Deep thought headlines
•The Fossil Fuels War
•On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
•Big Data, Disaster Resilience and Lord of the Rings
•Dreaming of Uncivilisation
climate change
Climate, politics & money – headlines
•Dealing in Doubt: Greenpeace Report Exposes Fossil Fuel Funded Climate Denial Machine •Abbottalypse Now •Naomi Klein: Green groups may be more damaging than climate change deniers •VIEWPOINT: Naomi Klein’s Criticism Of Environmental Groups Missed The Mark •The Fossil Fuels War
Our Fossil-Fueled Future
If the experts at the U.S. Department of Energy are right, the startling “new” fuels of 2040 will be oil, coal, and natural gas — and we will find ourselves on a baking, painfully uncomfortable planet.
Arab Summer: Warming-Fueled Drought Helped Spark Syria’s Civil War
Warming-worsened drought is causing problems all around the Mediterranean, especially Syria…
Gas Hydrates: A dangerously large source of unconventional carbons
Commercially exploiting gas hydrates on any significant scale may prove to be extremely challenging—but if successful,it would prolong our dependency on fossil fuels and contribute to ever-growing greenhouse gas emissions.
Fracking headlines
•More Fracking Headaches As Earthquake Evidence Grows •"Frackademia" By Law: Section 999 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Exposed •’Baseless economics’: Lord Stern on David Cameron’s claims that a UK fracking boom can bring down price of gas •Fracking brings climate debate closer to home •U.K.’s Davey Warns of Hype Over Shale Gas Benefits, Times Says
Business vs. Business : The Real Climate Battle Begins
As I look around today I see a shift underway from ‘environment vs business’ to ‘business vs business’. The global impact on both policy and investment decisions could be revolutionary.
Syria background – oil and climate change
Behind the conflict in Syria are the long-term issues of climate change (drought) and control of oil resources. Here are the latest excerpts from analyses and reader opinions.
Extreme Whether: Review
Malpede imagines the life of a family in which Grandpa has figured out that the world is being destroyed but the world’s communications system works for the destroyers.
Responding to Killer Gas
What’s a President to do when confronted with killer gas?
The Flowers of August
It’s called “whiplash weather” and that is certainly what’s happened where I live…the rains have largely stopped. August has been dry…So, should I cheer or jeer the wildflowers?
An interview with Nafeez Ahmed: “This is an unprecedented opportunity”
One of the most illuminating voices in the British media at the moment is Nafeez Ahmed, who has been regularly writing about peak oil, climate change, geopolitics and how they all overlap…
