Tim Watkins: Anatomy of the Crisis
Tim Watkins: Anatomy of the Crisis
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems
Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems Heightened atmospheric CO2 levels are cutting the proportions of protein and other vital nutrients in plants, impacting crops, people, pollinators and ecosystems. As CO2 levels rise, so do carbohydrates in plants, increasing food’s sugar content. While carbon-enriched plants grow bigger, scientists are finding that they […]
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Richard Wolff
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Richard Wolff The Chris Hedges Report Podcast speaks with the economist Richard Wolff about inflation, growing income inequality and the looming disasters built into the U.S. economic system Podcast
Why is Methane Such a Threat?
Why is Methane Such a Threat? Dale Hollow Dam on the Obey River at Celina, Tennessee Reservoirs behind dams are responsible for large amounts of methane emissions One might ask a similar question such as “Why is carbon dioxide such a threat?” or “Why is nitrous oxide such a threat?” or even “Why is sulfur […]
Be it Resolved: Don’t Trust Mainstream Media
Be it Resolved: Don’t Trust Mainstream Media My opening remarks for the Munk Debates in Toronto tonight Tonight at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, I’m teaming up with The War on the West author Douglas Murray in the prestigious Munk Debates. Our opponents are Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author and New Yorker staff writer, and […]
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed? Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on […]
I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I’m Just Tired
I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I’m Just Tired The midterm elections, the “most important elections of our lifetimes,” are over. Whoever won, it wasn’t really going to change much. Today’s system is simply too deeply entrenched. While the much-touted differences between America’s political parties get obsessive, hysterical attention, the sameness of Imperial corruption, waste […]
Washington Goes to War Against Twitter and Free Speech
Washington Goes to War Against Twitter and Free Speech Below is my column this week on the campaign to coerce Elon Musk to restore the censorship system at Twitter. The campaign against Twitter now involves the full allied forces of the anti-free speech movement: the government, corporations, Democratic politicians, the media, and, of course, celebrities. […]
BP weighs ending its 70-year-old Statistical Review of World Energy
BP weighs ending its 70-year-old Statistical Review of World Energy An illuminated BP logo is seen at a petrol station in Gateshead, Britain, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – BP (BP.L) is considering ending the publication of its Statistical Review of World Energy, over 70 years after it first published the benchmark […]
Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels
Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels Latest peer-reviewed journal article appears in the prestigious Elsevier series of journals: McPherson, Guy R., Beril Sirmack, and Ricardo Vinuesa. March 2022. Environmental thresholds for mass-extinction events. Results in Engineering (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100342. Full text: When the head of the conservative International Energy Agency admits we are in the midst of the […]
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner said, back in September, the markets would sink and then go back up. Both calls happened right on time. What does Nenner see now? Nenner says, “Two days ago, we started to take profits again. […]
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession https://youtu.be/nBykCZxtICM
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II In Part one of this series, Our Currency The World’s Problem, we discuss the vital role the U.S. dollar plays in the global economy. With an understanding of the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, it’s time to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy machinations influence […]
