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The Poisoned Chalice: Genetic Heritage, Future Demise
During the Pleistocene evolution favored those humans who left the most descendants so our evolved instincts encourage us to procreate, seek status and consume resources. Now sustainability is an …
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Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking - May 21
•At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria •Fracking envy •Radioactive fracking debris triggers worries at dump sites …
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Half of oil burnable in 2000-2050 to keep us within 2 degrees warming has been used up as we hit 400 ppm
We have a race between peak oil and global warming. Symptoms of these complex processes pop up every now and then.
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What Kind of Example Is Canada Setting?
Is any nation on Earth taking seriously the need for a true-cost economy, where we live sustainably in a steady state?
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Warrior Writers
How can reporting on energy, presented as opportunity or catastrophic risk, compete against grumpy cat memes and economic woes? Is there a secret to …
May 20, 2013
New report raises concerns about expansion of frac sand mines in Minnesota and Wisconsin
The true economic impact of frac sand mining may fall short of industry claims promising sustained prosperity and economic opportunity, says a …
May 17, 2013
'Follow the Money': How Rainforest Action Network Is Beating the Corporate Giants
We’ve arrived at a dangerous milestone. For the first time in human history, as Amy Goodman reported this week, "the amount of heat-trapping …
May 17, 2013
Don't Trust Your Stone Age Brain: It's Unsustainable
Humans have evolved to feel a single sense of self, but our emotional brain is encouraging us to pursue perceived self-interest even if it means trashing …
May 17, 2013
Why I haven’t been flying (much)
Over three decades I have received many requests to travel across Australia and across the world to speak at a conference, teach a course or participate in …
May 17, 2013
Unburnable: Risky Fossil Fuel Investments & Climate Crisis
Two new reports say climate change could cause the next financial crisis. From London, Bob Ward, LSE lead author of "Unburnable: Carbon 2013: …
May 16, 2013
Why I’m marking passing 400 ppm by getting back on an aeroplane
I refuse to accept that the lurch to 500ppm, 600ppm, 800ppm is an inevitability. I refuse to accept, as Nigel Lawson tried to argue in his debate with the remarkably patient Kevin Anderson on …
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