Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

With the World on the Line, Scientists Outline the Paths to Survival

Scientists will deliver an urgent warning with the issuance of the latest IPCC reports, starting next week. But will politicians and the public respond?

How Saudi Money Keeps the US at War in Yemen

Following the Saudi funding that has the US backing nation-breaking in Yemen.

Disaster Profiteers vs. the People of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico shows how distress and grifting too often go hand in hand.

Brexit Notes: Tory Conference and DUP Demands Yield More Insanity

Brexit has officially gone around the bend.

Death by Fertilizer

Why nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster and whether there is a way to get over modern dependence on it.

Q & A: Why Switching to Renewable Energy Sources is No Longer a Matter of Morality, But of Economics

Interview with Dr. Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute, discussing the implications of renewable energies now costing less than fossil fuels.

The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare: Injection Wells Damage Production Wells, Rising Disposal Costs Will Increase Industry Losses

The fracking industry’s wastewater disposal is an unrecognized production and economic problem that is going from bad to worse.

Why Dodd-Frank Is a Protection Racket for Banks

How Dodd-Frank left banks’ massive lending and safety-net subsidies intact.

The Bank of International Settlement’s Claudio Borio, Who Warned About the Crisis, Says the World Economy Is About to Get Very Sick

BIS chief economist Claudio Borio warns that central bankers have overdone the liquidity party, and investors are not being paid enough to take ris

IPCC Manipulating Climate Report Summary to Favor Wealthy Nations

The upcoming IPCC report overview is being airbrushed so as to cut unwarranted slack to developed economies.

First Set of High Seas Treaty Negotiations Concludes in New York

The first set of of four negotiating sessions to produce a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020 concluded last week in New York; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.

Does the U.S. Have the Ingredients to Win a Trade War?

In winning the trade battle with China, Trump may lose the war against inflation.

Crash Out Brexit Virtually Guaranteed as EU Leaders Talk Tough to Theresa May, Reject Chequers Plan, and Give Her October Deadline

Brexit negotiations are over. The only question is whether the EU and UK continue to expend energy talking past each other.

Post Crisis Measures Have Failed to Tame Derivatives Risks

Derivatives remain an untamed systemic risk.

Why the “Green New Deal” Is a Headfake

How “Green New Deal” proponents repeat the intellectual errors made by the critics of the 1970s Limits to Growth studies.