Are we prepared for a fuel shock driven by climate change?
Biofuels are being used to plug the Gulf crisis energy gap, but climate change makes this a fragile strategy.
November 4, 2026
Altman to humanity: ‘Accept some bad things to get benefits of AI’
AI offers far fewer benefits than the industry touts, leaning on what AI supposedly will do rather than what it can do now.
October 29, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether climate suits can go forward
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a lawsuit seeking damages for climate-change-related harm to Boulder County can proceed.
October 26, 2026
Infrastructure, finance, and the sale of the future
Mitchell’s new book reinforces this essential point. We must see through the alibi of capital, we must reclaim society from the grip of the economy, and we must change the rules of the game to save our collective future.
October 9, 2026
Remembering Richard Heinberg: Why I made degrowth art in his memory
The messages and body of work that Richard leaves behind encourage us all to keep striving, creating, and living well within our planet’s limits.
October 8, 2026
‘Inner Degrowth’: An engineer on why the energy crisis and our inner emptiness are the same problem
Marcos Rupérez Cerqueda spent years as an engineer on green hydrogen projects in Spain, installing electrolysers and fuel cells, before the numbers made him stop believing in a technical fix. In this Q&A, he discusses this journey and his new book.
October 8, 2026
9,000-acre nuclear-powered data center proposed on public lands in Utah
The facility calls for 456 small nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel production and nuclear waste storage. On the same day it surfaced, Sen. Ron Wyden introduced legislation that would ban new data centers.
October 6, 2026
The Great Unraveling
Environmental and social challenges are compounding to threaten the systems that support the world we know. What does this Great Unraveling mean for human civilization and the global ecosystem?










