Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
An honest and imperfect response to the climate crisis would require a political, behavioural, economic and moral transition that would systematically reduce our energy and material consumption at an unprecedented pace. But that’s not an action any modern politician seems to be able to contemplate, let alone discuss.
We emphasize that alternative energy models must be conceived with and for specific communities through a genuinely participatory process.
The natural gas industry promised Americans an endless abundance of gas. There’s lots of gas (for now), but it’s increasingly going elsewhere and that spells less gas and higher prices for Americans.
So head off to the boonies and find yourself a pile of heavy fabric things and draft blockers and a nicely aged cedar cabinet to keep it all tucked away until winter begins to bite.
But whether we act sensibly and start a controlled descent or just lean into the nosedive (which is where I think we’re heading), we have passed the point of no return. We have passed peak demand, meaning peak production, meaning peak economic activity. And oil companies know that…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), now controlled by an oil industry insider, has put out its own Newspeak-like manual in the form of an email to department employees which is focused on subtracting words and phrases.
If India—and the world—watches closely, Ladakh may illuminate a way forward for climate action that’s not just clean, but just and plural. When autonomy meets ecology, a pluriverse of possibilities emerge—not imposed, but chosen; not based on extracted, but socioecological flourishing.
In this episode, Nate is joined by Meredith Angwin for an in-depth overview of the U.S. electrical grid system, its history, and the need for accountability in energy governance.
The ultimate answer to the whiplash problem — whether clean energy or healthcare programs — is bipartisanship, which seems a long way off. But it starts with better messaging.
Electricity demand on the island of Great Britain has been fully covered by the output of clean-energy sources for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, new Carbon Brief analysis shows.
Recalling the sea, the desert, and the steppe, we recognize the traces of their vastness and depth in our hearts and consciousness. This vastness and depth is what we need to remember: that the wealth and well-being we long for are not in the race for infinite growth, but in the sufficiency of the inhabited present.
Yasuní has become an emblematic place and moment where the multiple crises of our time converge: climatic, ecological, economic, and political. It is a historical knot that concentrates the global contradictions between extractivism and sustainability, between capital expansion and the defense of life.
