Film Review: Fire and Ash, a visual-experience film with strong ecological messages By Alberto Sclaverano The third chapter in James Cameron's epic science-fiction saga follows the events of the previous movie, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Cameron seems to create a (very actual and sad) parallel between the desire for war and the destruction of the ecosystem. Much like on Earth, on Pandora, the ones who want to go to war and kill their counterparts are also the ones who have no...

Source: Union on Concerned Scientists The Road to True Grid Resilience is Paved With Science and Community Voice Those of us who live in the central United States are all too familiar with extreme weather events and their implications for the electricity that powers our homes and businesses. Off the top of my head, I can think of several storms that cut the power to my home in Wisconsin, including a particularly severe form of thunderstorm called a derecho in June of 2022 . That storm downed...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientist Following a power outage during Hurricane Irma in 2017, I remember fumbling with my camping stove to cook instant oatmeal, squatting on the cold covered landing outside my apartment. The storm had already passed, but the disruption was just beginning. I fared comparatively well, losing power for roughly 24 hours (roughly 4 oatmeals, but who’s counting?) but the impact on the grid and community—with downed powerlines, short-term flooding, trees and debris...