By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
I enter summer with a sense of foreboding, not only about a simmering war in Ukraine, but also the stability of basic energy infrastructure and our ability to function if the lights, computers, and the water, sewer and gasoline pumps go out for an extended period.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
All eyes are on Russia and Ukraine. But the calamitous changes we humans have wrought in the Earth's climate and other major systems are making our societies more fragile by the day whether we are paying attention or not.
By Paul Mobbs, Free Range Activism Website
Though often depoliticised by compartmentalising different problems, across society decisions on energy and the environment are innately tied to lifestyle and consumption.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
We waited too long to begin the inevitable transition away from fossil fuels.
By Bart Anderson, Resilence.org
The climate movie Don’t Look Up has a lot to teach activists, in fact anyone concerned about our future.
By Bill Henderson, Counter Currents
Climate wise it’s clear that as we limp from ‘21 to ‘22 those who want to protect the economy from needed climate mitigation are still firmly in control.
By Bart Anderson, Resilence.org
You know a satirical movie has hit its target when the mainstream reviewers call it “shrill” and “overblown.”
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Hardening our infrastructure against the effects of climate change on our electrical grid, our drainage and sewer systems, and our roads and bridges seems like a no-brainer.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
For decades policymakers and the public believed that climate change would arrive gradually and that therefore we had plenty of time to deal with it. Climate scientists knew better. The consequences of delaying action are now in the news every single day.
By Ugo Bardi, The Seneca Effect
What could bring down the industrial civilization? Would it be global warming (fire) or resource depletion (ice)? At present, it may well be that depletion is hitting us faster. But, in the long run, global warming may hit us much harder. Maybe the fall of our civilization will be Fire AND ice.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
We thought we had decades to avert climate catastrophe. But it's already here.
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
But let’s assume there is indeed enough time, and that we suddenly get serious about planning. What should we do?