Source: WRAL TechWire Insect populations are declining precipitously worldwide due to pesticide use and other factors, with a potentially “catastrophic” effect on the planet, a study has warned. More than 40% of insect species could become extinct in the next few decades, according to the

Author: Benjamin Steele / Source: Good News Network As we celebrate Earth Day, one of the most hopeful signs for our planet’s future is the knowledge that environmental activists are still showing up—and, these days, as young as nine-years-old. Lilly Platt, for instance, is traveling more than

Even in a time when retail investors are (almost) literally throwing money at ETFs, and the passive industry is growing by billions of dollars each day at the expense of active managed funds, there are occasional casualties, and on Tuesday afternoon it was Dennis Gartman's turn. According to

Author: Paul Ratner / Source: Big Think A new report by the nonprofit group Global Witness highlights the increasing dangers that environmentalists face around the world. At least 200 people were murdered last year for protecting the land, water and wildlife of their communities. The report

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Humanity appears to default to magical thinking when faced with untenable situations that demand systemic change. How would extraterrestrial anthropologists characterize Earth's dominant socio-economic system? It's not difficult to imagine their