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The Growing Threat of Water Wars
The Growing Threat of Water Wars In 2015, United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which include an imperative to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” Yet, in the last four years, matters have deteriorated significantly. NEW DELHI – The dangers of environmental pollution receive a lot of […]
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth by Guy Standing
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth by Guy Standing Solving the problems of our times together by reviving the commons Anyone looking for an excellent description of the damaging effects of austerity will find it in this book. Anyone looking for an analysis of the ecological crisis and what to do […]
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us If we don’t take these 11 key steps, we’re kidding ourselves. Second of two. That first query was this: The modern world is deeply addicted to fossil fuels and green energy is no substitute. Am I wrong? Read my fact-based argument here. Today I ask: Question 2: Human […]
Are You Ready For A Catastrophically Cold Winter? Here Is What The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You…
Are You Ready For A Catastrophically Cold Winter? Here Is What The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You… Experts are warning us that this will be a “freezing, frigid, and frosty” winter, and even though the official beginning of winter is still over a month away, it already feels like that in much of the country […]
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects In her testimony to the US Congress, Greta Thunberg did not prepare a statement for submission to the record. Instead, she submitted the most recent scientific report, issued by the IPCC three weeks earlier. She said simply, “I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don’t want […]
Air-conditioning the outside—really
Air-conditioning the outside—really Qatar is both a country and a peninsula which juts out about 100 miles into the Persian Gulf. It is precisely this geography which makes it both one of the hottest and muggiest places on Earth. The average daily high in mid-summer is 108 degrees F (42 degrees C). With temperatures now exceeding those […]
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist To see our fate clearly, we must face these hard facts about energy, growth and governance. Part one of two. Why is this important? Well, if Greta Thunberg and followers are to inspire more than emotional release about climate change, the world needs […]
Morgan Stanley: “Climate Will Be A Key Driver Of Asset Prices In The Months And Years Ahead”
Morgan Stanley: “Climate Will Be A Key Driver Of Asset Prices In The Months And Years Ahead” “Sunday Start”, authored by Morgan Stanley equity strategist, Jessica Alsford In three weeks, the world’s leaders will begin to gather in Madrid for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The intensity of the global climate strikes this […]
Immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk
Immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk Gooseneck at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, 5 August 2019. Photo: Ros Wills After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK government has issued an immediate moratorium in […]
Fed Warns Climate Change Is A Major Threat To The Economy
Fed Warns Climate Change Is A Major Threat To The Economy What is a good way for the Fed to deflect attention from the fact that after a decade of liquidity injections it has created the world’s largest asset bubble? Why point to another, even bigger – in its view – threat. And with green […]
UK Ban Adds to the Tremors Taking Down the Fracking Industry
UK Ban Adds to the Tremors Taking Down the Fracking Industry How long can BC and Alberta ignore the financial and geological realities facing them? The dramatic decision by the British government to ban the disruptive technology of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is just one of two volatile storms now shaking the industry. And both […]
Keystone attitudes and policies of enough
Keystone attitudes and policies of enough In the previous blog post, I asserted that states and international governance bodies need to make systemic or upstream interventions to foster stability and security in economy and society. where they have high leverage potential. Then, governance needs to continue to respond intelligently to what arises. In Enough is Plenty, […]
Peak Stainless Steel
Peak Stainless Steel This study shows that there is a significant risk that stainless steel production will reach its maximum capacity around 2055 because of declining nickel production, though recycling, and use of other alloys on a very small scale can compensate somewhat. The model in this study assumes business as usual for metal production […]
