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The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025
The Bulletin: September 3-9, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Disruptor: William Rees Knows How to Save the World Slow down or die (degrowth, collapse, strategy) Collapse and the Consensus Trance What Happens After Humans Go Extinct How Water Shapes Our […]
The Bulletin: June 26-July 2, 2025
The Bulletin: June 26-July 2, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Farming Ourselves to Extinction: The Great Tulip Uprising of 1822 – George Tsakraklides Indicators of Global Climate Change ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and […]
Big Oil Has Flourished, Despite Biden’s Best Efforts, And Will Back Trump In 2024
Big Oil Has Flourished, Despite Biden’s Best Efforts, And Will Back Trump In 2024 “It’s death by 1,000 cuts. It’s the worst presidency with regard to energy policy I’ve ever seen — and I’ve been involved in energy for 40 years, my entire career.” Those were the words of Steve Pruett, chief executive of Elevation Resources, to Financial […]
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden contaminated waste. Left, Petroleum 238 cover. Credit: Sabrina Bedford, design; Julie Dermansky, photo. Right, author Justin Nobel. Credit: Karen LeBlanc. In Paris, France, there are fine cafés and famous landmarks. But […]
Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI–Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future
Today Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CI February 13, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico (1988). Photo by author. Theory Is Great, In Theory: More On Our ‘Renewable’ Energy Future Quite often I get involved in online discussions with others about our predicament(s). Most of the time these are quite friendly in nature and a sharing of ideas […]
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies
World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid […]
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Dying, They’re Shifting To National And State Backed Companies
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Dying, They’re Shifting To National And State Backed Companies Despite the activist shareholder battles, calls for ESG changes and just outright negative press about fossil fuels, it looks like rumors of oil’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Fossil fuels aren’t dying – rather, their output is just being shifted to national and state […]
ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it doesn’t have to
ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it doesn’t have to A new study reveals how the oil company used “cutting-edge propaganda” to focus on fossil fuel consumption. Andrii Zorii To understand why ExxonMobil has been so effective at shaping the US narrative about climate change in the US for some 40 […]
Big Oil Is In Desperate Need Of New Discoveries
Big Oil Is In Desperate Need Of New Discoveries The year 2020 was a watershed moment for the fossil fuel sector. Faced with a global pandemic, severe demand shocks and a shift towards renewable energy, experts warned that nearly $900 billion worth of reserves–or about one-third of the value of big oil and gas companies–were […]
Denouncing ‘Handouts to Big Oil,’ Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels
Denouncing ‘Handouts to Big Oil,’ Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels “Biden campaigned on eliminating fossil fuel giveaways, and voters agree by a huge margin,” said one climate activist. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry listens as President Joe Biden speaks on tackling climate change in […]
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling Technology is keeping patches of Alaska permafrost frozen to preserve energy infrastructure even as indigenous residents’ world is transformed by the climate crisis An oil pipeline stretches across the landscape outside Prudhoe Bay in North Slope borough, Alaska. Photograph: Bonnie Jo […]
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil The pandemic has been devastating for the oil industry globally. Explorers suspended drilling, producers, idled wells, Big Oil majors put up assets for sale. But the world continues to need oil, albeit lower amounts of it than a year ago, and it will continue to need it. […]
Catastrophic Hurricanes Are the ‘New Normal,’ and They Will Cost Trillions
Catastrophic Hurricanes Are the ‘New Normal,’ and They Will Cost Trillions Taxpayers and already struggling communities are largely bearing the brunt of the costs for climate change-fueled disasters created by big oil and big business. “We got a little bit lucky,” said President Donald Trump about the storm which killed at least six people in […]
Big Oil’s Backers Are Jumping Ship — and That’s Good for the Planet
Big Oil’s Backers Are Jumping Ship — and That’s Good for the Planet Investors, banks and even some oil and gas companies are breaking ranks on the future of high-emission energy. Alberta’s oilsands are increasingly toxic for major investors concerned with global warming. Photo by Kris Krug, Creative Commons licensed. The oil lobby’s political friends are […]
DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns
DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns Washington, D.C. is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies — BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell — for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies’ role in leading solutions to the climate crisis. […]
