The Fix is In

“While denying climate change is a human-caused problem and rejecting proposals to cut greenhouse gases, they’re promoting what many experts worry is the risky default solution of geoengineering.” From Reveal: What on Earth? Why climate change skeptics are backing geoengineering.

+ “Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size of France in the Pacific Ocean.” WaPo: Plastic within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is increasing exponentially.

+ “Copenhill is more than a ski slope. It has a 278-foot-high artificial climbing wall, a full-service restaurant, and an après-ski bar surrounded by tree-lined hiking trails. And there’s more: The hulking, geometric wedge of silvery aluminum-and-glass paneling does double duty, oddly, as one of the most technologically advanced waste-to-energy plants in the world.” Bloomberg: Can a Waste Plant Become Copenhagen’s Biggest Tourism Attraction? (If it’s between visiting that or the plastic garbage patch, I don’t see why not…)