Land Skills Fair: This is What Diversity Looks Like!
Land Skills Fair: This is What Diversity Looks Like! Last week I attended the Land Skills Fair (LSF), an event co-organised by the Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) and Land in Our Names (LION). The event was intended to be about “sharing knowledge and skills about farming, forestry, crafts, food and land justice”, with an impressive range of talks, workshops, tours […]
EU Politicians Panic As Natgas Prices Explode 40% Overnight
EU Politicians Panic As Natgas Prices Explode 40% Overnight Europe’s power crunch is roiling energy markets Wednesday as Dutch and U.K. natural gas futures jumped 60% in just two days, hitting record highs along with soaring power prices. Front-month Dutch natgas futures rose an astonishing 40% today to a record 162.125 euros per megawatt-hour after […]
Europe Turns To Russia For More Coal As Energy Prices Skyrocket
Europe Turns To Russia For More Coal As Energy Prices Skyrocket Europe is facing a perfect storm of increasing demand for energy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a dwindling supply of natural gas used to produce electricity. As Europe’s struggling energy markets look to import any form of affordable energy they can, […]
Dominos Fall As Germany’s Largest Ammonia Producer Slashes Output Amid Energy Crisis
Dominos Fall As Germany’s Largest Ammonia Producer Slashes Output Amid Energy Crisis A natural gas shortage across Europe has created supply-chain shocks, as seen in the food industry, where problems continue to worsen. European natgas prices are at insane levels, triggering a domino effect of output reduction or closures of fertilizer plants on the continent. […]
Someone is betting that oil will soar to a record US$200 per barrel
Someone is betting that oil will soar to a record US$200 per barrel Crude oil prices are falling after inventories revealed a build in stockpiles for the first time in eight weeks after natural disasters knocked several U.S. refineries offline. Could the energy crunch get so bad that oil prices hit US$200 a barrel? One […]
Death By Inflation Or Debt Defaults? Luke Gromen On The No-Win Situation We’re Trapped In
Death By Inflation Or Debt Defaults? Luke Gromen On The No-Win Situation We’re Trapped In https://youtu.be/csf4fdV-EOQ In the US, the monetary & fiscal stimulus spigots are turning off as the Fed threatens to start tapering in November and Congress devolves into gridlock over both the next stimulus package as well as the debt ceiling. The […]
Local food ecosystems: A conversation with entrepreneur and author Duncan Catchpole
Local food ecosystems: A conversation with entrepreneur and author Duncan Catchpole Duncan Catchpole, founder and owner of Cambridge Organic Food Co., and an entrepreneur and author, talks to us about his new release, Local Food Ecosystems: How Food Can Help Create a More Sustainable Food System. Duncan advocates for system change, painting the scene of how […]
My “Wealth Effect Monitor” for the Money-Printer Economy: Holy Moly, October Update
My “Wealth Effect Monitor” for the Money-Printer Economy: Holy Moly, October Update The bottom 50% need not apply. They just get to eat the soaring costs of housing. How the Fed totally blew out the already gigantic wealth disparity during the pandemic. On Friday, the Fed released the detailed data about the wealth of households […]
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation OCTOBER 5, 2021 BY SCHIFFGOLD 0 0 Both the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration continue to insist inflation is transitory. And they are also trying to shift the blame for rising prices so they avoid any responsibility. In this clip from his podcast, Peter Schiff explains why the government inflation […]
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor “Whistleblower” Frances Haugen is a vital media and political asset because she advances their quest for greater control over online political discourse. Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled ‘Protecting […]
Winter’s discontent
Winter’s discontent “Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York; And all the clouds that low’r’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.” Shakespeare, Richard III This may become the winter of our discontent as people around the world face a widening energy crisis, […]
Things do not have to run out for their scarcity to become destabilizing
Things do not have to run out for their scarcity to become destabilizing Economic cornucopians who believe “innovation” and “substitution” will solve every constraint on the resources needed for modern civilization use a clever piece of misdirection to deflect the arguments of those concerned about limits. These cornucopians say that the claim by the limits crowd that […]
Column: Hedge funds flock to oil as energy shortages worsen: Kemp
Column: Hedge funds flock to oil as energy shortages worsen: Kemp A petrol station attendant prepares to refuel a car in Rome, Italy, January 4, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Rising oil prices and the spreading global shortage of coal, gas and electricity have drawn fresh buying interest from hedge funds […]
Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’ One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.” New research shows fossil fuel companies are overwhelmingly promoting their green efforts online. […]
The Upcoming UN Climate Talks in Glasgow Are a Make-or-Break Moment
This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station on September 12, 2018. | Photo by NASA via AP The Upcoming UN Climate Talks in Glasgow Are a Make-or-Break Moment Failure to halt greenhouse gas emissions is not an option—though it’s frighteningly likely In early November, government leaders from around the […]
