Peak Water: Are we Running out of a Critical Resource?
The problem with freshwater is that we don’t have the same wealth of data for water resources and consumption that we have for crude oil.
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Earth Day 2021: Awakened Not Woke
It’s Earth Day 2021, and I hope the world’s leaders will boldly go where none have gone before. I am optimistic.
Review: The Economic Superorganism by Carey W. King
In this aptly titled book, University of Texas research scientist Carey W. King argues that the modern-day global economy is a superorganism.
A Slow Take on the Texas Blackout
What happened in Texas is an incredibly complex story involving many factors, from a simple lack of weatherization, to flaws in the state’s electricity market structure, to failed governance.
Oxford University Has Pledged to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Now it Needs to Sever All Ties to the Industry
We are disappointed that our university, an influential institution with a moral obligation to lead by example, is so deeply involved in this industry and hope our report will act as a wake-up call, setting an agenda for change.
Living Ecologically Is Illegal
How do we live together, on this planet, in a way that is good for all? This is a question that has driven our work as storytellers for the past six years and inspired our coverage of the Rights of Nature movement.
Saudi Arabia Goes the way of the Garamantes. Google Earth Confirms the Collapse of the Water Supply
Just like the ancient Garamantes, the Saudi Arabians were able to overcome the aridity of their land by using fossil water. But when they ran out of it, it was time over for them.
The Affairs of States: In the Greening of America
This first installment looks to provide a bit of historical and political context on the federal-state relationship regarding environmental matters and how it has changed over the past half-century.
A Sense of Déjà Vu
Once again, only a handful of people are warning that petroleum is a finite resource and that fracking was a temporary fix at best, and all right-thinking people dismiss them as cranks.
The Changing Climate of the EUP and Beyond
Some Arctic climate experts, such as Peter Wadhams, think a huge amount of methane could be released from the region within the next 20 years due to warming Arctic Ocean waters.
Investing in Energy Transition
We have a very special guest for you in this episode: Jeremy Grantham, the legendary investor who founded GMO. In this interview, we talked about Grantham’s investing philosophy; the history of investment bubbles; how he values investments, and much more.
Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet: Review
The message in this book is simple: There are hard physical limits to the growth of available energy to power our civilization and these will probably be seriously in effect by the end of the 21st century.
