How is the global economy really doing? How is the state of the environment directly connected to the economy? The oceans are now filled with trash, what are all the sources of this trash? The largest science panel in the world says we "could" pass major climate tipping points in a decade or less. Is this the truth? Or did we pass the point of no return decades ago? Where does geoengineering fit into this equation? The latest installment of Global Alert News is below.