Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Mr. Market’s Hissy Fit May Be Over….For Now

Puzzling out the markets have changed, and not changed, since the crisis.

J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?

Will the Democrats get out of their own way?

Brexit Chaos

It’s getting harder to figure out what exactly is happening on the Brexit front, but even through the fog of negotiations, things don’t seem to be getting any better.

Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts

Why the already-scary new IPCC report isn’t scary enough.

Nobel Prizes in Economics, Awarded and Withheld (Climate Change Politics Edition)

How the Swedish Riksbank just put its finger on the scales of the climate change debate in a big way.

Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?

Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?

Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?

Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.

How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’

Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?

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.