even nesting where people don’t want them to. But in an avian act of poetic justice, a handful of European birds have struck back.
Nature, Animals, Urban Planning, Environmentalism
234 points by perihelions 47 days ago | 84 comments
Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia (2018) (ecosia.org)
When I founded Ecosia a few years ago, I made two promises:
Environmentalism, Sustainability, Non-profit Organizations, Business
346 points by erlend_sh 47 days ago | 215 comments
'We're losing our environmental history': The future of government information (thebulletin.org)
As the director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project, Rachel Santarsiero is in the business of monitoring and facilitating the flow of information from the government to the public. What she’s seeing now, in the first weeks of President Trump’s second administration, is throwing the continuity of that process into doubt.
Government, Climate Change, Environmentalism, Information Access
21 points by rntn 47 days ago | 1 comments
Hackintoshing as a sustainable environmental practice (medium.com)
In 2025 using Linux or a Hackintosh is a very sustainable practice in computing, because you are able to use hardware longer.
Sustainability, Computing, Operating Systems, Environmentalism
50 points by opengears 48 days ago | 78 comments
California banned polystyrene. Has industry spooked the governor into silence? (latimes.com)
California’s ban on polystyrene was one of the biggest wins for environmentalists in the state’s recent history.It went into effect on Jan. 1 — but no one, including the governor’s office and CalRecycle, is talking about it.
Environmental Policy, Politics, California, Industry, Environmentalism
12 points by PaulHoule 50 days ago | 3 comments
How to Build a Thousand-Year-Old Tree (noemamag.com)
As the world faces an accelerating crisis of biodiversity loss and spiking rates of extinction, Britain’s protected natural areas are getting an explicit new assignment.
Environmentalism, Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Nature
95 points by matthewjpo 50 days ago | 13 comments
Mass firings at National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists (latimes.com)
As federal job eliminations strike the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, scientists and environmental advocates are denouncing the cuts, saying they could cause real harm to Americans.
Science, Government, Environmentalism, Employment, News
17 points by anigbrowl 56 days ago | 0 comments
Mass firings across NOAA, National Weather Service ignite fury from scientists (tampabay.com)
As federal job eliminations struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service on Thursday, scientists and environmental advocates denounced the cuts, saying they could cause real harm to Americans.
Government, Science, Environmentalism, Job Cuts, News
14 points by howard941 57 days ago | 0 comments
No one is coming to save us. Time to cowboy up (keepcool.co)
The world has sustained 1.5°C of warming above pre-industrial levels for over a year now. There’s no sign that trend will change anytime soon. Put plainly: We’ve run out of time to ‘do’ decarbonization without additional help to cool the planet now and buy time.
Climate Change, Climate Action, Environmentalism
19 points by andyjsong 57 days ago | 3 comments
Patagonia CEO: Trump Shouldn't Sell Our Public Lands (time.com)
Public lands have been described as America’s “best idea.” They are natural sanctuaries, sources of generational inspiration and for some, ancestral homelands. Every citizen has a right to experience them and a paired responsibility for their welfare and protection. So, recent news coming from Washington, D.C.—possible plans to sell off our public lands and the firing of the staff needed to protect and access them—has the outdoor sports community’s attention.
Politics, Environmentalism, Conservation, Public Lands
11 points by mrtesthah 59 days ago | 0 comments
Online discussions on forests preserved in the Finnish Web Archive (kansalliskirjasto.fi)
For a long time, public discussion on forests has been marked by the issue of defining limits for the economic exploitation of Finnish forests. The National Library of Finland has preserved forest-focused discussions on the internet spanning several years.
Environmentalism, Finland, Archives, Public Discourse, Forestry
26 points by gnabgib 61 days ago | 2 comments
Technofossils: Humanity's eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes (theguardian.com)
As an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technological civilisation are most likely to survive for many millions of years as fossils have reached an ironic but instructive conclusion: fast food and fast fashion will be our everlasting geological signature.
Archaeology, Anthropology, Environmentalism, Plastic Pollution, Fashion
61 points by pseudolus 61 days ago | 29 comments
Bill Gates Is Playing Both Sides of the Climate Crisis (jacobin.com)
Bill Gates presents himself as a climate champion, but his trust has actually increased its fossil fuel investments since his divestment pledge. It's just the latest example of the billionaire appointing himself to solve problems he helps perpetuate.
Climate Change, Environmentalism, Billionaires, Capitalism
16 points by zdw 67 days ago | 0 comments
World Is Burning. Here's What You Can Do About It (joanwestenberg.com)
Everything hurts right now.
Climate Change, Environmentalism, Activism
12 points by vednig 70 days ago | 2 comments
Waste Wars: The Afterlife of Trash (nytimes.com)
In the closing years of the Cold War, something strange started to happen.
Recycling, Environmentalism, Misinformation
10 points by mgav 71 days ago | 5 comments