Energy

Shepherd with sheep

Covas do Barroso: Local Resistance to Europe’s Lithium Race

Lithium may be at the heart of the green transition, but mining the metallic element also causes damage to natural environments. In lithium-rich Portugal, modest rural communities join national outrage against governmental deals bypassing local economies and threatening livelihoods.

March 18, 2024

Solar panels in Oregon

We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy

Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.

March 15, 2024

Arrow Lakes Generating Station

Hydro Power’s Conundrum: Rising Demand in a Drier Climate

Climate change is drying up the reliably ample sources of water that hydro power depends upon. It is depleting glaciers. It is reducing snowmelt. It is increasing flood and drought extremes. And it is accelerating water evaporation and demand.

March 13, 2024

Wind farm in Lindenberg, Germany

Lessons from Germany for a Just Transition

As the experience of Germany’s traffic light coalition shows, a successful strategy against the far right requires meaningful public investment and engagement in order to bring about a just transition to a green economy and social justice.

March 12, 2024

Straw

Peak Oil, AI, and the Straw

In this Frankly, Nate shares his perspective on the new all-time high in oil production in the context of AI’s growing influence in the financial markets and technology space. While ‘all liquids’ just hit an all time high, the varying categories of what is considered oil obfuscates a long plateau that is starting to decline.

March 11, 2024

Himalaya glacier

Money & Grief

When it takes one barrel of oil to produce a new barrel of oil, it’s game over. That will be the moment when growth, debt and grief will achieve singularity. That will be the moment when the value of money will erode, and we will face an imperative to finally metabolize the grief that was so long stored in that value.

March 6, 2024

Virginia natural gas

Utilities Are Buying Pricier ‘Responsible Gas.’ But for What Climate Benefit?

Ratepayers are increasingly on the hook to pay the extra costs for “certified gas” promising low-pollution but that critics warn is rife with problems.

March 5, 2024

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