Reading archive 2025-01-05

Recycling Doesn’t Work—and the Plastics Industry Knew It: The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we’re all being poisoned by its product.

Trees are spreading across the Great Plains. They're actually making climate change worse - "Trees darken the ground. So a place that otherwise would reflect more sunlight and send some of its heat straight back into outer space instead soaks up that heat. In some regions, this outweighs the trees’ potential carbon storage."

Opinion: Habitat for all — how housing and biodiversity can coexist even in a crowded future

In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork: Grill-obsessed Argentines, facing inflation and economic shock therapy, consumed less beef per capita in 2024 than at any point in the past century.

Why South Korean protesters are using U.S. flags and a pro-Trump slogan: Both supporters and critics of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are using American symbolism, from the “Stop the Steal” slogan to the Virginia state flag.

Liberals Warned Me About MAGA’s Racism. I Didn’t Believe Them—Until Now.: My grandfather voted for Trump three times. Now, part of that movement is calling immigrants like him ‘filthy.’

‘Perfect storm’ of factors hits Washington apple farmers, driving bankruptcies, consolidation