Jason Kenney’s Government Denounces the Bigfoot Family
Jason Kenney’s spin shop the Canadian Energy Centre (otherwise known as the War Room) has stuck another foot in its oily mouth.
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Carbon offsets offer a fantasy of capitalism without crises
On some level, people want to believe in carbon offsetting because it offers to rekindle capitalism’s promise that we can enjoy consumerism without being too concerned about ecological crisis, by delivering a seductive story of power and status in which somebody else cleans up the mess.
Painting the world green
The fate of the United States has never been more linked—virally, environmentally, economically, and existentially—to the fate of the rest of the world.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 31 Michelle Singletary
Michelle Singletary is an author and award-winning personal finance columnist. She writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column “The Color of Money”, which appears in The Washington Post. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
A Midwinter Day in a Low Power House
We live in a low-power house, which uses on average 5 kWh/day, about 15% what our neighbors use. And honestly, I find it more comfortable than any house I’ve lived in, and not that much less convenient.
The Sunrise Movement: how a US grassroots youth movement helped set the national climate agenda for rapid change
The new popularity of the term Green New Deal can be credited to this group of young climate activists known as the Sunrise Movement.
Pharaoh Horgan and His $16-Billion Monument to Folly
A completely unnecessary and high-risk dam once budgeted at $8 billion in 2014 will now cost more than $16 billion due to geotechnical problems tied to trying to build on shifting shales with no bedrock.
The Problem of the Shipwrecked Sailor: When Money Becomes Useless
The Covid crisis highlighted an already existing problem: that money is useless if you can’t buy anything useful with it. It is the problem of the shipwrecked sailor on a deserted island.
Hydrogen Economy 2.0 Part 1
In this episode, we present part one of a two-part, three-hour interview with Dr. Simon Evans, the deputy editor and policy editor for Carbon Brief, in which he shares their findings from dozens of interviews they conducted with experts who are knowledgeable about hydrogen’s potential, as well as from dozens of research reports and other resources.
Why ‘rebound effects’ may cut energy savings in half
In a new paper, published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, we examine the economy-wide impact of these effects and find they may erode more than half of the potential energy savings from improved energy efficiency.
Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments
Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. While that was a shocking number from the oil major, reality proved to be even more of a shock to the company
Reclaiming power
The rapid rise of community renewable energy and why the added benefits of local, clean power can help accelerate transition
