Devastating News: The Loss of Richard Heinberg
On Sunday, July 19, we lost our kind, brilliant friend and colleague, Richard Heinberg.
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‘Industrial memories’: What the history of the Anthropocene can tell us about where we’re headed
Industrial landscapes are living reminders of how centuries of fossil-fuel development reshaped Earth’s systems. As the Anthropocene unfolds, that legacy continues to shape our future. Historian Sabine Höhler argues that bridging the divide between human and Earth history is essential to understanding where we are and at what cost.
From Words to Worlds: How stories shape the world – and our relationship to it
From “natural resources” to “natural disaster” and “sustainability,” the language used in environmental and development discourse doesn’t just describe the world, it shapes what is seen and prioritized.
Making ‘Land Back’ a reality through an Indigenous community land trust
How the Wiyot people and local organizers are using an “honor tax” system to advance Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty.
Is the complacency in global financial markets warranted?
Financial markets so far have reflected the belief that the Iran war will be over soon and that commerce will return to normal. I explain why I think this belief is unwarranted and why President Trump’s latest announcement regarding bombing Iran’s power plants is economic suicide.
Worse than 2008?
Several commentators have remarked that the United States’ war on Iran carries echoes of 2008. A potential financial crash this year could actually be much worse.
Iran war: What we’re in for and why logic is your friend
A lot of nonsense is being communicated about the war with Iran.
Could AI lead to the destruction of civilization?
Shouldn’t a technology that its creators admit has a nonzero chance of chance of wiping out human civilization be abandoned? Not according to the titans of AI.
Venezuela and Greenland: ‘Smash-and-grab’ diplomacy in the age of scarcity
As the natural resources that the modern world depends on become more and more scarce, countries will more and more resort to openly violent methods to secure access to those resources.
Autonomous vehicles: Is necessity really the mother of invention?
What “necessity” is really driving the autonomous vehicle push?
Proposed East Texas water pipeline and the growing thirst for distant water
East Texas farmers and ranchers are finding out to their dismay that water has become a commodity like so many of our daily needs.
Space Case
It’s not news that many in our culture are violently allergic to the notion of limits (and then we all die of limitations). Maybe fear of death is another key driver for space fantasy, but let’s not get into that just now.
