Why Peak Oil Refuses to Die
Peak oil and climate change are two sides of the same coin. The coin itself represents our reliance on fossil fuels and their unique energetic benefits.
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A Big Summer Story You Missed: Soaring Oil Debt
Last July the government agency, which has collected mundane statistics on energy matters for decades, quietly revealed that 127 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies are running out of cash.
As Obama Settles on Nonbinding Treaty, “Only a Big Movement” Can Take on Global Warming
As international climate scientists warn runaway greenhouse gas emissions could cause "severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts," the Obama administration is abandoning attempts to have Congress agree to a legally binding international climate deal.
Burning the Budget
The U.S. Forest Service is spending so much of its money fighting fires that it’s struggling to keep our national forests healthy.
Climate Comeback: A Grassroots Movement Steps Back Into the International Arena
The citizens’ movement for action on the global climate crisis has, over time, developed a love-hate relationship with international campaigning.
Mideast Water Wars: In Iraq, A Battle for Control of Water
Conflicts over water have long haunted the Middle East. Yet in the current fighting in Iraq, the major dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are seen not just as strategic targets but as powerful weapons of war.
During extreme drought, farmers try for resiliency
For those who take the long view, there are bigger ideas to achieve resilience in the face of extreme weather.
What the Anti-Fracking Movement Brings to the Climate Movement
It turns out that the same unfixable engineering problem that sets the table for contaminating our water also contaminates the atmosphere with climate-killing methane.
An open letter to George Monbiot
Influenced by the ideas of Allan Savory and other advocates of holistic grazing, I have been introducing the basic principles of this approach into my grazing management over the last few years.
People’s Climate March – I March for 2050 Kids
I’m marching for the kids of 2050.
Why the Climate Movement Must Stand with Ferguson
It was not hard for me to make the connection between the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri, and the catalyst for my work to stop the climate crisis.
The Jargonaut: What’s a Rossby Wave?
This is the year of obscure atmospheric phenomenon.
