Bleak Financial Outlook for US Fracking Industry
After years of patience as the fracking and tar sands industries continued to pile up losses, investors are understandably tired of losing money.
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Understanding the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in a Warming Climate
All of nature is infinitely connected. It is therefore no surprise that there are strong interdependencies between the resources that the land surface provides.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (22)
EPA has far surpassed deregulatory goals set by Trump’s executive order 13771, which stipulated agencies must cut two existing regulations for each new one issued. However, the agency has not been transparent enough in deciding which regulations to cut, according to a new EPA inspector general report.
The wheels come off shale oil
Will shale oil rise again from the dead as it did after the 2014-2016 price decline? That will happen only if two things occur: 1) The oil price rises significantly and 2) investors have a serious bout of amnesia.
Can Costa Rica’s Path to Carbon Neutrality be Replicated by Other Countries?
Costa Rica’s culture encourages the treatment of the environment as a top priority. Already, it has managed to achieve the highest combined life expectancy and life satisfaction relative to ecological footprint in an international ranking.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (21)
Countries under the leadership of populists, e.g., the US, Italy, Poland, and Brazil, are likely to follow Trump’s lead and go their own way—which is away from any commitments their predecessors may have made.
The New Green Revolution, a.k.a. The Grand Transition to… ?? – Part I
How naive it is to think than the “New Green Deal” will allow us to continue our current lifestyles, just by other greener means. This, my friends in the developed, power and resource hogging countries is impossible.
Carbon Capture and Storage – A Fairytale for our Time
Wishful thinking is a powerful emotion. That’s why the media and the public love a good news story like this and don’t ask too many questions. We really wish we had a magic wand to wave that pesky CO2 away…
UK Primary Energy Use in 2018 was the Lowest in Half a Century
Falling energy use and surging offshore wind are among the trends revealed in the latest round of government figures on the energy flowing through the UK.
Review: Downwind by Sarah Alisabeth Fox
Downwind manages the triple feat of being at once a rigorous piece of scholarship, a moving account of a dark and ongoing period in human history and an exquisitely accomplished first book.
‘Bomb Trains,’ a New Book on the Deadly, Ongoing Threat of Oil by Rail
I lay out the whole damning history in this book. When the next oil train disaster strikes, we can’t say we weren’t warned.
Climate Politics/Capitol Light (20)
Millions of people, led by students, are signing up to walk out of their schools and jobs on September 20 and 27 to demand the world stop using fossil fuels—according to organizers.
